Video Clips

Quoted moments from Alaska public meetings, hearings, and press conferences.

Clips from Kodiak Island BoroughClear

Jeremiah Gardner “it's a conversation that has to be had until it's too late. So be safe out there, carry your bear spray, have a great night.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Regular Meeting of October 1, 2026 · Oct 2, 2026

Jared Griffin “Non-rates. Thank you. Yeah, yeah, yeah. E-1s through E-3s.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Regular Meeting of October 1, 2026 · Oct 2, 2026

Bo Sedillo-Whiteside “they identified we have another pathway to apply for funding through the Build program. So we have two pathways we can apply for funding now, and we should jump on those pretty quickly.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Regular Meeting of October 1, 2026 · Oct 2, 2026

Brian Tosi

“The paw print that I have a picture of is this far away from the latch handle, so it would have been like in the door.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Regular Meeting of October 1, 2026 · Oct 2, 2026

Bo Sedillo-Whiteside “I will say, you all sitting there that will be here after October and the new assembly, the mayor, the manager, I spoke to another person who's heavily involved in DC, especially on the DHS side with the Coast Guard, very knowledgeable person.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Regular Meeting of October 1, 2026 · Oct 2, 2026

Jared Griffin “the problem is, is that Coast Guard is not part of DOD. And so Coast Guard communities don't, you know, fit very neatly into that program. So we met with Senator Dan Sullivan, and he updated us on his work to change that by making Coast Guard communities eligible for DCIP.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Regular Meeting of October 1, 2026 · Oct 2, 2026

Aimee Williams “As was mentioned in public comments, we are continually working on bear management. We've begun moving sections of the permanent exterior fence closer to the maintenance road.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Regular Meeting of October 1, 2026 · Oct 2, 2026

Jeremiah Gardner “I think we need a proactive strategy, and I'm going to hammer it every single week on Assemblymember's comments because I'm a firm believer that something really bad is going to happen to somebody.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Regular Meeting of October 1, 2026 · Oct 2, 2026

Brian Tosi

“I go around the corner and all I see is a brown bear head at our front door licking our glass and paws on the door.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Regular Meeting of October 1, 2026 · Oct 2, 2026

Jared Griffin “I've offered to work with Seb, our lobbyist, to help write that legislation to create that DHS DSIP program, which could be fun.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Regular Meeting of October 1, 2026 · Oct 2, 2026

Carly McChesney

“So now they're calling it an offshore underwater project.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Regular Meeting of October 1, 2026 · Oct 2, 2026

Jared Griffin “the meeting with Senator Murkowski also encouraged us to think beyond simply just adding Coast Guard to the DSIP, that very competitive DSIP program. And she even asked our lobbyist to write some legislation to create a DSIP-like infrastructure program specifically for Coast Guard communities.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Regular Meeting of October 1, 2026 · Oct 2, 2026

Bo Sedillo-Whiteside “DHS needs to create one. We have, um, clear case for advocating for that. So I recommend you all, um, pursue that strongly moving forward.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Regular Meeting of October 1, 2026 · Oct 2, 2026

Jerry Griffin

“I wasn't going to— I had nothing that I wanted to say until I listened to the FY2027-8.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Regular Meeting of September 17, 2026 · Sep 17, 2026

Scott Smiley “OK. Hearing none, I will close public hearing and open it up for Assembly discussion. Mr. Smiley. I think the changes are really good here. I think that one of our jobs is to review the code and to bring them up to date.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Regular Meeting of September 17, 2026 · Sep 17, 2026

Scott Smiley “So up next we have a contract to consider, contract number FY2027-15 for KIB facility snow removal, ice control, and sweeping with MK Enterprises, LLC. Mr. Smiley, move to authorize the borough manager to execute contract number FY 2027-15 for KIB facility snow removal, ice control, and sweeping with MK Enterprises, LLC.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Regular Meeting of September 17, 2026 · Sep 17, 2026

