ASSEMBLY AGENDA/MANAGER’S REPORT
THE CITY AND BOROUGH OF JUNEAU, ALASKA
Wednesday, September 24, 2008, 12:00 p.m. (Noon)
City Hall Conference Room #224 – Municipal Building
Special Meeting No. 2008-29

Submitted by: Rod Swope, City and Borough Manager

I. ROLL CALL

II. MANAGER’S REQUEST FOR AGENDA CHANGES

III. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS.

IV. NEW BUSINESS

1. Ordinances for Public Hearing

Ordinance 2008-31
An Ordinance Relating to the Temporary Sales Tax Exemption for Sales of “Cost of Power Adjustments” on Electrical Power.

AEL&P has brought it to our attention that the expiration date of the emergency Cost of Power Equalization (COPA) sales tax exemption will create a customer inconsistency. Section 5.4 of the Charter provides that emergency ordinances shall expire 180 days after adoption. Ordinance 2008-17, adopted by the Assembly, exempted sales of COPA on electrical power, became effective on May 1, 2008, and will expire on October 28, 2008. Since AEL&P bills its customers daily, but on a monthly cycle, the customers who will be billed from October 28 through October 31 (4 days), will only receive the exemption for 5 months.

The Assembly Finance Committee, at its September 10, 2008 meeting, recommended this ordinance be drafted and forwarded to the Assembly for approval.

I recommend this ordinance be adopted.

V. ASSEMBLY COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS

VI. EXECUTIVE SESSION

VII. ADJOURNMENT

Note: Agenda packets are available for review at the Juneau Municipal Libraries and online at www.juneau.org.

ADA accommodations available upon request: Please contact the Clerk’s office 72 hours prior to any meeting so arrangements can be made to have a sign language interpreter present or an audiotape containing the Assembly’s agenda made available. The Clerk’s office telephone number is 586-5278, TDD 586-5351, e-mail: city_clerk@ci.juneau.ak.us