
Bo Whiteside
65:10 - 65:45
"I think the biggest hurdle for this would be the burden of enforcement. I mean, you have— I don't know how the state would— respond to, I guess, a cooperative approach to this and, and sharing records with us. But I do agree that there's a very high amount of transporters coming from the mainland down here to extract fish and game resources, a very, very high amount."
“I think the biggest hurdle for this would be the burden of enforcement. I mean, you have— I don't know how the state would— respond to, I guess, a cooperative approach to this and, and sharing records with us. But I do agree that there's a very high amount of transporters coming from the mainland down here to extract fish and game resources, a very, very high amount.”
Thanks. Yeah, these— my thoughts have already been stated, but I'm just going to kind of roll them around again. I think the biggest hurdle for this would be the burden of enforcement. I mean, you have— I don't know how the state would— respond to, I guess, a cooperative approach to this and, and sharing records with us. But I do agree that there's a very high amount of transporters coming from the mainland down here to extract fish and game resources, a very, very high amount.
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.
