Tonight, the Municipality of Anchorage Assembly votes on a proposed 3% sales tax at its Regular Assembly Meeting, Dec 2, 5pm-11pm. Buried deep in the agenda is Ordinance No. AO 2025-133, listed as item 14.K: the sales tax proposal.
The ordinance reads: “An ordinance of the Anchorage Assembly submitting to the qualified voters of the Municipality of Anchorage a ballot proposition amending the Home Rule Charter to authorize a 3% sales and use tax: 1% for property-tax relief; 1% for public safety and infrastructure; and 1% for childcare and housing; and authorizing borrowing from the MOA Trust Fund corpus to finance start-up costs. Chief Administrative Officer and Mayor LaFrance.”
New public hearings will begin no earlier than 6pm and end no later than 11pm. The proposed 3% sales tax is the 11th ordinance listed in this section with one ordinance following…