This week on the Mayor's Minute, Matanuska-Susitna Borough Mayor Larry DeVilbiss talks about this week's Assembly meeting. Among the topics: State Labor Economist Neal Fried and his take on the Mat-Su, budget work, amendments to the multi-family ordinance, Assembly Member Ron Arvin's absence, construction management services for the many road projects, a special forest zone for the wood-fired boiler at Su Valley High, a pipeline easement at Port MacKenzie.
This week on the Mayor's Minute podcast, Matanuska-Susitna Borough Mayor Larry DeVilbiss discusses proposed changes to the process for adoption of natural gas LIDs, his Jim Creek motorized plan "veto", and Animal Care Board issues.
This week on the Mayor's Minute, Matanuska-Susitna Borough Mayor Larry DeVilbiss gives an overview on last night's Assembly meeting and its many subjects.
This week on the Mayor's Minute, Matanuska-Susitna Borough Mayor Larry DeVilbiss gives a recap of last night's Assembly meeting.
Here's the subjects: The Jim Creek Motorized Master Plan, a postponed Multi-family ordinance, forest management, a withdrawn school site for Palmer, the Susitna Ferry, the Mat-Su Gateway Visitor Center, a park for Willow, mayoral appointments; and the passing of some dear community leaders.
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MAT-SU—Mayor Larry DeVilbiss of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough gives highlights of last night's Assembly meeting and its 1,000-page plus packet. Among the topics: $53.8 million in road construction projects coming this summer in the Borough, the Willow Historic Preservation Plan, term limits extended for the LEPC and the Fish & Wildlife Commission, two new town sites being established, the Susitna ferry, the Canyon Creek Coal resolution, tall towers, a design for the Talkeetna Library, deputies for Fire and Public Works, and the approved contract with the Mat-Su Borough Employee Association.
MAT-SU—This week on the Mayor's Minute, Matanuska-Susitna Borough Mayor Larry DeVilbiss gives the highlights of this week's Assembly meeting.
Topics include: the multi-family ordinance, a tie-breaking vote on the tall structure ordinance, a work force housing action plan, land donated for a new Wasilla City Library, and the recent fires in wild wind.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING ALL. This week on the Mayor's Minute, Matanuska-Susitna Borough Mayor Larry DeVilbiss discusses the highlights of last night's Assembly meeting.
MAT-SU—This week on the Mayor's Minute podcast, Matanuska-Susitna Borough Mayor Larry DeVilbiss gives a roundup on this week's Assembly meeting, including:
• the certification of the local election
• funding for the South Big Lake Road realignment
• $32.2 million from the state for road bond funding
•Talkeetna water & sewer rates
•floodplain permit fee waived
•state and federal priority lists underway
•a new tall tower advisory committee
and more.
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MAT-SU—This week on the Mayor's Minute podcast, Matanuska-Susitna Borough Mayor Larry DeVilbiss gives highlights of last night's meeting. Subjects were tucked inside a 1,200-page packet. A resolution goes down again on the health impact assessment for mining the Matanuska coal fields. The Susitna Ferry. Movement on a long-stalled road project in Big Lake. The issuance of $13.6 million in the voter-adopted, legislature-blessed road bond projects, just the beginning of the $64 million package. And this crazy wind. Click here to listen to the Mayor's Minute Sept. 19
This week on the Mayor's podcast, Matanuska-Susitna Borough Mayor Larry DeVilbiss gives highlights of Tuesday night's Assembly meeting, among the subjects:
• the defeat of the removal of a business inventory tax
• conveying Lake Lucille Park to the city of Wasilla
• $8.3 million in legislative grants for schools
• $23.5 million in legislative grants for the ongoing construction of the Port MacKenzie Rail Extension
Mat-Su— This week on Mayor's Minute, Mayor Larry DeVilbiss talks about the following subjects: The Donlin Mine presentation, the transit hut at Hatcher nordic, tax foreclosures, a wastewater treatment plant, Borough gym recreational fees, M/V Susitna, the Big Lake community impact study and more.
