Last year, the city spent a lot of money during the pandemic that the Assembly hadn’t originally budgeted for — that’s everything from city busses running for free to standing up an emergency operations center.
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Welcome news for the tourism industry: Juneau assembly votes to relax travel restrictions
The new changes don’t mean the city is lifting all the requirements, but they are meant to be encouraging for COVID-conscious travelers.
Juneau picks finalists for systemic racism review committee
The committee will review proposed laws and advise the assembly if they include a policy or implication that is racist.
Juneau approves more cash relief for low income residents
The Juneau Assembly voted 7 to 2 on an ordinance to pay out more individual grants in addition to those paid out last year.
Juneau Assembly to consider more individual assistance grants for neediest residents
Without Assembly action, 1,180 eligible, lower income adults financially hurt by the pandemic won’t be paid individual assistance grants.
How Juneau’s elected officials can make or break plans for a fifth cruise ship dock
Norwegian Cruise Line has several years of work to do before it can build what could be a fifth dock for big ships in downtown Juneau. City Manager Rorie Watt laid out which steps intersect with city government.
Juneau works to make ‘Zoom bombing’ a criminal offense
City officials estimate that there have been about a dozen instances of what’s known as “Zoom bombing” or disrupting a meeting. Zoom bombers have successfully hijacked other public meetings in Alaska and throughout the rest of the world, often with lewd, racist or pornographic material.
Juneau Assembly holds off on decisions on local pandemic relief programs after feds act
“We do want to make sure we’re trying to get it into the right hands … quickly, but not so quickly that we rush ourselves into additional mistakes,” Assembly member Michelle Hale said.
Juneau Assembly considers property tax breaks for new downtown housing
It’s one more strategy local policymakers are considering toward a perennial goal to make housing more affordable in the Capital City.
Juneau Assembly tweaks individual assistance, business grant programs ahead of CARES Act deadline
People who applied for individual CARES Act funded grants can no longer get them if they’ve already gotten housing assistance grants from the city.