A task force that the Anchorage Assembly wants created to address winter sheltering for homeless people will continue its work.
A task force that the Anchorage Assembly wants created toThat’s after the Assembly overrode Mayor Dave Bronson’s veto of the group on Thursday, in a 10-1 vote with Eagle River Assembly member Jamie Allard opposed.
The resolution, passed by the Assembly last week, directs the Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness to put together a task force of community stakeholders and providers to come up with a plan to shelter people in the winter months. The coalition is currently headed by Midtown Anchorage Assembly member Meg Zaletel, who excused herself from the vote on both the resolution and the override.
“If this is something that is a municipal body, you’ve got to notice under open meetings procedures,” Bird said. “And if this is something that is aspirational, to advise, it should be made very clear that it falls outside the advisory bodies that are included in the code provisions for boards and commissions.”
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