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FNSB Rural Services Division
A division of the Public Works Department
Physical Address: 520 Fifth Avenue, First Floor, Suite D
Mailing Address:  PO Box 71267
Fairbanks, AK 99707
907.459.1223
Fax  907.459.1499
ruralservices@co.fairbanks.ak.us
Commissioner NEWS:  

There has been a change to the Service Area Meeting Request. The first day you will be able to hold a meeting has increased by 1 day. Meeting requests turned in by the Tuesday deadline cannot be held until WEDNESDAY of the following week vs. Tuesday. Requests turned in by the Thursday deadline cannot be held until SUNDAY of the following week vs. Saturday. Please use the revised form under the forms directory. 

You should be scheduling your 1st Quarter meeting to discuss your budget and maintenance needs for the upcoming fiscal year. Rural Services anticipates sending out your recommended budgets the first week of February. It is a quick turnaround for you to return your budgets; typically the last week of February. Once we have set dates, we will notify the commissioners.

Budget Training is scheduled for January 25th in the Borough Administrative Center from 6-7:30 pm.

Note the Borough offices are closed on the following dates:
December 23rd and 26th
January 2nd and 16th 

The Fairbanks North Star Borough does not have area-wide powers for road construction or maintenance, fire or police protection, water and sewer services, or other local services. A service area is a taxing jurisdiction of the Borough established at the request of the voters within a geographical area to provide certain of these services within their specific area.

The Rural Services Division provides full administration support to 109 service areas. Some of the support services provided are contracting, procurement, bill payment, engineering support, technical advice, inspection, budget management, training and research. The Division also acts as an intermediary between service area commissioners and other state and local government units. The Division is responsible for processing boundary changes, annexations, formation of new service areas, tax cap adjustment requests (as pertains to service areas), as well as recommending appointments to fill service area commission seats.