From Sunshine Review
Matanuska-Susitna Borough is one of sixteen organized boroughs in Alaska. Its borough seat is Palmer. As of the 2000 census, the population was 59,322.
The borough is one of seven second-class boroughs in the state.
[edit] Website evaluation
- Main article: Evaluation of Alaska borough websites
[edit] The good
- Current and past budgets are posted[1].
- Assembly meeting minutes and agendas are posted[2].
- Contact information for the Assembly members and the Mayor is provided[3].
- Some non-elected Administrators are listed.
- Zoning information is available[4].
- The form for requesting public records is provided online[5].
- A property tax database has information on individual taxes and taxes can be paid online[6].
[edit] The bad
- Contract opportunities are listed, but there are no actual contracts[7].
- No audits are posted.
- No lobbying affiliations are listed.
This information is based on a report by the Alaska Office of the Assessor's 2008 report.[8]
| Borough
| Class
| Property tax
| Sales tax
| Raw fish tax
| Liquor tax
| Bed tax
| Tobacco tax
| Other special taxes
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| Matanuska-Sustina Borough | 2nd | | | - | - | 5% | Excise tax 5.29% | -
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