Tag Archives: Kodiak Island Borough Assembly

There will be a Borough Assembly meeting tonight at 6:30 pm in Borough Assembly chambers. On tonight’s agenda are three public hearings. One will address Assemblymember Scott Arndt’s proposed ordinance about the use and development standards for accessory dwelling units. Another hearing is to consider moving the Near Island Research Court Apartments, also known as Kodiak Fisheries Research Center dorms, …

Despite some opposition, the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly voted four to one last night to extend the dates during which fireworks can be legally purchased and used on the island. This is in response to the state fire marshall’s ban on the sale and use of fireworks around much of Alaska due to hot, dry weather, and the dozens of …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly held a special public meeting Tuesday night (Aug 28) to discuss whether to share a legal opinion with the public. The assembly is considering waiving the confidentiality of the borough attorney’s legal opinions about an Alaska Aerospace Corporation land-use issue. AAC runs a launch facility, Pacific Spaceport Complex, at Narrow Cape. At a …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly approved the fiscal year 2019 nonprofit funding at its regular meeting last night. A number of community members stepped up during public comment to speak for the Kodiak Area Mentor Program, or KAMP, which is a faith-based group that serves people with issues such as addiction. The meeting packet proposed to eliminate KAMP’s …

One of the documents from the tsunami shelter and library plan from a prior borough meeting (Courtesy of the Kodiak Island Borough) Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Kodiak Island Borough hopes to begin excavation at the Chiniak tsunami shelter and library this week. That’s what staff from the Engineering & Facilities Department told the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly at its work session …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Kodiak Island Borough is using a scoring system to solicit nonprofit applications for fiscal year 2019. The borough assembly went over criteria at its work session last week. According to the meeting packet, organizations can fall into the categories of health and social services for a total budgeted amount of $144,000 or under education, culture, and recreation …

Kodiak High School. (Photo by Kayla Desroches / KMXT) Mitch Borden/KMXT The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly passed its budget for the upcoming year at a special meeting last night. This budget didn’t include any increase in the borough’s mill rate, but it did raise the funding allocated for the Kodiak Island Borough School District. Earlier this year, the district estimated …

Former deputy city manager Matt Van Daele says he’s proud of his time working for the City of Kodiak. (Photo by Kayla Desroches / KMXT) Mitch Borden/KMXT The City of Kodiak recently fired its deputy city manager, Matthew Van Daele. According to Van Daele, when he got to work last Thursday (5/03) he was notified of his termination, which took …

Mitch Borden/KMXT The Kodiak Island Borough is in the middle of figuring out what its budget should look like in the upcoming year and it has a lot to take into consideration. The main topic of discussion for weeks has been whether to raise property taxes to support the borough’s school district. Many assembly members do not want to raise …

The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly is trying to figure out if it should raise taxes to support local schools.(Photo by Bertram Nudelbach/Flickr) Mitch Borden/KMXT The Kodiak Island Borough School District is asking for about $1 million in increased funding from the Kodiak Island Borough to counteract a shortfall in its budget for next year. Borough staff is proposing a one …