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Dave Johnson “The bidding's already been done. We've already approved it, right? I would like the assembly to reconsider a budgetary— a budget-approved item through a negotiated procurement contract has already met all the requirements of that purchase. Just seems like unnecessary bureaucracy to me.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Work Session of June 25, 2026 Part 1 · Jun 25, 2026

Charles Glagolich

“There's already two communities in Alaska, Sitka I'm more familiar with than any of them, which have imposed a fish box tax for all good reasons.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Work Session of June 25, 2026 Part 1 · Jun 25, 2026

Scott Smiley “I'm not sure that we can have a rule that says if you're a Kodiak resident, you don't have to pay a tax, but if you're not a Kodiak resident, you do have to pay it. I think it came up with regard to fishing licenses for state residents and non-state residents. And there was originally— it was a huge amount of money for out-of-state, and the state Supreme Court said no, it has to be balanced in some way.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Work Session of June 25, 2026 Part 1 · Jun 25, 2026

Jeff Woods “Sitka currently has a fish box tax where they levy $10 a box for seafood leaving the Sitka Borough. We have a much larger natural resource extraction footprint than Sitka does, I would wager to say.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Work Session of June 25, 2026 Part 1 · Jun 25, 2026

Nova Javier “On June 4th, 2026, Assemblymember Johnson submitted his resignation letter from the assembly effective today. There are still more than 90 days remaining in the term since the position he holds will not end until October 2027.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Special Meeting of June 25, 2026 · Jun 25, 2026

Nova Javier “If you're not ready, we can call a special meeting the following week. But by code, we need to make the appointment 30 days after you declare the seat vacant.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Special Meeting of June 25, 2026 · Jun 25, 2026

Jared Griffin “I think that the best compliment that you can give somebody who's leaving a group or a committee or a board is that you made us better.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Special Meeting of June 25, 2026 · Jun 25, 2026

Nova Javier “June 26th and July 3rd, we're going to, um, advertise the seat on the Kodiak Daily Mirror. Starting on Saturday, June July 11th, we will be receiving applications. The assembly is scheduled to conduct interviews with applicants on July 16th. If the assembly is ready to make an appointment, they can do so on the July 16th regular meeting.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Special Meeting of June 25, 2026 · Jun 25, 2026

Nova Javier “Would anyone like to change their vote? Motion passes 6-0.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Special Meeting of June 25, 2026 · Jun 25, 2026

Jared Griffin “Up first is accepting the resignation of Assemblymember Dave Johnson and declaring the Assembly seat vacant.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Special Meeting of June 25, 2026 · Jun 25, 2026

“To bring the existing utilities facility into compliance with the Sea Conservation Zone, proposed project includes replacing the water tank, water mains, and service lines to provide year-round service— year-round source of potable water. Can I get a motion, please? I move to approve Resolution FY 2026-022.”

Kodiak Borough: Planning and Zoning Regular Meeting of June 17, 2026 · Jun 17, 2026

Chris French “The applicant proposes improvements to the current water treatment facility including a new water storage tank and new water lines from the tank to the treatment facility. This facility is the primary source of drinking water to the Village of Carluck.”

Kodiak Borough: Planning and Zoning Regular Meeting of June 17, 2026 · Jun 17, 2026

Chris French “The staff finds that the application meets the requirements of the code based on the submitted plan and details provided and based on the proposed conditions of approval. Both the findings and conditions of approval have been incorporated into the proposed resolution FY20— Mr. Mayor, 26-22.”

Kodiak Borough: Planning and Zoning Regular Meeting of June 17, 2026 · Jun 17, 2026

Chris French “The Native Village of Akarlik requests a conditional use permit for a utility facility within the C Conservation District. The subject parcel is split zoned between the C District and the W Watershed District. The utility facility is permitted use within the W District, therefore, the conditional use permit is needed for the portion of the development that is within the Sea Conservation District zone.”

Kodiak Borough: Planning and Zoning Regular Meeting of June 17, 2026 · Jun 17, 2026

“I feel like your application was pretty thorough. We appreciate it.”

Kodiak Borough: Planning and Zoning Regular Meeting of June 17, 2026 · Jun 17, 2026

“We have case number 26-019. Native Village of Karluk requests a conditional use permit on Township 30 South, Range 32 West, TL-2001, Track C, Karluk.”

Kodiak Borough: Planning and Zoning Regular Meeting of June 17, 2026 · Jun 17, 2026

Jeremiah Gardner “Move to amend to adopt option D.”

