$488M budget easily clears Anchorage Assembly

The Anchorage Assembly during its April 26th meeting. Photo: Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media.The total price-tag on Anchorage’s 2016 operating budget is about $488 million. That’s up around $7 million dollars from a few months ago, $3 million of which is a result voter-approved measures in the April elections, according to Lance Wilber, director of the municipality’s Office of Management and Budget.
For property owners, the mill rate will rise very slightly to 14.16,