City of Kodiak

The Kodiak City Council last night also honored the passing of two pillars of the community, Dr. Bob Johnson died on January 31, and Coach Joe Floyd passed away last weekend.   Mayor Pat Branson lost her voice as she started the comments, as did Council Member Terry Haines who was the last to comment. Click arrow below to listen …

The Kodiak City Council will consider allowing the sale of marijuana edibles within the city limits during tonight’s regular council meeting. The new ordinance is being introduced under New Business, which means there is no specific public hearing tonight. If it is advanced to second reading at the next meeting, a public hearing will be held then. However, there is …

The Kodiak City Council last night approved a lease at Trident Basin and adopted a method for sharing the state’s Raw Fish Tax among area governments. KMXT’s Maggie Wall has this report.   Click arrow to listen to report or continue on to read it.   The Kodiak City Council authorized a 25-year lease for four parcels on Near Island …

The Kodiak City Council has one public hearing and a number of resolutions on tonight’s regular meeting agenda. The Kodiak City Council will hold a public hearing tonight on an ordinance authorizing a 25-year lease with Island Air for parcels at the Trident Basin Float Plane facility. According to the meeting packet the request for the lease comes about because …

At its work session on Tuesday the Kodiak City Council will review proposed sites for the new fire hall. The current fire station is below the tsunami inundation area. In fact, there used to be a plaque marking the high water line from the 1964 tsunami outside the old police station which was located next door. Several of the spots …

The Kodiak City Council breezed through its short agenda during last night’s regular meeting. There were no public comments during the one public hearing about the proposed changes to city fines and fees. That measure was passed unanimously. As KMXT’s Maggie Wall reports, council comments tended to focus on fish.   Click arrow to listen to report, or continue on …

The Kodiak City Council will hold a public hearing tonight on a proposal to change the cost of some city fees and penalties, including vehicle impoundment and abandonment fees. The changes are part of an update to several sections of city code which the council will take up during its regular meeting. The city has trouble getting people to pay …

  Basketball players from four off-island school are in Kodiak this weekend for the 53rd Annual Joe Floyd Tournament. KMXT’s Maggie Wall has this report on the tournament’s namesake. Click arrow to listen, or continue on to read report.   Joe Floyd, courtesey AlaskaHallofFame.org. Carolyn Floyd, KMXT file photo.   Joe and Carolyn Floyd are household names for long-time Kodiak …

  Click the triangle to listen to report, or continue below to read it.         It’s not unusual during the holiday season for meetings to deal with a lot of procedural and housekeeping items, and last night’s City Council regular meeting agenda was a case in point. The final council meeting of the year lasting barely 30 …

It will be easier for people ticketed for parking violations within the city to pay or appeal their tickets if a measure being introduced during tonight’s regular Kodiak City Council meeting ultimately gets passed. The proposed ordinance, which has a ways to go before being approved, would change the way the city handles parking tickets along with a number of …