Governor Dunleavy & his Republican Cronies’ Budget Vetoes:

Overall Summary of Dunleavy’s Vetoes

$105.7 million Operating Budget Vetoes ($98.2M UGF, $8.5M Fed)
$126.3 million Capital Budget Vetoes ($103M UGF, $8M Fed)
Negatively Impacts:

Education
Seniors, Housing, Low-Income Alaskans
Health Care & Public Safety
Road Repairs & Snow Removal
Parks & Trails
Communities & Infrastructure
Energy & Fisheries

Dunleavy’s Vetoes Impacting Seniors, Housing, Low-Income Alaskans

$6 Million Housing Alaskans Public-Private Partnership
$5.5 Million Denali Commission Housing Program
$3 Million AHFC Energy Programs Weatherization
-$2.85 Million Mental Health Trust AHFC Homeless Assistance Program
$1.75 Million Mental Health Trust AHFC Beneficiary and Special Needs Housing
$1.5 Million Adult Day Services
$1.5 Million Community Based Grants
$575,000 Mental Health Trust Housing Home Modifications and Upgrades
$450,000 Moore St Senior Housing (Fairbanks) ADA Accommodations
$450,000 Norton Sound Health Corp Employee Housing
$321,500 General Relief / Temporary Assisted Living Payments
$304,000 Fairbanks Senior Center Backup Generator
$203,500 Alaska Legal Services Grants
$130,000 Sterling Senior Center Septic Replacement
$82,500 Mt. View Community Center and Boys & Girls Club
$65,000 Nikiski Senior Housing Septic System
$50,000 Kenai Senior Center Roof

Dunleavy’s Vetoes Negatively Impacting Health Care & Public Safety

$15 Million Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Short-Term Skilled Nursing Facility
$7.5 Million Disaster Relief Fund
$3.5 Million Southcentral Foundation Crisis Center
$1.25 Million Crisis Now Mobile Response and Stabilization
$1.2 Million Emergency Communications for Rural Public Radio Stations
$500,000 Blood Bank of Alaska Donor Testing Lab
$321,500 Health Information Exchange Operations
$300,000 Bethel Family Dental Clinic
$200,000 Craig Public Safety Building
$110,000 Municipal Reimbursement for Removing Abandoned Vehicles
$60,000 Maintain National Commission on Correctional Health Care Accreditation
$50,000 Sterling Community Center
$10,000 East Anchorage Community Patrols (Nunaka Valley, Northeast)

Dunleavy’s Vetoes Impacting Road Repairs & Snow Removal

$8.4 Million Authority for Bridge & Road Maintenance relating to Manh Choh Gold Mine
$1.3 Million Hiring and Recruiting Central Region Snow Plow Drivers
$250,00 Northwood Snow Disposal Site for Anchorage
$5.3 Million Anchorage Road Repairs (10 projects)

$2 Million 76th Ave Surface Rehabilitation (Taku Lake Park to Old Seward)
$1 Million Northern Lights Blvd Sound Barrier (Rogers Park Elementary to Drake Rd)
$600,000 Abbott Road Safe Routes to Schools Improvements
$500,000 Campbell Airstrip Road Rebuild
$500,000 Tyonek Drive Surface Rehabilitation
$300,000 Northern Lights Blvd at Bragaw St Pedestrian Crossing Improvements
$200,000 Airport Heights Traffic Calming
$150,000 Basel Street Rehab (72nd Ave to Lore Road)

$700,000 Kenai Peninsula Borough Road Improvements

Dunleavy’s Vetoes Impacting Parks & Trails

$2.95 Million Anchorage Park Foundation (9 Projects, excluding Long Trail)
- $1.8 Million Cheney Lake Park Improvements
- $300,000 Nunaka Valley North Playground Repairs & Improvements
- $225,000 Meadow Park Picnic Shelter, Sidewalk & Parking Improvements
- $98,400 Lanie Fleischer Chester Creek Park and Trail Enhancements
- $50,000 Arnold Muldoon Park Repairs & Improvements
- $50,000 University Medical District Trail System
- $40,000 Trail Connectivity Improvements from Cheney Lake Park to Chanshtnu Muldoon Park
- $37,715 Reappropriation for Repairs and Upgrades to Neighborhood Parks
- $30,200 Outdoor Stage, Storage, and Event Management Equipment
- $25,000 Chugach Foothills Park Repairs & Improvements
$2.6 Million Alaska Long Trail (5 Segments)
- $1.05 Million Ship Creek Trail, Arctic to Indian
- $1 Million Ram Valley Access Trail and Trailhead Parking Lot
- $420,000 Chugach State Park Public Use Cabins
- $80,000 Glenn Highway to Far North Bicentennial Park
- $60,000 Peters Creek Trails Assessment and Design
$650,000 Other Anchorage Park & Trail Improvements
- $200,000 Davis Park Remediation and Improvement
- $25,000 Pathway Connecting Tarwater Ave to Meyer St
- $50,000 Harvard Park Expansion Planning
- $100,000 Tikishla Park Spur Trail Repaving
- $300,000 Windsong Park Repairs & Improvements
$341,000 Chugach State Park Improvements
$330,000 Midtown Park Family Chalet

Dunleavy’s Vetoes Impacting Communities & Infrastructure

$20 Million Community Assistance to Municipalities
$10 Million Alaska Marine Highway Backstop Funding
$1.25 Million Alaska Municipal League Community Grant Compliance
$1 Million Skagway Ore Terminal Decontamination
$1 Million Kodiak St. Herman Harbor Infrastructure Replacement
$1 Million Eagle River Cemetery
$690,000 Rebuild Alaska’s Oldest American Legion Post
$500,000 Unalaska Airport Upgrades
$423,000 Morris Thompson Visitors Center Upgrades and Roof Replacement
$300,000 Napaimute – Kuskokwim River Ice Road Equip
$300,000 Big Lake Debt Reimbursement for Building Construction
$250,000 Alaska Native Heritage Center
$50,000 Hmong Veterans Memorial

Dunleavy’s Vetoes Impacting Energy & Fisheries

$10 Million Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute
$10 Million Port Electrification
$3.79 Million Renewable Energy Project Grants

Homer Landfill Gas; Igiugig Tribal Utility Solar; Pelican Hydro

$2.5 Million MatSu Borough Local Fisheries
$2 Million Interior Gas Utility Natural Gas Extensions
$2 Million Critical Minerals Mapping
$700,000 Homer Electric Mount St. Augustine Geothermal

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