
Jeff Woods
58:16 - 58:36
"I understand lodges are concerned and charter boat operators are concerned about a $10 box tax."
“I understand lodges are concerned and charter boat operators are concerned about a $10 box tax.”
We like all these cool things. We like our subsistence hunting and fishing and all that. Wonderful activity which I very much enjoy myself, but we don't have a good dedicated way to pay for it or enhancement. That's, that's the spirit this is coming from. I understand lodges are concerned and charter boat operators are concerned about a $10 box tax.
The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly reached consensus Thursday to begin using its existing Sourcewell cooperative purchasing account, which the borough held but had not previously activated. Examples presented showed savings ranging from $221 on weed eaters to $6,836 on a truck, along with hours of staff procurement time.

The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly held early discussions Thursday on a proposed natural resource excise tax modeled on Sitka's fish box fee, alongside a draft marijuana tax ordinance, with both measures framed as revenue diversification and key legal and enforcement questions still unresolved.
