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City Manager's Report March 15, 2022
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SUBMITTED BY: Mark Detter, City Manager
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SUMMARY STATEMENT:
The following is a report of my activities the past two weeks:
February 28th-March 4th- Several Directors and Supervisors and various staff attended 0-305 AHIMT Training (Incident Management Training) at the Civic Center. The Response Group provided training, including actual Valdez based scenarios related to industrial accidents and Tsunami type events. Staff did an excellent job of engaging in the training.
February 28th- March 1st- The Police Chief, Assistant City Manager, and City Manager met with 3 School Superintendent candidates.
March 1st- City Manager met with Danika Yeager, Interim President of Alyeska and Ben Stevens Vice President, External Affairs & Transportation, Conoco Phillips.
Interactions have been ongoing with different individuals related to State Legislative Issues, including:
On March 5th, City Manager provided testimony to House Finance Committee requesting funding for Harbor Grant, supporting recapitalization of Community Assistance Program, increasing funding for Community Jails, and continued support for School Bond Debt reimbursement and Alaska Marine Highway funding at current levels.
-Contact has occurred with State Lobbyist Kim Hutchinson. Mr. Hutchinson gave specific information on the potential energy assistance from the State and increasing property tax exemption for residential properties. Mr. Hutchison believes there is broad support for energy assistance from State at possibly $1300 per person. Mr. Hutchison believes there is limited possibility that State will increase the property tax exemption from $50K to $75K this year.
-Nils Andreassen (Director of AML) recommended contacting Senator Shelly Hughes and express City of Valdez support for providing municipalities with a...
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