SEARHC negotiated payments in lieu of property taxes back on assembly agenda

The borough assembly was scheduled to hold a special meeting Tuesday evening to consider an agreement for the SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium to make voluntary payments on tax-exempt property it owns in town.

A draft agreement had been on the agenda at the assembly’s May 10 meeting but discussion was postponed.

Mayor Steve Prysunka is leading the negotiations on the borough’s side, Borough Manager Jeff Good said last Thursday.

The borough had started negotiations by asking for $225,000 a year, and SEARHC offered $45,000 per year for 10 years covering all of its property in Wrangell...

 

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