Mat-Su Borough budget shrinking as population grows

Mat-Su Borough LogoThe Matanuska-Susitna Borough’s budget proposal is out and it’s smaller than last year.
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If approved, the budget for the fastest-growing population center in the state would shrink about $9 million to about $400 million. The plan keeps school funding about the same as last year.
The borough prides itself on having the leanest personnel to resident ratio of any municipality in the state, with one employee for every 330 residents, Borough Manager