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Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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Alaska Constitutional Convention's local government committee, headed by John Rosswog, recommends eliminating counties and dividing the future state into cities and rural municipalities with three classes, agreeing with Fairbanks officials Douglas Preston and Matt Slinkard. Delegate Victor Rivers emphasizes meeting needs of all sections.
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FAIRBANKS, (AP)-The Alaska Constitutional Convention's committee on local government Saturday recommended dividing the future state into cities and rural municipalities, eliminating counties.
The committee, headed by John Rosswog of Cordova, agreed with two Fairbanks city officials Mayor Douglas Preston and City Manager Matt Slinkard--that the basic county system of the states should not be applied to Alaska.
The committee's plan would call for two basic categories of local government, cities and rural municipalities.
The latter would contain three classes -- areas with authority to adopt home rule charter: under-developed or completely unorganized units, such as villages on the Arctic slope, and regions not falling into either of the two classes.
Victor Rivers, Anchorage delegate, said the committee's goal was to "find a system of local government to meet the needs of every section of Alaska, whether urban or otherwise."
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The Alaska Constitutional Convention's committee on local government, headed by John Rosswog, recommended dividing the future state into cities and rural municipalities, eliminating counties, agreeing with Fairbanks officials. Rural municipalities would have three classes: home rule areas, under-developed units like Arctic slope villages, and other regions. Victor Rivers stated the goal to meet needs of every section of Alaska.