ITEM TITLE:
City Manager’s Report 8-17-2022
SUBMITTED BY: Mark Detter, City Manager
FISCAL NOTES:
Expenditure Required: N/A
Unencumbered Balance: N/A
Funding Source: N/A
RECOMMENDATION:
Receive and File.
SUMMARY STATEMENT:
Mayor Scheidt and I met with Senate Candidate Kelly Tshibaka to discuss issues impacting Valdez, including the Sewer Force Main and Meals Hill Improvements. We also discussed potential answers to Valdez child care challenges with the candidate. The meeting took Saturday, August 6th in City Council Chambers.
Senator Murkowski also met with me and Mayor Scheidt to discuss the current EDA grant opportunity for Meals Hill and the Sewer Force Main project. Childcare was also discussed.
Assistant City Manager/Capital Facilities Director Nate Duval and I will meet with the Commissioner of DNR on August 26th to discuss alternatives for the Lowe River. Kim Hutchinson, State Lobbyist, will be on hand as well and is responsible for arranging the meeting.
Departments are preparing budgets throughout August and City Manager review of these will occur in September.
The latest revenues from the hotel bed tax are ahead of 2018, 2020, and 2021. Collections should be available at the end of October and should show a record year. In 2021 the Bed Tax collected approximately $500,000.