Video Clips

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

Clips from Kodiak Island BoroughClear

0:13

Jerry Griffin

“Motion passes 6-0.”

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

0:30

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

0:06

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

0:14

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

0:10

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

0:03

Scott Smiley

“Move to adopt Ordinance Number FY2027-08.”

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

0:25

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

0:11

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

0:17

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

0:07

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

0:15

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

0:27

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

0:40

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

0:12

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

0:45

Tracy Dagan

“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

0:26

Joe 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

0:13

Joe 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

0:09

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

0:21

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

0:27

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

0:14

Dan Rohr

“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

0:25

Dan Rohr

“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

0:25

Dan Rohr

“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

0:32

Dan Rohr

“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

0:21

Dan Rohr

“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

0:32

Bo 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

0:10

Dan Rohr

“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

0:18

Dan Rohr

“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