Here's a navigable flowchart of MOA's organization and payroll: http://alaskapolicyforum.org/resources/municipality-of-anchorage/flowchart13/ 
Take a look at each subsection. Do all of these branches and subsections seem equally important and necessary? 
Violent crime is up. Vehicle theft is up 73% from last year. Anchorage is in a region known for snow. Our mayor wants us to believe that events have transpired such that now we can only choose between more crime and innavigable winter roads.