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KPD officers practiced entering stressful and potentially dangerous situations like responding to armed suspects on July 19. The department held its training at Kodiak Middle School.
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Sixteen candidates from all over the country submitted their applications for the local city manager job in May. Now it's down to the acting city manager and Kodiak’s harbormaster.
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Kodiak City Council has appointed a temporary city manager to take over for outgoing manager, Mike Tvenge, starting on May 1. All five present Council members during last week’s city council meeting unanimously selected current Deputy City Manager Josie Bahnke to fill that role for the next few months.
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Kodiak’s City Council decided not to extend City Manager Mike Tvenge’s contract at its regular meeting on Thursday, April 11. Tvenge will retire at the end of this month on April 30 and the City of Kodiak plans to rely on current staff in the interim until a new manager is hired.
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Turnagain Marine Construction, an Anchorage based company, is accepting public input on the replacement design for St. Herman Harbor. Thursday, April 11, the company revealed two potential concepts for the overhaul of Kodiak’s largest boat harbor during the ComFish trade show, which started in 1980 as a marine trades fair held in a National Guard …
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Kodiak’s city manager will resign from his full time position at the end of this month, after seven plus years on the job. City Manager Mike Tvenge said he is willing to sign a contract as the interim manager starting in May. A sticking point to that contract being finalized though, is figuring out how …
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Kodiak’s City Council and the Alaska Department of Fish & Game are partnering to repair the St. Paul Harbor Boat Launch Ramp in downtown Kodiak. The council formally authorized the cooperative agreement last week during its regular meeting on Thursday, March 28. According to city documents, the City of Kodiak and Fish & Game have …
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Kodiak voters will decide if the next city manager will be able to live outside of the city, within 12 road miles. The proposed requirement change will be on the ballot for qualified voters at the upcoming election on Oct. 1. Currently, city code requires Kodiak’s city manager to reside within city limits. But during …
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The Kodiak’s Fisheries Workgroup wants to host informational forums to speed along fish-related action items for the City Council and Borough Assembly. That was one decision the joint municipal body agreed on Wednesday, March 27, at its first forum in over four years. The Kodiak Fisheries Workgroup last held a meeting in Dec. of 2019. …
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The rising cost of local emergency dispatch services and how that service is paid for was the priority of a work session between the Kodiak City Council and Kodiak Island Borough Assembly last week on Feb. 28. Police Chief, Timothy Putney said the Kodiak Police Department handles more than 13,000 emergency phone calls annually, which …
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Kodiak’s City Council has approved a three-year lease with the Kodiak Island Borough to use 6,922 square feet of their office space at 710 Mill Bay Road. The previous lease agreement between the borough and city expired in June of 2020 and the city has been using the office space as a “holdover tenant” ever …
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Kodiak’s first responders are struggling, with a dozen vacant positions between both the fire and police departments. Both the fire and police chiefs say a lack of affordable housing options in the city has exacerbated the shortage. Tim Putney is the Kodiak police chief and has been with the department for over 20 years. In …