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

Mark Hall “Is that the main reason to go to proposals? Is it gives public notice, and it's just this— the city got in trouble years ago, and they didn't do it, and there wasn't a good reason not to. And so this gives other people a chance to say, hey, wait a minute, I want— well, I can do this and they can do it.”

Cordova: Planning Commission Regular Meeting on Tuesday, September 08, 2026, at 6:30 pm · Sep 8, 2026

Mark Hall “Anybody else would be just there to annoy the applicant, you know, to just block that, and that's all it would do. So I don't see any reason to go through proposals.”

Cordova: Planning Commission Regular Meeting on Tuesday, September 08, 2026, at 6:30 pm · Sep 8, 2026

Mark Hall “this one I'm going to go with, uh, negotiate an agreement with the party who submitted the letter of interest.”

Cordova: Planning Commission Regular Meeting on Tuesday, September 08, 2026, at 6:30 pm · Sep 8, 2026

Nicole Kimball “having an opportunity for salmon, which are much stronger swimmers, to get out of the net before the net's brought on board. So those are required.”

09-03-2026 RDC Breakfast Forum: Alaska Seafood: · Sep 8, 2026

Nicole Kimball “this is what tries to keep salmon bycatch low throughout the season, no matter what the conditions are, no matter what salmon conditions are, salmon run conditions, no matter what pollock trends are.”

09-03-2026 RDC Breakfast Forum: Alaska Seafood: · Sep 8, 2026

Rick Whitbeck

“33% Of the people who said it should be banned had come around to a different side when we were done with explaining the things that Nicole talked about, salmon excluders and bycatch rates, the things that Luke talked about, CDQ investment”

09-03-2026 RDC Breakfast Forum: Alaska Seafood: · Sep 8, 2026

Nicole Kimball “we have hard caps in this fishery. There's a hard cap that's annual. There's also a lower cap that the fisheries manage to, so it's a double cap system.”

09-03-2026 RDC Breakfast Forum: Alaska Seafood: · Sep 8, 2026

Nicole Kimball “pretty consistently about half of the Chinook bycatch is coming from coastal western Alaska... for chum salmon, it's pretty different. It averages about 15% of the chum are from western Alaska. The vast majority are hatchery fish from Russia and Asia. And that makes for a more difficult management problem because you're trying to reduce your impacts on western Alaska chum, but you don't care as much about Russian and Asian hatchery fish.”

09-03-2026 RDC Breakfast Forum: Alaska Seafood: · Sep 8, 2026

Nicole Kimball “So there's a genetic sampling program that's done annually. So you know where those fish came from or where they were destined to go. Was it Alaska or was it somewhere else?”

09-03-2026 RDC Breakfast Forum: Alaska Seafood: · Sep 8, 2026

Nicole Kimball “this last point on the mobile lab, like, that was developed by industry, developed by Bristol Bay folks. It's a huge improvement in terms of being able to move people around when it makes sense. That was all an initiative from the Pollock industry.”

09-03-2026 RDC Breakfast Forum: Alaska Seafood: · Sep 8, 2026

Nicole Kimball “those fishing areas, when they do see those hotspots, are closed on a rolling basis throughout the whole season. So they're closed from 4 to 7 days depending on what the hotspot looks like, how big it is, what the numbers of salmon are.”

09-03-2026 RDC Breakfast Forum: Alaska Seafood: · Sep 8, 2026

Nicole Kimball “There's also a new genetic lab in Dutch Harbor. This is paid for primarily by the Bristol Bay CDQ Group, but now by other industry groups. They provide weekly genetic data on chum bycatch to identify whether the chum are from Alaska or whether they're from Russia, Asian hatcheries. And that really is helping people on the water know when to move.”

09-03-2026 RDC Breakfast Forum: Alaska Seafood: · Sep 8, 2026

Nicole Kimball “this is pretty important in understanding how the fishery works and why we can say things about habitat impact or bycatch impact or what's caught in the pollock fishery, and that's because there's 100% monitoring required by law. So we have transitioned, or the fisheries transitioned, in both the Bering Sea and the Gulf of Alaska to electronic monitoring. So there's multiple cameras on every trip, every pollock trip.”

09-03-2026 RDC Breakfast Forum: Alaska Seafood: · Sep 8, 2026

Nicole Kimball “this movement toward electronic monitoring. That was a huge improvement that's fairly recent that allows you to do a better census of all fish, not just salmon. The industry I know is working on a chum excluder. The Chinook excluders are already required.”

09-03-2026 RDC Breakfast Forum: Alaska Seafood: · Sep 8, 2026

Nicole Kimball “Every single salmon is counted. It's a census of salmon. And then they do genetic sampling on those salmon. The salmon caught in the bycatch, as you might know, are Chinook and chum, not other species of salmon.”