Scott Smiley “I think this does a really good job of it. It is a housekeeping thing, and I don't think there is anything to argue about.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Regular Meeting of September 17, 2026 · Sep 17, 2026

Jerry Griffin

“And I just recommend anybody listening or anybody who wants to come in and meet these people in person, turn your application in.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Regular Meeting of September 17, 2026 · Sep 17, 2026

Scott Smiley “Because that is as, as requested. This contract is as requested. If they request us to do the schools, we will do that. Mr. Ames. There were two bidders, and this is the lowest responsible bidder.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Regular Meeting of September 17, 2026 · Sep 17, 2026

Jerry Griffin

“Motion passes 6-0.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Regular Meeting of September 17, 2026 · Sep 17, 2026

Scott Smiley “Move to adopt Ordinance Number FY2027-08.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Regular Meeting of September 17, 2026 · Sep 17, 2026

Jeremiah Gardner “I thought— I see on page 2 it says all schools. I thought the school district was doing their own snow removal. Anybody have any information?”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Regular Meeting of September 17, 2026 · Sep 17, 2026

Jerry Griffin

“I think that is awesome, and I really like the idea that people can send in their, uh, their application. But if anybody can make it in, I recommend it. It's part of a cool process. When I came in nervous, not knowing what to do, meeting the staff and the way that they handled it, welcoming me, making me feel like I was already part of the borough assembly, just even as a supporter, I really recommend that. So I think it was well done.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Regular Meeting of September 17, 2026 · Sep 17, 2026

Chris French “what the Commission just voted on was to postpone action on this item until October when they will have 2 additional members present.”

Kodiak Borough: Planning and Zoning Commission Regular Meeting of September 16, 2026 · Sep 16, 2026

Nick Szabo

“You have a 350-page packet that has many reasons for not disposing of this property. I hope you have a chance to review those reasons because they're very well thought out and make very clear that this should not be developed as housing. Please listen to your staff. I think the best use of this land is to designate it as a park.”

Kodiak Borough: Planning and Zoning Commission Regular Meeting of September 16, 2026 · Sep 16, 2026

Tracy Craig “I feel that the borough really needs to put an end to it or move forward or do something. So I feel like it needs to go to the borough.”

Kodiak Borough: Planning and Zoning Commission Regular Meeting of September 16, 2026 · Sep 16, 2026

Chris French “you have to have 4 votes in positive to pass a motion. It kind of sounds from the discussion that you are split even, 2 to 2, I think, from what I can tell.”

Kodiak Borough: Planning and Zoning Commission Regular Meeting of September 16, 2026 · Sep 16, 2026

Patrick Callahan

“just as recent as 2019, this was brought up to Planning and Zoning, and it was voted 4-0 unanimously to not move this forward. There was soil samples done, there was plotting, zoning research, studies performed, environmental impact studies performed, Trails Network was consulted, and they looked at all of that data and they voted it down unanimously, 4-0, as recent as 2019.”

Kodiak Borough: Planning and Zoning Commission Regular Meeting of September 16, 2026 · Sep 16, 2026

Joseph Delgado “I, like many others, think that we should close this thing off for good and not let this come up again where we— I mean, we need the buffer zone to protect the lake, protect all the animals, the fish, the birds, the wildlife, the people that live around there.”

Kodiak Borough: Planning and Zoning Commission Regular Meeting of September 16, 2026 · Sep 16, 2026

Joseph Delgado “I think if we're going to listen to the community, then that's not going to change, so I don't see any sense in postponing. I would rather just vote now.”

Kodiak Borough: Planning and Zoning Commission Regular Meeting of September 16, 2026 · Sep 16, 2026

Chris French “Staff has reviewed the application against approved plans for the area and the 2008 Comprehensive Plan. Staff recommended that portions of the subject properties be retained.”

