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Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Alaska Wireless Network, a subsidiary of GCI, has dedicated about eight months to getting permissions to construct a telecommunications tower. That’s according to Community Development Director Sara Mason, who explained at the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly regular meeting Thursday night that the company needs a variance because the structure would exceed the 50 foot height limit. At …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT Preliminary results came in yesterday for the Kodiak Island Borough and Kodiak City municipal elections. For the two seats of three years on the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly, Scott Smiley won 1079 votes and Matt Van Daele won 1042 votes. They were running against Monique Lewis, who got 685 votes, and there were also 148 write-ins. Smiley, who …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT Results are in for the Kodiak Island Borough and Kodiak City municipal elections. For the two seats of three years on the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly, Scott Smiley won 1079 votes and Matt Van Daele won 1042 votes. They were running against Monique Lewis, who got 685 votes, and there were 148 write-ins. Dan Rohrer ran unopposed for …

Matt VanDaele Matt Van Daele is running for Kodiak Island Borough Assembly and has his eye on Kodiak’s housing situation. Van Daele, who works as Koniag’s Lands and Resources Manager and also sits on the Borough Lands Committee, says the borough needs to work on opening up land in order to jumpstart the economy and revitalize the community. He says …

James Turner James Turner is running for a seat on the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly, and as a write-in, he almost slipped under the radar. Turner, who is the plant manager at Ocean Beauty, says he turned in his paperwork a little bit late. “I had plans on bringing in the paperwork on time, but got a little busy that …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly is considering an alternative hiring process for the recruitment of new borough employees. According to current policy, borough job notifications are first publicized to borough employees for five days. At Thursday’s Kodiak Island Borough Assembly regular meeting, Borough Manager Michael Powers said the change would be to that aspect of the policy. “The …

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 …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT At its regular meeting last night, the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly granted Discover Kodiak money to support general operations and two special projects, but some assembly members questioned whether or not money from the tourism fund might be more evenly doled out. Discover Kodiak provides destination marketing and tourism development for the city and borough. Executive Director Chastity …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT A large chunk of the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly’s regular meeting tonight  will be about rezoning, but they’ll also touch on last minute revisions of the budget.  Up for public hearing will be an ordinance that compensates for projects that are over budget. It’ll account for that in part by moving around funds. Among the dozen or so …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT Those who tune into – or sit in ON – tonight’s Kodiak Island Borough Assembly regular meeting will hear members of the public address home construction issues and the assembly address the borough’s budget. As far as house construction goes, Assemblymen Kyle Crow and Larry LeDoux have both championed the need to relax engineering requirements home builders go …