Alaska Community Directory 2008 - Alaska Department of ...

Page 4 Community Directory - January 2008
Anchorage, Municipality of
(ANG-kuh-ridge)
P.O. Box 196650, Anchorage, AK 99519
Phone: 907-343-4431 | Fax: 907-343-4499 | Internet URL: http://www.muni.org
E-mail: Mayor@ci.anchorage.ak.us | Find Term-end and employee info online: see inside cover
Borough Classification: Unified Home Rule Municipality
Population: 282,813 (2006 DCCED Certified Population Estimates)
Year Incorporated: 1975
Manager Form of Government: No
Municipal Elections: 1st Tuesday in April
Assembly Meets: Most Tuesdays at 5 p.m.
Sales Tax: NA
Property Tax: 16.37 mills (avg. of 44 service areas)
Special Taxes:
12% Bed; 8% Rental Car; $1.30 Cigarettes (per pack); 45% Other Tobacco
Products
Mayor: Mark Begich
Mayor’s Term: 2009
Administrator/Manager Name: Mike Abbott
Clerk Name: Barbara Gruenstein
Municipal Utilities:
Municipal Powers:
School District Name: Anchorage School District
Piped Water, Piped Sewer, Electric, Refuse Collection, Landfill, Police,
Investigations, Drug Enforcement, Jail, Fire, EMS/Ambulance, Building
Safety, Airport, Harbor/Port, Schools, Libraries, Museum, Planning/
Zoning, Building Safety/ Building Permits, Animal Control, Roads,
Transit, Parking, Parks & Recreation, Swimming Pools, Human Services,
Alaska Center for the Performing Arts, Heritage Land Bank, Community
Development, Environmental Protection, Historic Preservation.
Areawide: Education, Planning, Animal Control, Fireworks Control,
Health & Environmental Protection, Library, Mass Transit, Zoning,
Taxicab, Rights-of-Way Use, Parking, Sewers. Non-Areawide: Building
Safety, Police
ARDOR: Anchorage Economic Development Corporation
CDQ Group:
Regional Health Corporation: Southcentral Foundation
Regional Native Non-Profit
Corporation:
Regional ANCSA Native
Corporation:
Village ANCSA Native
Corporation(s):
Village Council(s):
DCRA Regional Office: Anchorage
NFIP Participant: Yes
ACMP Coastal Resource District: Anchorage
PCE Subsidy: No
Cook Inlet Tribal Council, Inc.
Cook Inlet Region, Inc.
Caswell Native Association Point Possession, Inc. Ahtna Development
Corporation
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