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Anchorage Mayor Suzanne LaFrance is appointing Ona Brause to lead the city’s Office of Management and Budget.
Anchorage Mayor Suzanne LaFrance and the Assembly are calling for Alaska Gov. Dunleavy to require the city and two Southcentral Alaska electric utilities to spend two years devising a plan to return water return to all 12 miles of the river.
Service disruptions have already begun from high vacancy rates across a range of city offices, affecting everything from public safety to financial services.
Anchorage Police Chief Sean Case said the new draft policy on body-worn cameras will go into effect Monday. It includes a 45-day timeline for the release of footage from police shootings.
The Anchorage Assembly, meanwhile, passed a resolution urging the police department to consider releasing footage within 30 days.
The Public Transportation Department is soliciting public input on two proposed options for reducing the frequency of bus service.
Housing in Anchorage last year was the least affordable in two decades, state data shows. The statewide average mortgage payment has risen 52% since 2018, and rents have climbed 24%.
Mayor LaFrance and Assembly leaders said the appointment of Mark Corsentino to the role was a critical step toward reinstating the city’s voting rights within the Eklutna Hydroelectric Project owners group.
LaFrance’s appointments include former Municipal Clerk Barbara Jones as deputy chief of staff, and former Anchorage Downtown Partnership executive director Amanda Moser as external affairs director.
During an inauguration address in Town Square Park on Monday, Mayor Suzanne LaFrance said she’s focused on building “good government,” transparency and accountability.
Officials say Anchorage likely now has more latitude to clear any encampments that it deems problematic and unsafe, even without shelter beds to offer homeless campers.
Virginia McClure led the city’s libraries after a tumultuous period for the institution under Mayor Dave Bronson.
Gov. Mike Dunleavy has through Friday to issue any vetoes of state budget items, including $4 million the Legislature included to keep Anchorage’s 200-bed homeless shelter open.
The change doesn’t apply to Girdwood and Eagle River.
The city is conducting an online public survey to find out what residents think about public restrooms and where they should be built.