Tag Archives: consolidation in Kodiak

City and Borough Look at the Best Way to Approach Consolidation Research

Kayla Desroches/KMXT Kodiak residents voted for the borough and city to explore possible consolidation, and that’s what members of staff and the elected bodies are doing. Borough Mayor Dan Rohrer updated the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly and Kodiak City Council on their progress at a joint work session last week. He explained he, Borough Manager Michael Powers, City Mayor Pat …

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Council Addresses Communication Difficulties with KIB Assembly

Kayla Desroches/KMXT The talk around the table at the Kodiak City Council work session Tuesday night emphasized the problems in communication between the council and Kodiak Island Borough Assembly. One item on the agenda addressed the assembly’s decision to revert the borough’s building code back to the 2012 international residential code in order, some assembly members said, to relax engineering …

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KIB Assembly to Ask Voters About Consolidation

Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly will be asking voters what they think about consolidating the Kodiak Island Borough and the City of Kodiak. At its regular meeting last night, it voted to pose that question to voters during the borough election in October. When it came time for public hearing, Kodiak City Councilman John Whiddon stepped up and …

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KIB Assembly Brings Up Consolidation

Kayla Desroches/KMXT Consolidation of the Kodiak Island Borough and the City of Kodiak is on the agenda for Thursday’s Kodiak Island Borough Assembly regular meeting, but the assembly is just feeling out public interest at this point. An ordinance on the agenda authorizes the submission of an advisory question to voters during the October borough election to determine support. The …

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