Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson vetoed a portion of the Anchorage Assembly’s spending plan on Tuesday to distribute American Rescue Plan Action Funds.
On August 9, the assembly passed a resolution that was set toin ARPA funds to nonprofits, local businesses, and organizations. Bronson vetoed 10 line-items of AR 2022-178. The line-item vetoes total $16,199,091 of ARPA funds.
“It’s not the first time we’ve been here,” ABC President and CEO Celeste Hodge Growden said. “We knew that it would be a struggle.” “This is something that we’ve needed and not just Anchorage, but in this state for a long time,” Hodge Growden said. “The administration believes in a more equitable distribution of funds throughout the community,” BronsonMembers of the assembly said that their decision for granting money towards projects in the community was based off of equity funding and long-term investments into the community.
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