City capital requests top $1.4M

Wrangell’s Assembly mulled over a sizable list of capital priorities for the coming fiscal year Monday.

There were 103 items on the list, which finance director Lee Burgess ranked from critical to moderate necessity.

He recommended 20 of these requests be funded, 13 coming from the city’s General Fund in the amount of $594,000. Topping the list was an addressable fire alarm replacement for the Public Safety Building, as well as new heating system piping, roof repair and considerable siding repair. Together these four items would amount to $335,000.

Another four of these recommended items deal...