Anchorage Assembly considers emergency changes to contracting, ombudsman authority after executive session

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The Anchorage Assembly is considering three emergency ordinances Friday in response to allegations made against Mayor Dave Bronson’s administration by the city ombudsman, as well as former municipal manager Amy Demboski.

Anchorage Assembly chair Suzanne LaFrance and vice-chair Chris Constant at an Assembly meeting on June 7, 2022.

Midtown Anchorage Assembly member Meg Zaletel says the ordinances brought forward after the executive session are meant to ensure city code is followed as the body reviews the allegations made in the letter more thoroughly. As emergency ordinances, all three would require nine Assembly members to vote in favor to be enacted.

“If you’ve been following along with the Assembly for the past six months, you’ll have seen a number of corrections to contractual items,” Zaletel said. “A lot of confusion as to whether contracts are being done correctly. And then that coupled with the allegations in Ms. Demboski’s letter, it’s really just to create more oversight in the meantime.”

Current law states that the ombudsman should have access to municipal records. The emergency ordinance explicitly adds language to clarify that those records include personnel files and human resources records.

 

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