Challenged by loss of cruise ship revenue, Assembly to approve budget
Posted by Maria Dudzak | Apr 30, 2021
Next year’s budgets will be the focus of the Ketchikan’s Borough Assembly meeting Monday night. The borough has been grappling for months on how to prepare a balanced budget given the loss of two cruise ship seasons.
With the unlikelihood of any large cruise ships coming to Ketchikan this year, borough staff are proposing a conservative $55.6 million budget that relies on the use of cash reserves to fund services at their current levels. There are no cost-of-living increases, and non-essential travel is eliminated.
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Marijuana tax extension introduced
Posted by Maria Dudzak | Apr 7, 2021
Voters in Ketchikan may be asked this fall whether to extend a 5% sales tax on marijuana products. That’s after Ketchikan’s Borough Assembly unanimously voted to introduce an ordinance to extend the tax. It’s currently set to expire at the end of 2022.
That may seem a long way off, but Borough Attorney Glenn Brown told the assembly Monday that it was better to address the tax sooner rather than later.
“Staff, in discussing the issue, thought it was wise to bring it to the assembly for potential extension sooner than 2022 so that in the event the assembly or the voters declined, it would give the borough some time to find alternate revenue to fill the void. That simple.”