Tag Archives: Laura Arboleda

Kayla Desroches/KMXT The City of Kodiak is moving forward with the review of the termination of former deputy city manager and current Kodiak Island Borough Assemblyman Matt Van Daele. Van Daele was fired earlier in the year. The city did not give a specific reason for his dismissal, and the action followed concern surrounding a potential conflict of interest. At …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT Municipal elections are approaching for the Kodiak Island Borough and the City of Kodiak, and three city council incumbents have vouched to return to their seats. Current city mayor and Senior Citizens of Kodiak executive director, Pat Branson, is up for another two year run. The city first elected Branson in 2011, and she served as a city …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT The City of Kodiak will take a slow and steady approach to marijuana regulation. The Kodiak City Council held a work session Tuesday night to focus on the final recommendations from the city’s marijuana advisory committee. Randy Bishop and Laura Arboleda are the two youngest members of the council and both sit on the marijuana advisory committee. Bishop …

Black plastic bag. Christer / Flickr Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly is making a possible ban on single-use plastic bags an open conversation with the Kodiak City Council from the get-go. The borough’s Solid Waste Advisory Board has been working on the ban. SWAB has so far drafted an ordinance, consulted the borough attorney, and sent a representative …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT The City of Kodiak has changed how it approaches nonprofit funding. Last night, at the Kodiak City Council regular meeting, the council looked over a resolution to limit nonprofits to applying for funds under one of four categories: Youth Recreation Programs, Adult Recreation Programs, Public Safety Programs, or Emergency Response Support Programs. The maximum funding under both Youth …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT The borough and city’s marijuana advisory committees are making progress in determining what the sale of marijuana will look like in their areas. Representatives on both boards gave updates at the Kodiak City Council and Kodiak Island Borough Assembly joint work session Wednesday night. Then-assemblyman and borough mayor-elect Dan Rohrer is the co-chair on the Borough Marijuana Task …