Municipal Budget Advisory Commission

The Municipal Budget Advisory Commission is a technical advisory commission that conducts an organized citizens' review of the proposed municipal operating budget and other fiscal issues.

This commission meets the 2nd Thursday of every month at 11:30 am on the 8th floor of City Hall, 632 W. 6th Ave., Mayor's Conference Room #830 unless otherwise stated.

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2024 Agendas and Meeting Recordings

Meeting Date	Agenda	Recording	Presentation / Reference Material
January 11			Department Meeting: Office of Management & Budget (OMB) November 2023 General Government Budget vs Actuals AIM Supplementals Historical ACFRs Municipal Code
February 8			Anchorage School District (ASD) Budget Presentation ASD Budget Website ASD Presentation Public Finance Fund Balance Presentation
March 14			Department Meeting: Maintenance & Operations Assembly Follow-Up Pay adjustments for non-rep, exec, public safety – work session Friday, March 15 Related Documents Advocacy to HUD (federal) regarding Anchorage's Continuum of Care funding formula & inequity in homelessness funding. Letter to Senator Dan Sullivan Letter to Secretary Marcia Fudge General update to the Alaska Legislature (Anchorage Delegation, and Finance committee members) on housing and homelessness. Departmental PVR Reports
April 11			Guest Presentation - Room Tax: Mike Edgington, Girdwood Board of Supervisors Presentation Slides OMB Q1 Budget (Laid on the Table) Assembly Documents AR 2024-104, General Government Revised Budget AO 2024-29, General Government Mill Rates AO 2024-30, Anchorage School District Mill Rates AR 2024-105, Municipal Utilities/Enterprise Activities Operating and Capital Improvement Revised Budgets AIM xx-2024, Utility Revenue Distribution ASD Follow-Up Historic Enrollment by School & by Charter School Only Ethnicity Report with Historical Data, Enrollment by School Presentation from Joint School Board & Assembly Session ASD's 6-year Capital Improvement Plan
May 9			BAC Discussion - Room Tax Continued... Draft Resolution on Room Tax Use and Distribution in the Municipality of Anchorage ASD Links to Topics of Interest Correspondence Learning - Hot Topics / Correspondence Allotment Court Case Information (asdk12.org) Rightsize Survey - Rightsizing ASD / Overview (asdk12.org) College, Career, Life - Building a Better Anchorage / Academies of Anchorage (asdk12.org) Action Items - Chair and Vice Chair Elections Results: Chair - Matthew Harvey Vice Chair - Al Tamagni
June 13			Eagle Exit PowerPoint Presentation Team Anchorage (the Official Transition Website of Suzanne LaFrance) Project Anchorage (Submit Project Ideas Funded by 3% Sales Tax Initiative)
July 11			Presentation: Alcohol and Marijuana Taxes - Anna Brawley AO 2019-148(S-1) Amended - original ballot language creating the alcohol tax (Prop 14, passed by voters in April 2020 election) Alcohol Tax Informational Website DRAFT Alcohol Strategic Plan, Short Version (presented in Rules Committee on 6/13/24) Full Draft Strategic Plan Worksession Recording AO 2022-17(S) - original ballot language for Anchorage Child Care and Early Education (ACCEE) Fund and the dedication of marijuana tax to the fund (Prop 14, passed by voters in April 2023) ACCEE Fund Implementation Project Website AO 2024-61(S) - ACEE Fund Accountability Board creation ordinance Worksession Recording
August 8			ASD: Capital Planning & Construction and Maintenance Assembly: Budget and Finance Committee FY25 Budget Priorities
September 12			Presentation: Anchorage Economic Development Corporation (AEDC) - Proposed Sales Tax Assembly Resources: AR 2024-278 - A Resolution of the Anchorage Assembly Adopting Anchorage's Alcohol Tax Strategic Plan Alcohol Tax Policy Guidance Roadmap for Safety and Wellbeing MOA Alcohol Tax - Spending by Category by Year Anchorage Child Care & Early Education Fund Implementation Team Final Report OMB 2025 Budget Resources: 120-Day Memo: Preliminary Budget and Revenues 2025 Budget Calendar
October 10			Presentation: 2025 Budget - Office of Management & Budget Director, Ona Brause Municipality of Anchorage Organization Chart 2025 Capital Improvement Budget 2025 Bond Projects Map 2025 General Government Operating Budget Overview ASD Supplemental Links: School Bond Projects Rightsizing ASD
November 14			Budget Advisory Commission Strategic Planning ASD Follow-Up: Anchorage School District 2024-25 Adopted Budget Rightsizing Overview & Purpose Rightsizing ASD Presentation
December 12			Department Presentation - Fuel Excise Tax: Lance Wilber, Executive Director of Community Development