Manager News

The City and Borough of Juneau (CBJ) and Tlingit & Haida are working with property owners to collectively address longstanding public health, safety, and environmental concerns in the area behind Willoughby and Capital Avenues, including the historic Aak’w Village District, in downtown Juneau.  CBJ and Tlingit & Haida are coordinating with property owners, service providers, and community partners to address accumulated waste…

Today, the City and Borough of Juneau (CBJ) and the Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska (Tlingit & Haida) jointly requested immediate assistance from the State of Alaska in anticipation of a potentially imminent and record level glacial lake outburst flood, or jökulhlaup, from Suicide Basin above the Mendenhall Glacier. Tlingit & Haida and CBJ…

The City and Borough of Juneau (CBJ) posted a solicitation for bids to perform construction work on the first two floors of the Michael J. Burns building. The project will accommodate CBJ offices for 147 personnel, an accessible Assembly Chambers and central public service counter. The cost-based bid solicitation materials include a summary of work, site layout and list of…

Share your experience during past city emergencies through the City and Borough of Juneau (CBJ) Emergency Operations Plan Survey by Friday, July 3 at 11:59 p.m. Feedback collected will inform the update to CBJ’s 2016 Emergency Operations Plan.    An Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) defines roles and responsibilities in a disaster to effectively coordinate critical response operations. The update of the CBJ EOP will include significant updates to better reflect the local risk environment and needed response actions. This survey, administered by…

The City and Borough of Juneau (CBJ) Assembly will discuss propositions to both reduce operating costs and realize foregone revenue at the Assembly Finance Committee meeting this Wednesday, April 22 at 5:30 p.m. in the Assembly Chambers and online.  In early April, the City Manager shared the FY27 Proposed Budget with the Assembly. The proposed budget includes $4.6 million in savings through tightened staffing assumptions and a projected $2.5 million in new…

February 27, 2025 Good afternoon, Earlier this week, I shared the difficult news regarding the change in direction by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) on an enduring solution to the ongoing threat of glacial lake outburst flooding (GLOF) in the Mendenhall Valley. I want to acknowledge the weight of that update as it threatens the longevity of our…