Tag Archives: Kodiak City Council

The city of Larsen Bay is set to get a new ambulance soon, after the Kodiak City Council voted unanimously to donate its old Medic 2 to the nearly 100-person community. Fire Chief Jim Mullican shows Councilmembers Laura Arboleda and Randall Bishop the newest addition to Kodiak’s fleet of ambulances after Thursday’s meeting. (Photo by Kavitha George/KMXT) At Thursday’s city …

High Rise LLC is one step closer to opening its doors after getting City Council approval on Thursday. For now, the dispensary won’t be authorized to sell edible marijuana products. Marijuana. (Photo courtesy of Dank Depot / Flickr) The Kodiak City Council moved to approve an application for a new marijuana dispensary in downtown Kodiak at Thursday night’s meeting. The …

Flag of the Philippines. (Photo via Pexel) Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Kodiak City Council has declared this month Filipino American Heritage Month. Kodiak boasts a sizeable Filipino population, as does the state. Mary Guilas-Hawver is the board chair of the Filipino American Association of Kodiak. She says the Fil-Am Association has been around for many years, but participation dropped off until …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT A community member recently alleged that a city councilman asked her to censor a comment she’d planned to make before the city council. At a city regular meeting last week, Judi Kidder approached the microphone and recalled an incident that she claims happened shortly before an earlier work session. “Councilmember Whiddon appeared at my house and cautioned me …

The City of Kodiak sign at the Kodiak Island Borough Building. (Photo by Mitch Borden/KMXT) Mitch Borden/KMXT The Kodiak City Council is calling for an investigation into the firing of Kodiak’s former deputy city manager, Matthew Van Daele. “We want to make sure everything was done with fairness and protocol and procedure. And, so that’s why we’ve called for this.” …

Kodiak’s fire station sits at 70 feet above sea level, which is in the city’s tsunami inundation zone. (Photo by Mitch Borden/KMXT) Mitch Borden/KMXT The Kodiak City Council is closing in on approving its budget for the fiscal year 2019, but at its regular meeting last night it voted to go with a version of the budget that reduces funding …

Mitch Borden/KMXT A replacement needs to be chosen by the Kodiak City Council to serve out the remainder of Councilman Gabe Saravia’s term. Saravia recently submitted a letter of resignation because he’s moving away from Kodiak. The council has to fill the seat soon, and at its work session last night, the first and only candidate was interviewed. The Kodiak …

Mitch Borden/KMXT At its regular meeting on Thursday, the Kodiak City Council quietly moved its budget, for the coming year, forward to its final vote. This budget will keep the City of Kodiak’s mill rate where’s its been since the 1980’s, even though an earlier version would’ve increased property taxes. All council members present at the meeting approved the budget, …

Mitch Borden/KMXT Residents of the City of Kodiak won’t see an increase in the city’s mill rate, at least for now. For weeks, the Kodiak City Council has been discussing doubling the mill rate to raise funds to help maintain the city’s aging infrastructure. But at its last regular meeting, the council voted unanimously to keep the mill rate at …

Mitch Borden/KMXT It’s time to work together and move forward. That’s how the Kodiak City Council and the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly ended their discussion on consolidation at their recent joint work session. For years, the subject of consolidating the City of Kodiak and the Kodiak Island Borough has been a contentious topic. Borough Mayor Dan Rohrer says it would …