Prefix - Kodiak Island Borough Livestream · Jun 4, 2026

Bo Sedillo-Whiteside “I support option D. My logic behind supporting this option is this budget is balanced. It provides continuity for all borough services, represents an $800,000 increase in school funding, and it also increases our MAPTOR capacity by approximately a half a million dollars for next fiscal year.”

Prefix - Kodiak Island Borough Livestream · Jun 4, 2026

Jeremiah Gardner “I would like to see our taxes go lower and lower. I'm going to be in favor of our lowest option on the table here”

Prefix - Kodiak Island Borough Livestream · Jun 4, 2026

Bo Sedillo-Whiteside “Kea raised their electric rates by 12.5%. The City of Kodiak recently is entertaining and I'm not quite clear if they've adopted it yet, but they are looking to increase the water and sewer rate by 5%. We've all been to the gas pumps lately. We've all been to the grocery store. Everything is getting more expensive.”

Prefix - Kodiak Island Borough Livestream · Jun 4, 2026

Cade Joseph Woods “I can't support this. I seconded the motion specifically to bring it to the floor. I want the discussion. I like hearing different points. I think this is leaving just a little too much on the table.”

Prefix - Kodiak Island Borough Livestream · Jun 4, 2026

Bo Sedillo-Whiteside “I still feel the amount budgeted for the school district was appropriate, especially in light of recent events where the school district stated on record during the most recent Board of education meeting that $900,000 in budget deficiencies were discovered.”

Prefix - Kodiak Island Borough Livestream · Jun 4, 2026

Dave Johnson “move to amend the resolution. Sorry, right here. To include a total mill rate of 9.15 and move the remaining $475,981 to fund 201.”

Prefix - Kodiak Island Borough Livestream · Jun 4, 2026

Scott Smiley “I do think that the idea of cutting taxes has been around since Ronald Reagan. That's 40 goddamn years, pardon my French, that we've been cutting taxes. There's not a whole lot left at the school district.”

Prefix - Kodiak Island Borough Livestream · Jun 4, 2026

Jeremiah Gardner “There was a school board meeting and there is a recording that approximately $900,000 was cut from their budget and they were able to find, quote, unquote, inefficiencies. No positions were cut from the school district”

Prefix - Kodiak Island Borough Livestream · Jun 4, 2026

Dave Johnson “It doesn't take any money whatsoever from any account. Everything we funded last week remains in place. All this does is is collect the amount of revenue authorized by the borough to collect.”

Prefix - Kodiak Island Borough Livestream · Jun 4, 2026

Jeremiah Gardner “I ran on wanting to lower taxes. I believe I'll say it over and over again. We got to tighten our belts. I want to see taxes go down. My family's back is breaking.”

Prefix - Kodiak Island Borough Livestream · Jun 4, 2026

Scott Smiley “I'm most worried about next year. And if we don't get the full amount for baptor, then we are. At least there's the threat of problems next year.”

Prefix - Kodiak Island Borough Livestream · Jun 4, 2026

Dave Johnson “By failing to collect the full MAPTOR amount tonight, we would be voluntarily eliminating nearly $500,000 in revenue generating capability capacity in next year.”

Prefix - Kodiak Island Borough Livestream · Jun 4, 2026

Mr. Grahn (Committee Member, Kodiak Island Borough Lands Committee)

“this parcel was purchased for a hospital site Many, many, many, many years ago. And this site has been utilized for recreation needs going back to the 2000s. So just from a point clarity, it's been used for about the last 25 years plus for recreational needs.”

Kodiak Borough: Borough Lands Committee Regular Meeting of June 1, 2026 · Jun 1, 2026

Mr. Grahn (Committee Member, Kodiak Island Borough Lands Committee)

“It's my recollection that there was going to be some utility challenges with this site through the public works. So I would ask that staff verify that, give us that information.”

Kodiak Borough: Borough Lands Committee Regular Meeting of June 1, 2026 · Jun 1, 2026

Bo Sedillo-Whiteside “I would imagine no less than 30 lots, including accounting for roadways, you know, utility needs or offsets. And then if maintaining some green space, you could even do that if you're creative with the development.”

Kodiak Borough: Borough Lands Committee Regular Meeting of June 1, 2026 · Jun 1, 2026

Bo Sedillo-Whiteside “I understand it is being used for baseball practice, But I remember Dr. LeDoux stating that this was a temporary offer made some 15 years ago and was never rescinded.”

Kodiak Borough: Borough Lands Committee Regular Meeting of June 1, 2026 · Jun 1, 2026

Bo Sedillo-Whiteside “we're going to have to consider is do we prioritize housing needs or current use? And so we're not going to find a single parcel. I would be shocked if we did that didn't have some sort of community benefit or use associated with it.”

