Representatives for the Anchorage Fire Department and Anchorage police unions took issue with some of Mayor Dave Bronson's recent vetoes of funding changes made during the Anchorage Assembly's budget revision process.
, the mayor’s office said the vetoes not only save taxpayer money and deliver a budget well below the tax cap, but also creates a “more efficient” and “effective government.” However, some local union leaders now have questions about the mayor’s actions.
“Thirty-nine percent of officers hired since 2018 have left the Anchorage Police Department,” Conkling wrote in an email. “I disagree with the interpretation of the alcohol tax,” Conkling said. “I think that specific to the alcohol tax funding, increased in-service training and increased focused recruiting efforts are absolutely within the parameters of why the alcohol tax was passed.”
He specifically pointed to an amendment that would have allocated $50,000 from the Alcohol Tax Program that would have funded a study to review and make recommendations regarding the personnel levels, staffing structure, national standards and other contributors to labor costs within the fire department.
“There is nothing in our collective bargaining agreement that would prevent us from continuing that work or expanding that work,” Mack said. “We have definitely seen over the last, just over a year and half now there is a need in the community for this type of work.”
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