At a borough assembly meeting on Monday, Mayor Mark Jensen gave description of some of the information he heard at the Alaska Conference of Mayors (ACOFM) and the Alaska Municipal League annual conference in Anchorage from Nov.14 - 16.

The Alaska Conference of Mayors (ACOFM) is the parent organization of the Alaska Municipal League (AML). Both organizations work together to establish a municipal consensus on state and federal issues that affect local governments in Alaska.

At the ACOFM, Jensen was elected as the officer for municipalities with populations between 2,501 and 10,000. The orga...