Kodiak’s city employees are getting a pay raise, but passage of the wage hike came after lengthy – and at times impassioned – debate, and a tie breaking vote from the city’s mayor. Kodiak City Council members agreed on one thing at Thursday’s meeting – city employees deserve a raise. But how and when to fund that pay bump was …
Read More »After outpouring of public support, Kodiak City Council hits pause on all-purpose vehicle restrictions
All-purpose vehicles will continue to be permitted on Kodiak streets under new statewide rules that went into effect January 1. That the decision came after a long – and at times – impassioned City Council meeting last week. Last fall, Governor Dunleavy’s office announced that all-purpose vehicles – like side-by-sides and all-terrain vehicles – would be street legal in Alaska …
Read More »City mulls restricting all-purpose vehicle use on the streets of Kodiak
All-purpose vehicles, like off-road side-by-sides and all-terrain vehicles, can legally travel Alaskan roadways. Last fall, the governor’s office announced the relaxed regulations, and they went into effect this past weekend, but those changes might be short-lived on parts of Kodiak Island. Kodiak City Council will have a first reading next week of a draft ordinance to limit APV use within …
Read More »Council deliberates what it’ll take to maintain Kodiak’s infrastructure
The pipes that provide running water is a part of Kodiak’s infrastructure that needs to be maintained. (Photo by Matthew Reid/Flickr) Mitch Borden/KMXT The Kodiak City Council is considering doubling its property tax to fund repairs and improvements to the City of Kodiak’s infrastructure. While many on the council agree having enough money to sustain the systems that help the …
Read More »The Sun’aq Tribe Wants to Collaborate with the City of Kodiak on Some Future Projects
Mitch Borden/KMXT At the Kodiak City Council’s work session tonight, there will be a presentation about the Sun’aq Tribe’s Tribal Transportation Program, also known as TTP, and projects it’d like to collaborate with the city on. In a letter to assistant city manager Matthew Van Daele, the Sun’aq Tribe’s Transportation Coordinator Randy Boskofsky outlines some tasks the two organizations could …
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