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Williams' Efforts For Ketchikan & Saxman
Pay Off as Capital Budget Passes First Hurdle

 

May 07, 2002
Tuesday - 2:35 pm


Representative Bill Williams, R-Saxman, Co-chair of the powerful House Finance Committee, announced Monday the list of District One projects included in the capital budget set out in Senate Bill 247. Representative Williams worked with Senator Pete Kelly, R- Fairbanks, Co-Chair of the Senate Finance Committee, and Senator Robin Taylor in
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Rep. Bill Williams
writing the Senate version of SB 247 which passed the Senate Finance Committee on Sunday, May 5, 2002.

Just over $1 million was added for various projects in District One in the Senate Finance version of the capital bill. "In order to keep sewer rates in the Borough down, we have allocated $500,000 towards the purchase of Borough sludge equipment," said Rep. Williams. "We also felt it was important to get some funds for the repair and maintenance of the Senior Center and PATH."

District One's capital projects in the bill include 25 items totalling over $9 million dollars.
Major projects include $3,508,000 in authority for AHFC bonding for renovation of Seaview Terrace; $1,230,000 in funding for Tongass Avenue water and sewer improvements; and $1,330,000 in funding Tongass Avenue resurfacing.

Representative Williams commented on other area projects funded in legislation that has passed the House: "When you add the money in the bond bills and debt reimbursement bill ($20 million for the Swan Lake/Tyee intertie; $3,900,000 for construction upgrades to the University's Paul/Ziegler buildings; $5,522,692 for repairs at Schoenbar Junior High; $385,000 for the University's Robertson building and parking lot; and $3,938,000 for Ketchikan's Harbors) to the projects we were able to fund in the capital budget, Ketchikan is sitting pretty."

The capital budget will now head to the floor of the Senate and then to the House, where it will be assigned to Williams' House Finance Committee. "I will continue to monitor Ketchikan's capital budget items as the bill moves through the process and over to the House Finance Committee." The House Finance Committee typically makes the last few changes in capital spending and attaches the reappropriations section of the bill.

Detailed list of capital projects:

Projects Amount
* City of Saxman Seaport Warehouse Heating System

  $100,000.00

* City of Saxman Restoration of Totem Poles in Totem Park  $200,000.00
 * City of Ketchikan Fire Dept. 2 Thermal Imaging Devices  $32,000.00
* KGB Sludge Conversion Project $500,000.00
* Park Avenue Temporary Homeless Shelter Maintenance and Repairs $25,000.00
* Tongass Coast Aquarium Design and Planning $25,000.00
* Ketchikan Area Arts and Humanities Council Design and Planning   $25,000.00
* KGB  Junk Car Removal $25,000.00
* Ketchikan Senior Services Maintenance and Renovation $25,000.00
* Hyder Community Facility Water Plant Equipment  $75,000.00
Ketchikan Shoreline Drive Water and Sewer / Analysis and Design $140,000.00
Ketchikan Tongass Avenue Water and Sewer Improvements 1,230,000.00
KGB International Airport Wastewater Plant $50,000.00
Ketchikan Seaview Terrace Renovation $3,508,000.00
KGB West Taxiway Construction $500,000.00
Ketchikan Tongass Resurfacing $1,330,000.00
Ketchikan Alaska Marine Highway Mooring Dolphin $150,000.00
Ketchikan Tongass Highway / Viaducts Replacement and Rehabilitation $450,000.00
Ketchikan North Tongass Highway / Pavement Restoration $300,000.00
KGB Airport Surveillance $20,000.00
KGB Kayhi Renovation $93,185.00
Ketchikan Road and Street Improvements   $168,122.00
Saxman Computer System Upgrades $25,000.00
Saxman Seaport Warehouse Heating System $15,149.00
 

   Total
$9,011,456.00

* Added in Senate Finance Committee Substitute bill

 

 

Source of News Release & Photo:

Office of Rep. Bill Williams
Web Site

 

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