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The Kodiak City Council and Kodiak Island Borough Assembly discuss consolidation

Mitch Borden/KMXT It’s time to work together and move forward. That’s how the Kodiak City Council and the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly ended their discussion on consolidation at their recent joint work session. For years, the subject of consolidating the City of Kodiak and the Kodiak Island Borough has been a contentious topic. Borough Mayor Dan Rohrer says it would …

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The city and the borough are looking into creating a position to help the region prepare for emergencies

Mitch Borden/KMXT The Kodiak Archipelago could face all sorts of emergencies and natural disasters at any time, which is why the City of Kodiak and the Kodiak Island Borough are discussing hiring an Emergency Management Specialist. At a joint work session, the Kodiak City Council and the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly looked at how the potential position would be funded …

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Borough and City Embark on Process to Consider Consolidation

Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Kodiak City Council and Kodiak Island Borough Assembly broached the topic of consolidation for the first time since voters decided the two bodies should explore forming into one unit of government. At the council and assembly joint work session Wednesday night, Assemblyman Larry LeDoux said he wanted to leave the meeting with an idea of how to …

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Assembly, P&Z Hash Out Way Forward in Code Process

Jay Barrett/KMXT The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly and the Planning and Zoning Commission met Thursday night in a regularly scheduled quarterly meeting, though it had special significance since the recent code revision project was halted by a P-and-Z vote last month. “And just to be clear at the last public meeting they adopted a motion to postpone indefinitely the code …

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