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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 …

The Consolidation Committee took an incremental step forward on Monday night’s meeting, voting unanimously to strike the option of a consolidated second-class borough government from the list of potential outcomes. In the State of Alaska, a second-class borough government is different from either a first-class or home rule borough in that it has fewer powers. And to exercise the powers …