Kodiak Island Borough

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 …

  The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly will have a regular meeting tonight and a group of local residents concerned about bears in residential areas plans to show up in force to testify to the need for borough intervention and action to keep bears and people safe. KMXT’s Maggie Wall reports. Click arrow below to listen to report or continue on …

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 Kodiak Island Borough Assembly Thursday night moved to advance to public hearing an ordinance that sets out where the borough will get the funds to pay for the debt on the high school. The assembly passed the current year’s budget before the governor cut 50-percent of the funding for bond debt reimbursement for schools. That leaves the borough …

The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly tonight has a wide range of items on its agenda. Everything from an ordinance to change the rules for attendance and vacancies on the assembly to an invitation to Governor Mike Dunleavy to visit. A letter in the meeting packet invites the governor to come to Kodiak as part of his community outreach program to …

New siding for North Star Elementary and construction of the auxiliary gym at the high school are another step closer to reality after the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly approved construction-related documents at a recent regular meeting.   KMXT’s Maggie Wall has more on the projects.   Click arrow to listen to report, or continue on below to read it.   …

  At last night’s regular meeting the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly approved increasing the amount of money that can be taken from the Facility Fund to pay school bond debt, as well a measure writing off old uncollectible debts. KMXT’s Maggie Wall has this report on those two public hearing items as well as other action by the assembly. Click …

If the Kodiak Island Borough and the City of Kodiak combine into one governmental entity a number of powers and services will also need to be combined. At tonight’s Consolidation Committee meeting, members will consider how a possible consolidation might affect ports and harbors, road services, fire and emergency medical services as well as public safety. KMXT’s Maggie Wall has …

At last night’s regular meeting, the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly decided to wait until all members were present to vote on a deputy presiding officer. And as KMXT’s Maggie Wall reports, assembly members approved four contracts, including a sole source contract to do repairs that could have a big impact on future fisheries research.   Click on arrow to listen …

The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly meets this evening to consider a number of business contracts and resolutions. A public hearing is set for a proposal to transfer the location of the El Chicano liquor license. The borough is expecting to receive $136,000 in fish tax revenues from the state, but first the assembly must approve a resolution regarding the tax. …