LaFrance had introduced the ordinance soon after a chaotic October meeting over a mask ordinance during which Bronson’s administration asserted control over Assembly chambers, pulling security guards and removing a plexiglass shield between testifiers and Assembly members that was being used for COVID-19 mitigation. Under the ordinance, the Assembly chair - currently Suzanne LaFrance - now has the authority to exercise management over the spaces where the Assembly holds its meetings, such as its chambers in Loussac Library.
The Assembly had passed both ordinances last week amid a deepening power struggle with the mayor’s administration.īronson denounced both ordinances and has argued that the ordinance on control of Assembly meeting spaces is against Alaska law.Īssembly leadership has defended the ordinances as legal, necessary and within the legislative body’s power. In news release sent immediately following the vote, Assembly leadership announced that it will enforce its COVID-19 mitigation plan during its meetings, including that masks or face coverings must be worn at all times and limiting occupancy in Assembly chambers to 125 people. The no votes in both cases were from Assembly members Jamie Allard and Crystal Kennedy of Eagle River.
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The Assembly then voted 9-2 to override Bronson’s veto of an ordinance that changes municipal code to formally designate control over Assembly meeting spaces to the Assembly chair. The Anchorage Assembly voted to override two vetoes that Mayor Dave Bronson issued earlier this week, reinstating ordinances that Assembly leadership has said are meant to address separation of powers issues with the mayor and Bronson has called a “power grab.”ĭuring a special meeting on Friday to address the mayor’s vetoes, the Assembly overrode one veto in an 9-2 vote, reinstating an ordinance that brings the mayor’s appointees to the Assembly for confirmation much more quickly. Assembly Vice Chair Christopher Constant is at right. Anchorage Assembly Chair Suzanne LaFrance at a special meeting at City Hall on Monday, Sept.
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