Kodiak Borough: Borough Lands Committee Regular Meeting of June 1, 2026 · Jun 1, 2026

Mr. Grahn (Committee Member, Kodiak Island Borough Lands Committee)

“I believe there is also wetlands as well. So I think identifying how much of the parcel is wetlands versus because I think it is 16 acres, but I think there's several acres that were wetlands.”

Kodiak Borough: Borough Lands Committee Regular Meeting of June 1, 2026 · Jun 1, 2026

Bo Sedillo-Whiteside “it has a great central location, good access to local businesses directly here in town. It's flat. There's access to utilities, and as I understand it from Director French, there are no limitations that he is aware of as far as connecting to water, sewer, electricity for this parcel.”

Kodiak Borough: Borough Lands Committee Regular Meeting of June 1, 2026 · Jun 1, 2026

Bo Sedillo-Whiteside “I understand it is being used for baseball practice, But I remember Dr. LeDoux stating that this was a temporary offer made some 15 years ago and was never rescinded. So. So acknowledging that folks do use that. I'm prioritizing the needs of the community over a practice field when there's numerous ball fields teams can practice on.”

Kodiak Borough: Kodiak Island Borough Livestream · May 28, 2026

Dave Townsend “It sounds like we're interested, but we just didn't. We obviously want a lot more information, specifically the history, wetlands, bedrock, how it might affect some current relationships or agreements that we have there.”

Kodiak Borough: Kodiak Island Borough Livestream · May 28, 2026

Bo Sedillo-Whiteside “I would imagine no less than 30 lots, including accounting for roadways, you know, utility needs or offsets. And then if maintaining some green space, you could even do that if you're creative with the development.”

Kodiak Borough: Kodiak Island Borough Livestream · May 28, 2026

Bo Sedillo-Whiteside “we're going to have to consider is do we prioritize housing needs or current use? And so we're not going to find a single parcel. I would be shocked if we did that didn't have some sort of community benefit or use associated with it. It's just not going to exist.”

Kodiak Borough: Kodiak Island Borough Livestream · May 28, 2026

Mr. Grohn (Committee Member, Kodiak Island Borough Lands Committee)

“It's my recollection that there was going to be some utility challenges with this site through the public works. So I would ask that staff verify that, give us that information. I also understand that this site is a lot of. It is bedrock, so developmental costs will be increased.”

Kodiak Borough: Kodiak Island Borough Livestream · May 28, 2026

Mr. Grohn (Committee Member, Kodiak Island Borough Lands Committee)

“Just as a reminder too, the borough is under a joint use agreement with the city and if they are to deem, I think this is a step that has been missed in the past. If they deem this property surplusable, I think they owe it, per the agreement to notify the city who is the manager of said parcel, who operates the programs.”

Kodiak Borough: Kodiak Island Borough Livestream · May 28, 2026

Mr. Grohn (Committee Member, Kodiak Island Borough Lands Committee)

“It is also my understanding that this parcel was purchased for a hospital site Many, many, many, many years ago. And this site has been utilized for recreation needs going back to the 2000s. So just from a point of clarity, it's been used for about the last 25 years plus us for recreational needs.”

Kodiak Borough: Kodiak Island Borough Livestream · May 28, 2026

Bo Sedillo-Whiteside “I view this committee as kind of refreshing our perspective on available parcels. Do they fit the current need for housing development now, or could they? I should say, because we don't have all the information, but if we get the information back and these parcels, any of these parcels we're discussing are relatively straightforward to develop, we can Access and connect to utilities. Does that meet the goal of the committee of identifying parcels that are suitable for increasing, increasing land for workforce housing?”

Kodiak Borough: Kodiak Island Borough Livestream · May 28, 2026

Aimee Williams “there are every variety of, um, alternate scenario that you can imagine by putting in any number that you can think of into facilities maintenance that will change the mill rate.”

Assembly Special Meeting of May 28, 2026 · May 29, 2026

Bo Sedillo-Whiteside “if we were to keep the mill rate static, that doesn't mean people's Property taxes do not go up. Assessments go up. That means you are paying more.”

Assembly Special Meeting of May 28, 2026 · May 29, 2026

Aimee Williams “your total that was Approved last week was $13,779,556”

Assembly Special Meeting of May 28, 2026 · May 29, 2026

Aimee Williams “That does not put money into R&R, but in order to do the projects that we have scheduled, we have enough money in that fund to cover that.”

Assembly Special Meeting of May 28, 2026 · May 29, 2026

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