09-03-2026 RDC Breakfast Forum: Alaska Seafood: · Sep 8, 2026

Nicole Kimball “You're gonna keep fishing. If it's Alaska chum, a bigger proponent of Alaska chum, then you close that area and move. So this is on the water in near real time, and it's probably the most important piece of the management system.”

09-03-2026 RDC Breakfast Forum: Alaska Seafood: · Sep 8, 2026

Nicole Kimball “salmon excluders are required. That's an excluder that you put on your gear, you put on your net... They're required in the Bering Sea. So that's supposed to let the pollock come into the net and be efficiently catching pollock.”

09-03-2026 RDC Breakfast Forum: Alaska Seafood: · Sep 8, 2026

Tiffany Yatlin

“September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. And TCC Wellness and Prevention is hosting a Suicide Prevention Awareness Month walk on Thursday, September 10th from noon to 1:00 PM. Participants will meet at the Chief Peter John Tribal Building Pavilion before walking to the Golden Heart Plaza and back.”

Tanana Chiefs Conference: TCC Weekly Episode 63 · Sep 7, 2026

Tiffany Yatlin

“Whether you are feeling overwhelmed, worried, or having trouble coping, or simply need someone to talk to, you don't have to go through it alone. Please reach out to Upper Tanana Health Center if you need support.”

Tanana Chiefs Conference: TCC Weekly Episode 63 · Sep 7, 2026

Tiffany Yatlin

“The event will include an opening prayer and a brief presentation on suicide awareness and 988 resources. We walk to remember and honor friends and family members lost to suicide while bringing awareness to suicide prevention services and resources. We encourage rural communities across the region to join us in sharing a message of hope, connection, and support. In the wake of Mukluk Fire in Tok, it's important to remember that support is available. Behavioral health staff at the Upper Tanana Health Center are available to talk with community members on an appointment or walk-in basis.”

Tanana Chiefs Conference: TCC Weekly Episode 63 · Sep 7, 2026

Aimee Williams “While acting in this capacity, the ENF Director will perform all official managerial duties and receive compensation in strict accordance with the Kodiak Island Borough Code. This resolution will become effective immediately upon its formal adoption by the Assembly.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Regular Meeting of September 3, 2026 · Sep 3, 2026

Aimee Williams “This resolution establishes a clear administrative succession procedure to address emergencies or urgent Borough matters It officially designates and confirms Cody Allen, the Engineering and Facilities Director, to serve as the temporary administrative official. This designation will only take effect during a simultaneous absence or disability of both the Borough Manager Amy Williams and the primary designated administrative official Seema Garut.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Regular Meeting of September 3, 2026 · Sep 3, 2026

Jared Griffin “In the meantime, just want to say thanks to Cody for stepping up and giving a— wishing Sarah good luck too.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Regular Meeting of September 3, 2026 · Sep 3, 2026

Jared Griffin “Motion passes unanimously.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Regular Meeting of September 3, 2026 · Sep 3, 2026

Aimee Williams “It wasn't an option to make Cody earlier because we needed to wait to get him past his 2-year anniversary as we changed the code to say you had to be here for 2 years before you could serve in that capacity. And he agreed to it, so I think that's an important part of it. He'll get his first experience as administrative official the first week of December when Chris Seaman and I will all be at AML.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Regular Meeting of September 3, 2026 · Sep 3, 2026

Jared Griffin “Designating Engineering and Facilities Director Cody Allen as a temporary administrative official during the absence or disability of the Borough Manager and designated administrative official. Mr. Whiteside. Move to adopt Resolution No. FY2027-04. Second.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Regular Meeting of September 3, 2026 · Sep 3, 2026

Karen Norsworthy “you're not going to see an exact match because in negotiations you're trying to keep below the CPI-U when you can. Sometimes we do go above it in negotiations.”

Anchorage Assembly: Salaries and Emoluments Commission Meeting · Sep 3, 2026

“I would feel better if that read, all past resolutions with respect to the compensation of the Anchorage Mayor are null and void, just to make sure that we aren't inadvertently repealing past resolutions that affect the school board or the assembly or anything else.”

Anchorage Assembly: Salaries and Emoluments Commission Meeting · Sep 3, 2026

Steve Rieger “just want to clarify something just for the record of my thinking. On Section 7, it says all past resolutions are null and void.”

Anchorage Assembly: Salaries and Emoluments Commission Meeting · Sep 3, 2026

Steve Rieger “it refers to the compensation for the Anchorage mayor elected or reelected at the— and then after that, the words May 14th, 2024 special election.”

Anchorage Assembly: Salaries and Emoluments Commission Meeting · Sep 3, 2026

Pat Redmond “this is a 24-hour-a-day job. It's not just 8 to 5, 5 days a week. So it's 24, it's a, and it is significant.”

