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Kolby Zerkel

Kolby Zerkel

City Manager of Palmer, Alaska (since April 2025); former Anchorage deputy municipal manager and State Operations Director for Sen. Dan Sullivan.

Oct 2, 2026

3:01
And the budget really, for listeners, many of them know, but maybe we should talk a little bit about that, the difference between an operating budget and the capital budget.
3:10
Yes.
3:12
In code, I'm required to present a balanced budget, and that's the operations and administration of the government.
3:19
That is everything that you see day to day.
3:22
And we are on track, and numbers aren't 100% finalized, but we are on track to have a slight surplus.
3:28
I had a surplus last year, and we're on track to have a surplus for 2027 as well.
3:33
The capital requests are completely separate.
5:22
Has that begun or what's that status?

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