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

Clips from Kodiak Island BoroughClear
0:05
Aimee Williams“I wanted to say congratulations to Assemblymember Vizcocho.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Regular Meeting of October 15, 2026 ·

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Jared Griffin“We got one more absentee in-person voting for the upcoming November 3rd, 2026 6th general election will be available from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. starting this coming Monday, October 19th, through Monday, November 2nd, in the Borough Assembly Chambers.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Regular Meeting of October 15, 2026 ·

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Jared Griffin“Caroline stepped forward to fill in a 1-year appointment, and it's— which I know as filling in for a 1-year appointment is really unusual and really difficult, because when you join an assembly that's already in motion, you know, it's hard to find traction.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Regular Meeting of October 15, 2026 ·

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Scott Smiley“these, uh, additions to the hospital are required in order for them to be able to do their job well and to be safely, uh, in, uh, dealing with their patients.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Regular Meeting of October 15, 2026 ·

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Aimee Williams“Uh, mixed reports, 30 to 50 weeks. That's a pretty big swing.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Regular Meeting of October 15, 2026 ·

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Jeremiah Gardner“I researched it a bit, and with Knowing how much RSO staff that Providence has throughout its network, it feels like we are front-loading their staff's salary to me, and it feels wrong. It feels a little bit greasy. All that being said, I do want everything to go through, but I will not be supporting the third contract.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Regular Meeting of October 15, 2026 ·

0:39
Jared Griffin“And Bo has been a valued colleague. I've appreciated your, your judgment and your perspective. You're willing to work collaboratively on a lot of challenges”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Regular Meeting of October 15, 2026 ·

0:19
Nova Javier“The borough election held on October 2026 was executed seamlessly thanks to the professionalism demonstrated by the election officials. Uh, we recognize all the precinct workers, the receiving team, canvas board, and staff for their excellent work.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Regular Meeting of October 15, 2026 ·

0:21
Aimee Williams“The total project cost is $4,239,116, with $3,801,380 coming from the RHT FPP funds themselves, and $437,736 coming from the hospital R&R fund. In the first contract, that is for a contract with AMC Engineers in the amount of $102,005.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Regular Meeting of October 15, 2026 ·

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Aimee Williams“We're hoping more for 30, but the sooner that gets ordered the better. This second contract here, 49, is the one that will actually order that. The third contract is the project management. That is R&R funded for $230,826.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Regular Meeting of October 15, 2026 ·

0:32
Jared Griffin“Steve, you've been steady and a steady and real thoughtful presence up here, and I appreciate that you've approached the work with seriousness and consistency, and I respect the kind of commitment that it takes to keep making these difficult decisions”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Regular Meeting of October 15, 2026 ·

0:10
Jeremiah Gardner“I do have a problem with the third contract for project management, and, um, it just frustrates me.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Regular Meeting of October 15, 2026 ·

0:05
Nova Javier“Mr. Scott Arndt and Mr. Alexander Sweeney.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Regular Meeting of October 15, 2026 ·

0:23
Jeremiah Gardner“To my outgoing colleagues, it's only been a year since I've been on the Assembly. Each one of you has been so valuable in your own way. I'm a little sad to watch you guys go.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Regular Meeting of October 15, 2026 ·

0:05
Nova Javier“Would anyone like to change their vote? Motion carries unanimously.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Regular Meeting of October 15, 2026 ·

0:21
Nova Javier“What we are going to do then is follow the code when it comes to filling and— vacating and filling in the seat. We need to advertise it and then accept applications, and then it will be an assembly appointment for a 1-year seat.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Regular Meeting of October 15, 2026 ·

0:33
Nova Javier“The 4 members of the canvas team met yesterday and carefully reviewed and tallied the by mail absentee special needs questioned and write-in ballots. They cross-examined ballot accountability reports from every precinct and from the early voting location. The canvas finds that the election fully complied with state laws and borough ordinances and requests that the Assembly adopt Resolution Number FY 2020-01. 7-07 To certify the election results.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Regular Meeting of October 15, 2026 ·

0:34
Aimee Williams“Successful implementation is going to require this ongoing project management, including coordination with the contractor, monitoring of the schedule and budget. This will be done by Providence with borough oversight. We are going to retain all contract and funding authority, including vendor approvals, payment approvals, contract amendments, and final project acceptance.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Regular Meeting of October 15, 2026 ·

0:09
Caroline Roberts“Um, I just want to take a minute to say thank you to everyone. It's been an honor to serve up here, even if it's just been for a year.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Regular Meeting of October 15, 2026 ·

0:15
Jared Griffin“Resolution Number FY 2027-07, ratifying and certifying the results of the October 6, 2026 regular municipal election. Mr. Whiteside, move to adopt Resolution Number FY 2027-07.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Regular Meeting of October 15, 2026 ·

0:25
Aimee Williams“The last project is for the mandatory inspections. That's with Alaska Test Lab in the amount of $37,325. We are seeking approval of that, but right now we do believe that the Rural Health Care Transformation Program funds will also pay for that.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Regular Meeting of October 15, 2026 ·

0:04
Jared Griffin“If this contract is not approved, what would happen?”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Regular Meeting of October 15, 2026 ·

0:17
Jeremiah Gardner“Would you be okay if that was something I just put in my manager's report?”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Work Session of October 8, 2026 ·