Anchorage Assembly: Salaries and Emoluments Commission Meeting · Sep 3, 2026

“the mayor shall receive a salary in the amount of $183,926. And just to a system-wise process.”

Anchorage Assembly: Salaries and Emoluments Commission Meeting · Sep 3, 2026

“one of the things that I I did request at the last meeting was that we be presented with what the actual COLAs were for the years subsequent to the last time that the mayor's salary was adjusted. The $183,000 figure came from something that was just downloaded off the internet, CPI tables 2019 to present urban Alaska.”

Anchorage Assembly: Salaries and Emoluments Commission Meeting · Sep 3, 2026

Karen Norsworthy “I'll make a motion to amend the draft resolution 20-6 to remove the 4 whereases, change the be it resolved language to the April 2027 election, and that under the mayor's salary it is adjusted to $183,019.20, and under Section 6, fringe benefits, B, last sentence at the end, and subject to any applicable federal, state, or local taxes.”

Anchorage Assembly: Salaries and Emoluments Commission Meeting · Sep 3, 2026

Steve Rieger “It should be whatever the date is in 2027.”

Anchorage Assembly: Salaries and Emoluments Commission Meeting · Sep 3, 2026

“it says this resolution does not change the salaries, benefits, or allowances. This, I think, was inadvertently taken from a prior resolution... but this resolution actually does change the salary.”

Anchorage Assembly: Salaries and Emoluments Commission Meeting · Sep 3, 2026

“we're not going to make much, any significant change in this amount at all other than what we've done. And since it doesn't go into effect until the next, after the next election... it doesn't affect the current.”

Anchorage Assembly: Salaries and Emoluments Commission Meeting · Sep 3, 2026

“we, we took— I took whatever the CPI you and I did off I googled it, but we also looked at what all of the bargaining units within the municipality did and all the increases within the last few years that they had made to police, fire, IBEW, engineers, plumbers, etc.”

Anchorage Assembly: Salaries and Emoluments Commission Meeting · Sep 3, 2026

Pat Redmond “So it's still significantly below other government. I just keep thinking I have to pay this. I mean, I'm, as a taxpayer, I have to pay this. However, this is a significant job. I mean, we expect a lot.”

Anchorage Assembly: Salaries and Emoluments Commission Meeting · Sep 3, 2026

“The number should be 183,019.20.”

Anchorage Assembly: Salaries and Emoluments Commission Meeting · Sep 3, 2026

“In 2026, we had the salary of the mayor at $145,392, and that's when we— I believe that's when we added the parking benefits”

Anchorage Assembly: Salaries and Emoluments Commission Meeting · Sep 3, 2026

Karen Norsworthy “It's a little disturbing that HR doesn't have that because that's what is used in contract negotiations.”

Anchorage Assembly: Salaries and Emoluments Commission Meeting · Sep 3, 2026

Steve Rieger “did it appear to you that the CPIs that were— the CPI numbers that you just read off we're in the right ballpark. So we just, we'd just be, you know, tidying up a number for the sake of tidying it up rather than that it would make a material difference.”

Anchorage Assembly: Salaries and Emoluments Commission Meeting · Sep 3, 2026

Steve Rieger “The date of that resolution is September 9th, 2020. Okay, so we in 2020 we did not know the CPI for 2020.”

Anchorage Assembly: Salaries and Emoluments Commission Meeting · Sep 3, 2026

“what we use is we totaled up the CPIUs that we got off of— I forget what website... where we looked at the 1.2, um, increase in 2020. 2021 Was 4.7, 2022 6.5, '23 was 4. 1.1, 24 Was 2.9, and 25 was 2.7. So that's what we utilized, um, was that to come up with the $182,000, $183,000, some change.”

Anchorage Assembly: Salaries and Emoluments Commission Meeting · Sep 3, 2026

Brian Boss

“We also had frozen water main last year. We haven't experienced frozen water main in my time at the utility, so that was very unique. So it changed the complexity of the dig and we pushed off a lot of work to the summer.”

Anchorage Assembly: Infrastructure, Enterprise and Utility Oversight Committee-of-the-Whole Meeting · Aug 20, 2026

Brian Boss

“The most complicated one was the one in South Anchorage, and that was also the first one we dealt with. It took us over a week to resolve, from March 31st to April 9th.”

Anchorage Assembly: Infrastructure, Enterprise and Utility Oversight Committee-of-the-Whole Meeting · Aug 20, 2026

Brian Boss

“The very last one we had to defrost took us the longest. And again, it was backlogged because of the other two delays. It took us over 3 weeks to resolve. It was a commercial customer. This was the John Deere dealership, Craig Taylor Equipment.”

Anchorage Assembly: Infrastructure, Enterprise and Utility Oversight Committee-of-the-Whole Meeting · Aug 20, 2026

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