Tag Archives: Kodiak Island Borough Assembly

Kayla Desroches/KMXT An ordinance for public hearing at the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly regular meeting Thursday sprung from public concern about engineering requirements. Those community voices spurred an attempt to relax restrictions for home owners building residences in the borough. At the regular meeting, Assemblyman Larry LeDoux spoke about the ordinance’s beginnings. “When I decided to run for the assembly …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly and Kodiak City Council recently put their final stamp on a letter which would provide community input on Gulf of Alaska trawl bycatch management to the North Pacific Fishery Management Council. Each Kodiak governing body held a meeting Tuesday to review and approve that letter. This last step comes after months of discussion …

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 …

Jay Barrett/KMXT One of three Kodiak Island citizens who tossed their hats in the ring for a temporary seat on the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly has reached in and snatched it back out. Jeff Stewart, in a letter to the borough clerk’s office yesterday, asked that his application be withdrawn because of irregular travel plans outside of Kodiak that have …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly wants to make it easier for people to build their own homes on borough land without needing to go through so much bureaucracy. Assemblyman Larry LeDoux and Assemblyman Kyle Crow both put forward ordinances that would remove certain engineering requirements for construction. At the assembly regular meeting last week, Crow pointed at what …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT Land was a primary topic of conversation at the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly regular meeting last night, both opening up property and reserving it. The assembly looked at a recommendation from the Borough Lands Committee to put thirteen parcels of borough land up for sale. Assemblyman Kyle Crow said he hopes the borough can find solutions to the …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly is slowly advancing towards opening up land in Kodiak. Two items on the agenda of the upcoming Kodiak Island Borough Assembly regular meeting will address land use, and one directly answers the eviction of Jackson Mobile Home Park residents because of the park’s closure and the struggle to find a space for trailers. …

Jay Barrett/KMXT Two people have so far expressed interest in filling the vacancy left on the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly by the resignation of Mel Stephens. Monique Lewis of Chiniak and Scott Smiley of Kodiak have filed the necessary paperwork, according to the borough clerk’s office. Lewis lists her occupation as an emergency response consultant and property manager, and says …

Jay Barrett/KMXT There’s quite a bit on the agenda for tonight’s Kodiak Island Borough Assembly meeting. It includes a public hearing on the school district budget, as well as the introduction of the borough’s Fiscal Year 2017 Budget. There are also zoning and building code changes, a logging contract and a handful of school upgrade projects to approve. The school …

Former KIB Assemblyman Mel Stephens. KIB photo Jay Barrett/KMXT The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly will be putting out the call for a new member after one of its own resigned suddenly yesterday (Monday). In an uncharacteristically spare and concise missive, Assemblyman Mel Stephens resigned with a three-sentence memo to the borough clerk. He wrote, “I hereby resign from the Kodiak …