Mat-Su— This week on the Mayor's Minute, Matanuska-Susitna Borough Mayor Larry Devilbiss talks about, natural gas LID's, the new Iditarod Elementary School, improved access for the Cottonwood Creek Elementary School, a Purple Heart Borough Resolution, the Master Plan for the Jim Creek parcell, and new Road Service Area contracts.
MAT-SU—Mayor Larry DeVilbiss gives an overview of June 5th's Assembly meeting. Here's the subjects: the Willow Historic Preservation Plan, a motorized master plan for the Jim Creek parcel, lower fees for platting actions, a proposed comprehensive health impact assessment for the Wishbone Hill coal project, parking and trailheads for snowmobilers in Houston and at Hatcher Pass, and bed tax calculations from visitors who spend the night in the Mat-Su and the share that goes to the group that draws visitors here, Mat-Su Convention & Visitors Bureau.
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Mat-Su—This week on the Mayor's Minute podcast, Matanuska-Susitna Borough Mayor Larry DeVilbiss gives an overview of an extensive list of subjects addressed at last night's Assembly meeting.
• The budget was adopted on Monday with a new areawide mill rate, 9.691— the same rate as last year except for the increase to pay for school and road bonds passed by voters last October. Mayor DeVilbiss submitted three vetoes, which were overturned.
• How raising the exemption threshold on an inventory tax and streamlining business licenses will help business.
• An approval for a new Borough building annex for the public to assemble and workspace for employees.
This week on the Mayor's Minute, Matanuska-Susitna Borough Mayor Larry DeVilbiss announces the adoption of the Borough's budget for next fiscal year. The areawide mill rate is 9.918 and non-areawide mill rate is 0.489.
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Assemblymembers can still reconsider votes and the Mayor can veto until Monday night.
Mat-Su– This week on Mayor's Minute, Mat-Su borough Mayor, Larry DeVilbiss will talk about the upcoming budget hearings, email notifications for the Assembly agenda, gravel and the Susitna Parkway Pit as well as the Governor's appointee for the late Rep. Carl Gatto's seat.
Mat-Su– This week on the Mayor’s Minute, Mat-Su Borough Mayor Larry DeVilbiss will discuss title 43, a noise and special events ordinance, an inventory tax, business licenses as well as Charter Schools.
This week on the Mayor's Minute, Matanuska-Susitna Borough Mayor Larry DeVilbiss discusses last night's Assembly meeting. Among the topics: the much-debated amendment idea for the definition of a community council, a proposed task force for the Susitna Watana Dam, 2012 school bonds, and a proposed date change for Borough elections.
Mat-Su– This week on the Mayor's Minute, Mat-Su Borough Mayor Larry DeVilbiss will talk about the Susitna forest legislation, a land swap with the state in the Government Peak area at Hatcher Pass, the Willow historic preservation plan, Academy Charter School funding as well as the airplane tax repeal.
Mat-Su– This week on the Mayor’s Minute, Matanuska-Susitna Borough Mayor Larry DeVibiss talks about repealing an Airplane tax, postponement of the Susitna Parkway gravel pit ordinance. Support for Fronteras Charter School as well as Goose Creek Correction purchases.
Mat-Su– This week on the Mayor's Minute, Mat-Su Borough Mayor Larry DeVilbiss discusses support for KABATA, the access road for recreation at Hatcher Pass, on-line payment for borough services, the ethics code and historic preservation among other topics.
Mat-Su–This week on the Mayor's Minute, Matanuska-Susitna Borough Mayor Larry DeVilbiss will talk about defending the Record of Decision on the Port MacKenzie Rail, a port technical advisor, a Meadow Lakes Park playground reappropriation, a communications tower with the Mat-Su Borough and Anchorage, the Susitna state forest bill, procurement and utility contracts, two new bridges as well as Port Commisioner Jay Nolfi.
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CORRECTION: The Mayor misspoke on the size of the proposed Susitna Forest...it is 763,200 acres.
Mat-Su–This week on Mayor's Minute, Matanuska-Susitna Borough Mayor Larry DeVilbiss talks about the donation to the Sutton Library project, audience participation at Assembly meetings, a natural gas pipeline resolution and other subjects.
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Mayor Larry DeVilbiss gives highlights of Assembly meetings in his podcast, the Mayor's Minute.
