Tag Archives: Kodiak Island Borough Assembly

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: 128 Active Kodiak COVID Cases Reported, Kavanaugh Resigns From Assembly, State to Collect DNA Samples  

Pacific cod up close and personal. Photo courtesy of NOAA website. The closure of the 2020 Gulf of Alaska cod fishery qualifies as a fishery resource disaster because of the sudden, unexpected crash of the fish stock biomass. That’s according to a resolution being considered during tonight’s regular meeting of the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly. In conjunction with the resolution, …

The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly has a double meeting this evening, a regular meeting and an emergency meeting, both are being teleconferenced in order to limit the number of people congregating in one place. The ordinance being considered during the emergency meeting would authorized the assembly to conduct meetings by teleconference and to allow members to call in in the …

It was a full house at last night’s Kodiak Island Borough Assembly meeting with residents voicing concerns about the bears in residential areas.   KMXT’s Maggie Wall has this report. Click on arrow to listen to report, or continue on to read it.   Kodiak residents may love their bears, but those testifying last night seemed to agree that bears …

Our guest today is Bob Tucker who is organizing a group of concerned citizens to attend the Feb. 6 Borough Assembly meeting to speak up about the need for better enforcement of garbage laws and for bear awareness for locals.   Bear Aware on Facebook has information on meeting time and date/   Bob Tucker wants to see better bear …

The Borough Assembly ratified the results of the October 1 municipal election at last night’s meeting. Shortly after, the newly elected mayor, Bill Roberts, and two assembly members, Duane Dvorak and Scott Arndt were sworn into office. Roberts and Dvorak are new to the assembly and Arndt is an incumbent starting another term. Duane Dvorak and Assemblymember Scott Arndt take …

The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly voted to pass an ordinance increasing the size of accessory dwelling units, or ADUs, during a regular meeting on Thursday. The at-times contentious process included dozens of public comments and a compromise on ADU permitting.   ADUs, also known as in-law units or granny flats, describe an apartment inside an existing residence, or on the …

Kodiak Island Borough election precinct map, located inside the borough building. (Photo by Kavitha George/KMXT) Candidates for school board and Borough Assembly participated in a forum on Wednesday night in Borough Assembly Chambers. The race for one school board seat includes two candidates, Cejie Benoit and Julie Cain Hill. Hill currently serves on the board. Benoit and Hill responded to …

The Borough Assembly voted last night to advance the “minimized development” version of the City of Kodiak’s Near Island Development Plan to a public hearing at the next assembly meeting. A view from the South End Trail on Near Island. (Photo by Kavitha George/KMXT) Development plans for Near Island have been the works for several years now. In 2017, the …

The Borough Assembly is having a regular meeting tonight in Borough Assembly Chambers tonight at 6:30 pm. On tonight’s agenda, the assembly will be considering adopting the “minimum development” version of the City of Kodiak’s Near Island Development Plan. This version was the most conservative of three plans to develop Near Island, limiting industrial area and adding no new commercial …