Dick Traini is the new chair of the Anchorage Assembly after Tuesday’s meeting began with a vote to reorganize leadership. Elvi Gray-Jackson is the new vice chair.
A similar vote took place at the tail end of the last meeting, on December 2, but a busy agenda prevented it from taking place. After failing to get the votes necessary to extend passed the charter-mandated deadline of 11pm, the clock expired and the attempted restructuring with it.
After assembly members cast their votes on paper ballots, the municipal clerk announced the results: Traini has resumed leadership — a post he has held more times than any other member in the city’s history. His first chairmanship took place over two decades ago, when he first served between 1993-1995. He returned for four years, from 2001-2005, and again between 2010-2011.
Since his first election in 1991, Traini has served under six mayors and over 30 assembly members. He is also rumored to be mulling a run for mayor in April, along with half the city — Eagle River Assembly member Amy Demboski has announced she is running, and colleagues Elvi Gray-Jackson, Paul Honeman, and Patrick Flynn are rumored to be interested as well.
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