0:06
Seema Garoutte“those bookings on RentalScape really aren't bookings.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Work Session of October 8, 2026 ·

0:24
Seema Garoutte“We identified 169 short-term rentals in September of 2025 compared to the 165 in September of 2026. Based on what we've seen over the 3 years we've been tracking it, the overall numbers appear to have, um, remained fairly consistent.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Work Session of October 8, 2026 ·

0:15
Seema Garoutte“For example, it may tell us there are 165 identified short-term rentals within 524 listings. We can then work through those properties and make sure that we have business personal property accounts for them.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Work Session of October 8, 2026 ·

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Jared Griffin“kind of like the policy direction is to see how many whole houses are coming off the market. I don't know, I don't think we're necessarily concerned with in this regard, ADUs and basements and, you know, one-room attached apartments”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Work Session of October 8, 2026 ·

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Seema Garoutte“The 524 is the big number difference. So if they are listed on Airbnb 3 different ways, because you can have one property that has 3 different Airbnb rentals on it”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Work Session of October 8, 2026 ·

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Jared Griffin“I think I'm just looking forward to more evidence about if there's still some housing displacement going on, because some of these rentals could just be a basement, an ADU, and we don't have that necessarily broken down for us.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Work Session of October 8, 2026 ·

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Seema Garoutte“That last question, I was going to ask if the transient housing accommodations tax department— I think that's Sue Zimmerman— do they get access to this at all?”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Work Session of October 8, 2026 ·

0:13
Dora Cross“I don't have any access to the program, and I haven't seen it. So I've never compared it to what we're currently receiving from anybody. Seems like a powerful tool, but that's all I have.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Work Session of October 8, 2026 ·

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Seema Garoutte“I think assessing uses this software more than community development. I think Chris and Bronwyn both told me that they've logged in one time and then have never logged in again.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Work Session of October 8, 2026 ·

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Jeremiah Gardner“does it give you like an easy, easy to look at overview of all of the supposed rentals and the money coming in and how accurate, if you could give it like a letter grade, do you think the software is in, in giving you a fiscal wide view on things?”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Work Session of October 8, 2026 ·

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Seema Garoutte“We typically don't look at RentalScape at the beginning of summer and then again in September, and because of that, I don't know if we are missing short-term rentals that only operate during the summer tourist season, which could mean we're missing potential business, um, personal property accounts.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Work Session of October 8, 2026 ·

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Bo Sedillo-Whiteside“we have compounding housing issues, especially with this Coast Guard expansion and our discussion with the Coast Guard in there. They found the same problem on their end, that we're going to have some issues with, with those Coast Guard folks finding housing as well.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Work Session of October 8, 2026 ·

0:07
Bo Sedillo-Whiteside“I suppose I encourage maybe a monthly report on this, just a monthly update.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Work Session of October 8, 2026 ·

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Bo Sedillo-Whiteside“we're seeing now a lot of longer-term rentals hitting the market, but it's for 8 months, which doesn't do a lot of people much good. When they're looking to settle into the community.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Work Session of October 8, 2026 ·

0:06
Seema Garoutte“One thing we learned is that Rentalscape isn't always 100% accurate.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Work Session of October 8, 2026 ·

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Aimee Williams“So I was able to get a hold of the Department of Fish and Game, um, this week, and they are working with the troopers. We're shooting for Monday, but we're going to try to do a hazing event at the landfill on Monday. So if you live in the Minocqua area and you hear a lot of gunshots and movement out at the landfill.”

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

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Bo Sedillo-Whiteside“Just that we had a successful joint trip to D.C. last week to lobby on behalf of the borough and the city, but I think I will save my comments to piggyback on Mayor Griffin's here shortly.”

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

0:38
Aimee Williams“The T-posts were put in and the insulators were added, and then some of the bears just decided it would be fun to go knock over the posts, and so we're gonna have to put those posts deeper than we originally thought.”

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

0:11

Brian Tosi

“Ultimately, does it have to come down to a bear in my living room or somebody getting hurt? Just, that's just my opinion.”

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

0:21
Bo Sedillo-Whiteside“He said we should jump at the chance of pushing DHS to create DCIP. He said there are enough communities that would immediately sign on. We are the first ones to plant that seed that he's aware of in DC.”

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

0:37
Bo Sedillo-Whiteside“She actually agreed and said, "Why aren't you more frustrated about this?" And I said, "Well, the frustration exists. I'm tired of being told no when we're plotting the amount of defense spending happening in our community, but not a dime of it is going outside of the gate."”

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

0:33
Aimee Williams“We're trying to get bears out, and so we'll see how successful that is or isn't. And but I was really happy that Fish and Game was ready to mobilize and help us do something.”

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

0:07
Bo Sedillo-Whiteside“So we have a pathway now for funding through DSIP with the Navy, which is fantastic.”

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

0:31
Jeremiah Gardner“we had a bear right over here by the school just the other day, right across from my shop. I saw the bear myself. Um, you know, it just feels like these problems are compounding.”

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

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Bo Sedillo-Whiteside“So we do have that direct contact with Navy SOCOM now. Um, I requested that we apply for a project now, and that, um, their representative was nodding her head and said it was— they're actually surprised this discussion hasn't happened yet.”

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

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