Mat-Su Borough Assembly approves budget

The Matanuska Susitna Borough Assembly wrapped up it’s budget process Thursday night.
The Borough Assembly set the mill rate for FY 2017 at it’s special meeting Thursday, essentially finalizing the budget process.
Deputy Borough mayor Matthew Beck read the motion:
“I move to set the mill rate at 9.984 areawide and at 0.525 non-areawide.”
With the mill rate set, the Borough Assembly next approved, as amended, an approximately $400 million budget for the coming year. The bu