Tag Archives: Mel Stephens

Polling is open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday. (Photo by Kavitha George/KMXT) Tuesday is election day in Kodiak, and there are plenty of decisions to be made on this year’s ballot. On the borough side, three candidates are running for two assembly seats: Scott Arndt, the incumbent, retired civil servant Duane Dvorak, and lawyer Mel Stephens. Two …

Absentee voting is currently open for the 2019 Municipal Elections. Election day is Tuesday, Oct. 1. (Photo by Kavitha George/KMXT) School Board Forum, Sept. 25 Cejie Benoit, Julie Cain Hill Borough Assembly Forum, Sept. 25 Scott Arndt, Duane Dvorak, Mel Stephens Borough Mayor Forum, prerecorded on Sept. 17 Sandra Katelnikoff-Lester, Bill Roberts Candidates for school board and Borough Assembly participated …

Kodiak Island Borough election precinct map, located inside the borough building. (Photo by Kavitha George/KMXT) Candidates for school board and Borough Assembly participated in a forum on Wednesday night in Borough Assembly Chambers. The race for one school board seat includes two candidates, Cejie Benoit and Julie Cain Hill. Hill currently serves on the board. Benoit and Hill responded to …

The nominating period for soon-to-be available city and borough positions closed on Thursday. Here’s an overview of who’s in the running for the October 1 election.   The City of Kodiak sign at the Kodiak Island Borough Building. (Photo by Kavitha George/KMXT) City of Kodiak On the city side, the mayor’s seat, as well as two city council positions will …

The House Finance Committee voted this month for a budget amendment to end school bond debt reimbursement. For Kodiak Island Borough, that could potentially mean property tax hikes of about 37 percent. The bonds that helped pay for construction of Kodiak High School are at risk of losing state reimbursement. (Photo by Kavitha George) The recent House Finance Committee vote …

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 …

Michael Powers. (KSBW TV screen capture) Jay Barrett/KMXT Last week, a Kodiak Island Borough Assemblyman published, at his own expense, a page-and-a-half long screed in the Kodiak Daily Mirror decrying his colleagues’ selection of a new borough manager. The contract with Michael Powers of Fresno, California, is on the agenda for approval Thursday. But Assemblyman Mel Stephens is highly unlikely …

Jay Barrett/KMXT At Thursday’s Kodiak Island Borough Assembly meeting, funding to the local Girl Scouts and Little League was on the chopping block as the yearly grants to non-profits were considered. At the prior work session, Assemblywoman Louise Stutes had proposed zeroing out the two organizations. She was convinced to change her position after a room full of Girl Scouts, …