The office of Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson released a list of the mayor’s vetoes to the assembly’s budget late Tuesday afternoon.
Items that were vetoed include $445,000 in annual funding for Brother Francis Shelter, which provides temporary housing and services for Anchorage’s homeless population., mayor Bronson’s stated his reason for vetoing funds that would allow the shelter to permanently increase its capacity was that he did not believe the organization would be able to render the necessary services.
The same reason was provided for his veto of a second set of funding for Brother Francis’ plans to use $730,000 in annual funds that would be implemented to increase services for adults. An additional $730,000 to provide for the shelter’s non-labor needs was also vetoed, despite the city identifying Brother Francis as a vital component of the municipality’s response to issues surrounding homelessness.
Bronson also said that if $65,000 is removed from the Maintenance & Operations budget, “there will be a security reduction across further facilities such as: city hall, library branches, Fairview recreation center, Spenard recreation center, Health Department building” and others. The item, Bronson’s memo says, “seeks to upend this constitutionally mandated division between legislative and executive powers, by appropriating $150,000 for year 2023 to the “Legislative” branch so that the legislative branch may usurp the Health Department’s implementation and administration role, by having itself provide technical assistance to Alcohol Tax grant applicants going forward. This is untenable.
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