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Assembly approves final budget for FY22
Posted by Katherine Rose | May 27, 2021
After a process that spanned months, the Sitka Assembly set its final budget for next year. When the group met on Tuesday (5-25-21), it approved a general fund budget of just over $29 million dollars for fiscal year ‘22.
To say it was a challenging budget season would be an understatement. For months it was unclear whether Sitka would see cruise ship traffic this summer. City staff projected the loss of a 2021 cruise season would leave the city short by just over $6 million in sales tax revenue, so staff budgeted conservatively. With recent announcements that cruise ships could return to Sitka as early as July, the picture might be a little brighter, but the budget remains unchanged.
Assembly votes to accept $1M donation from international cruise company
Posted by Katherine Rose | Apr 28, 2021
The 4000 passenger Norwegian Bliss prepares to disembark from Juneau on June 5, 2018. Sitka doesn’t receive Norwegian Cruise Line’s biggest mega ships, but does see smaller ships from its subsidiary companies regularly. (KTOO/Adelyn Baxter)
The city may receive a $1 million donation from an international cruise line, which the company says comes with “no strings attached.”
When the Sitka Assembly met on Tuesday (4-27-21), it voted to accept the donation. But it held off on deciding how to spend the funds.
City Administrator John Leach told the assembly that Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. is offering the City of Sitka $1 million to ease the economic effects of the ongoing cruise suspension in Alaska.
Posted by Katherine Rose | Apr 4, 2021
After a mix-up between the assembly and the school board led to an unanticipated funding shortage for the school district, the Sitka Assembly is ponying up more money for Sitka’s schools. When the group met in a special meeting on Thursday (4-1-21) it approved an increase in funding for the district. But the money will only go through if Secure Rural Schools is reauthorized.
Secure Rural Schools is federal funding the city receives that can only be spent on schools and roads. It’s not guaranteed, and was only reauthorized a few years ago. Typically the city and the school district split the pot 50/50. But member Kevin Mosher, who initially voted against funding Sitka’s schools to “the cap” proposed the additional funding, promising 100 percent of Secure Rural Schools funds, if received, to the school district.
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