Tag Archives: Randy Bishop

Kayla Desroches/KMXT A possible change to city sales tax drew public outcry this week. At a recent Kodiak City Council meeting, Debbie Refior was just one of the people to speak about the negative effect of sales tax on local business. She said in the past there were three car dealerships – now there’s one. “Kodiak’s my home. It’s been …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT Municipal elections are approaching for the Kodiak Island Borough and the City of Kodiak, and three city council incumbents have vouched to return to their seats. Current city mayor and Senior Citizens of Kodiak executive director, Pat Branson, is up for another two year run. The city first elected Branson in 2011, and she served as a city …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT The City of Kodiak will take a slow and steady approach to marijuana regulation. The Kodiak City Council held a work session Tuesday night to focus on the final recommendations from the city’s marijuana advisory committee. Randy Bishop and Laura Arboleda are the two youngest members of the council and both sit on the marijuana advisory committee. Bishop …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT The City Marijuana Advisory Committee has a little more time before they need to turn in their suggestions on marijuana regulation to the Kodiak City Council. Last week, they gathered to go over the last few recommendations. One issue that inspired a lot of discussion is the distance between a marijuana establishment and school property. At the meeting, …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Kodiak City Council held what the city clerks called a “secret vote” at the council regular meeting Thursday night. The clerks charged councilmembers with nominating one of their colleagues to the position of deputy mayor, who fills the place of the city mayor if they are absent from meetings or unable to complete their term. Once they …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT This week, the City Marijuana Advisory Committee planned out what recommendations it would make to the Kodiak City Council regarding marijuana regulation within city limits. One motion it considered was to allow limited cultivation licenses in rural residential lots 20,000 square feet or greater with a conditional use permit. Committee member Jonathan Strong said he didn’t support commercial …