Tag Archives: Kodiak City Council

Fishing fishing boats moored in Kodiak. ( Photo by James Brookes/Flickr) Mitch Borden/KMXT At its last regular meeting, the Kodiak city council advanced an ordinance, that would allow fishermen to sell their catch to customers directly from their vessels, to its second reading. If passed the ordinance would allow the harbormaster to issue permits to fishermen that’d let them sell …

Kodiak city council deliberating. (Photo by Mitch Borden/KMXT) Mitch Borden/KMXT At its regular meeting on Thursday night, the Kodiak city council heard testimony from community members on whether it should or shouldn’t raise the city’s sales tax cap from $750 to $3,000. And then voted on it. For months, the Kodiak city council has been discussing raising the city’s maximum …

View of Kodiak from the Near Island Bridge. (Photo by Mitch Borden/KMXT) Mitch Borden/KMXT Right now in Kodiak, if you spend more than $750, you’ll only get taxed for the first 750 – which equates to about $50 in sales tax. But that might change after tonight. The City Council is voting on an ordinance that would raise Kodiak’s sales …

The City of Kodiak sign at the Kodiak Island Borough Building. (Photo by Mitch Borden/KMXT) Mitch Borden/KMXT At the Kodiak City Council’s work session last night, deputy city manager Matt Van Daele presented information about the city annexing land outside its limits. The area discussed includes Service District Area Number 1 and Fire Protection Area Number 1. The city is …

Fishing boats moored in Kodiak. ( Photo by James Brookes/Flickr) Mitch Borden/KMXT For months, the Kodiak city council has been working on how to balance its budget when it has a deficit close to $3 million. One of the ways it’s looking at generating revenue is raising the city sales tax cap from $750 to $3000. Many residents are worried …

The City of Kodiak sign at the Kodiak Island Borough Building. (Photo by Mitch Borden/KMXT) Mitch Borden/KMXT At its regular meeting last night, the Kodiak City Council decided to advance the ordinance that’ll raise the city’s sales tax cap to $3000 to its second reading and public hearing. During citizen comments, Jack Mann told the council it wastes too much …

(Photo courtesy of 401(K) 2012/Flicker) Mitch Borden/KMXT At its regular meeting on Thursday, the Kodiak City Council is voting on advancing an ordinance that would raise the city sales tax cap from $750 to $3,000. If passed, the ordinance will move to its second reading and public hearing. The council postponed the vote at an earlier meeting so it could …

City council preparing for its community forum. (Photo by Mitch Borden/KMXT) Mitch Borden/KMXT The City of Kodiak is facing a $2.8 million budget deficit, according to Deputy Mayor Randy Bishop. He said this to a crowd at a community forum last night focused on hearing what Kodiak residents think the council should do about it. A lot more people turned …

Two guided-missile destroyers sailing in the Western Pacific. ( Photo by U.S. Navy Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Nathan K. Serpico/Flickr) Mitch Borden/KMXT Two U.S. Navy admirals and other personnel visited the Kodiak City Council last night at its regular meeting. They gave a presentation on the navy exercise, Northern Edge which was held earlier this year in the Gulf of …

Mitch Borden/KMXT Taxation was once again a topic of discussion at the Kodiak City Council’s work session last night. One of the things talked about was a possible tax on alcohol. City manager Mike Tvenge said in the past it was believed the city couldn’t tax alcohol, but that’s not completely true. The city can’t place an excise tax on …