North Slope Borough: Veterans’ Preference in Borough Employment

The North Slope Borough’s personnel rules must give a veteran of the First World War, the Second World War, Korea or the Vietnam era (to November 7, 1975) employment preference, with five points added to a passing merit-exam grade, ten for a veteran VA rates at least 10 percent disabled, and preference to stay on when a position is cut and qualifications are equal.

Also called: hiring preference, veterans preference, five points, ten points, NSBMC 2.20.150, personnel rules, Utqiagvik.

For: Veteran or service member.

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

North Slope Borough, AKCounty

NSBMC 2.20.150(23) lists among the things the borough's personnel rules provide "the granting of employment preference right to a veteran at each time he applies for employment, not within the area of promotion, when he possesses the necessary qualifications in the job classification for which he applies". Who counts. A veteran here is a person with 90 days or more of active service in the armed forces who was honorably discharged after serving in one of three periods: April 6, 1917 to December 1, 1919; September 16, 1940 to December 31, 1947; or June 27, 1950 to November 7, 1975. A disabled veteran is one VA rates at least 10 percent service-connected. Service after November 7, 1975 does not count under this definition. What it gives. In the merit-system examination for entrance into the classified service, five points are added to a veteran's passing grade and ten to a disabled veteran's. When a classified position is eliminated, and all job qualifications are equal, the veteran is preferred over the non-veteran and kept on the job. Applying. Claim the preference when applying for a borough job, with a DD-214 showing the service dates and character of discharge, and a VA rating letter for the ten points. The borough's Human Resources office administers the rules.

Thresholds

Thresholds for North Slope Borough: Veterans’ Preference in Borough Employment
Gate	Rule
Veterans of the listed service periods; ten points at a 10 percent VA rating	The preference turns on service between 1917 and 1975 and an honorable discharge; the ten-point step needs a 10 percent rating, which the rating filter does not test, so it never hides this benefit.

Sources

North Slope Borough Code 2.20.150, Scope of rules (Municode, current through Ordinance 2025-12)Official

Updated

Last updated 2026-10-16.

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