Kodiak Borough: Planning and Zoning Commission Regular Meeting of September 16, 2026 · Sep 16, 2026

Bo Sedillo-Whiteside “I strongly prefer that anyone attending remotely needs to be on screen. Folks need to see our face, you know, look us in the eyes best we can.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Work Session of September 10, 2026 · Sep 10, 2026

Dan Rohrer “You were able to vote privately in the privacy of your own homes, send that to the clerk, and the clerk put together an administrative review of it.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Work Session of September 10, 2026 · Sep 10, 2026

Dan Rohrer “The remedy is to tonight to discuss it in the public's view. I know that's going to take time and it's a beautiful evening, um, but the bottom line is you violated the Open Meetings Act.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Work Session of September 10, 2026 · Sep 10, 2026

Jeremiah Gardner “in the event of a natural disaster or a landslide down by the crane, like somebody can't make it in from the Flats, you know, I would like to see, uh, that person be able to attend virtually specifically because that would be a high priority item to discuss and get after right away.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Work Session of September 10, 2026 · Sep 10, 2026

Dan Rohrer “What you may not do is poll them in regards to substantive topics that you just, uh, I mean, and I get it's so much more efficient, right? But this is democracy and it's not about efficiency, it's about protecting my rights as a citizen.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Work Session of September 10, 2026 · Sep 10, 2026

Dan Rohrer “I'm not going to file a complaint with the state of Alaska for this one, but I will for future ones because at this point you've been notified, you know that you've been told that what you did was illegal.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Work Session of September 10, 2026 · Sep 10, 2026

Dan Rohrer “everything remains to be discussed because what you discussed privately, illegally behind closed doors is an absolute violation of the Open Meetings Act. If you go on the state's website and go to commonly asked questions, the third one down, I think it might be the fourth one down, is, is it legal to poll your members?”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Work Session of September 10, 2026 · Sep 10, 2026

Dan Rohrer “You may not— you absolutely may not, no exceptions— pull your assembly. You can pull them for one thing only, and one thing only, and that is, do you guys have availability for a meeting? Like, it's purely procedural.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Work Session of September 10, 2026 · Sep 10, 2026

Dan Rohrer “I am really, really, really, really concerned. So I have not ever seen an elected body flagrantly disregard the Open Meetings Act.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Work Session of September 10, 2026 · Sep 10, 2026

Jeremiah Gardner “One of the reasons I voted no on this to audio only is I am severely hearing impaired. When one of you are on the video call, I am literally reading your lips sometimes to get context.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Work Session of September 10, 2026 · Sep 10, 2026

Dan Rohrer “everything remains to be discussed because what you discussed privately, illegally, behind closed doors is an absolute violation of the Open Meetings Act.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Work Session of September 10, 2026 · Sep 11, 2026

Dan Rohrer “I'm not going to file a complaint with the state of Alaska for this one, but I will for future ones because at this point you've been notified”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Work Session of September 10, 2026 · Sep 11, 2026

Dan Rohrer “I have not ever seen an elected body flagrantly disregard the Open Meetings Act.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Work Session of September 10, 2026 · Sep 11, 2026

Dan Rohrer “you avoided having to look me in the eyes. You were able to vote privately in the privacy of your own home, send that to the clerk, and the clerk put together an administrative review of it.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Work Session of September 10, 2026 · Sep 11, 2026

Jeremiah Gardner “I am vehemently against 9 to 12 meetings, but I could go to 4 to 8. 6 To 8 doesn't seem like a big deal if you've got a great reason.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Work Session of September 10, 2026 · Sep 11, 2026

Dan Rohrer “a survey was distributed by the clerks. The assembly reached consensus on the issues of quorum, whether exemptions allowable, remote circumstances, video requirements, notice deadlines, and executive session bans.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Work Session of September 10, 2026 · Sep 11, 2026

Bo Sedillo-Whiteside “I strongly prefer that anyone attending remotely needs to be on screen. Folks need to see our face, you know, look us in the eyes best we can.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Work Session of September 10, 2026 · Sep 11, 2026

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