Second-largest island in the United States and one of Alaska's most productive commercial fishing ports. Home to Kodiak bears, a Coast Guard base, and a processing fleet for salmon, pollock, and crab.
Kodiak Island Borough, AK, USA
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Amy 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
Amy 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
Amy 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
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
Jared Griffin
“Motion passes unanimously.”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
Kodiak's hospital runs on power switches nobody makes parts for anymore
Kodiak Island Borough has taken over a project to replace obsolete automatic transfer switches at Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center, citing lease terms.
by Walter AlaskaNews1d ago1 min readAI
Kodiak's Assembly can't agree on how often to meet remotely
Kodiak Island Borough Assembly members remain split over how many meetings a year they can attend remotely, the sole unresolved issue in a rules rewrite.
by Walter AlaskaNews1d ago1 min readAI
Kodiak hospital chiller running at a third of capacity; borough moves to accept $3.85 million to replace it
The chiller supporting sterilization for emergency, surgical and obstetrics care at Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center is running at about 35% capacity. The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly meets Sept. 10 on accepting $3,850,279 in federal rural health funds to replace it.
by Walter AlaskaNews1d ago1 min readAI
Kodiak names a third person to run the borough when the top two are out
The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly voted unanimously Thursday to designate Engineering and Facilities Director Cody Allen as temporary administrative official when both the borough manager and the designated official are away. His first turn comes the first week of December.
by Walter AlaskaNews2d ago1 min readAI
Kodiak's landfill is out of compliance because bears keep getting in
Borough Manager Aimee Williams is asking the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly to meet privately Thursday over attorney-client communications on landfill bear management and matters that could hurt borough finances, keeping the legal and cost details out of public view.
by Walter AlaskaNews5d ago2 min readAI
Kodiak Assembly takes up its vacancy rewrite Thursday, with the public hearing Sept. 17
A proposed rewrite of Kodiak Island Borough's Assembly vacancy rules would start the appointment clock the day a resignation is accepted and let residents apply electronically. The Assembly is asked Thursday only to advance it to a public hearing, not adopt it.
by Walter AlaskaNews5d ago1 min readAI
Kodiak can't sell four lots it has owned since 1986 because they can't get a permit
A 16-acre borough tract at 3235 East Rezanof Drive cannot be developed or sold because its platted lots lack sewer service. Staff have asked City of Kodiak Public Works to attend the Sept. 8 Lands Committee meeting to discuss a roughly 500-foot sewer extension.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI
Kodiak Island Borough clerk drafts ordinance to tighten Assembly vacancy rules
Applicants for a vacant Kodiak Island Borough Assembly seat would certify eligibility up front and could apply electronically under a draft ordinance the Assembly reviewed at its Thursday work session. No vote was taken.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readAI
Kodiak takes its landfill bear problem behind closed doors
The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly will weigh a closed-door session Sept. 3 over its landfill bear problem, as the borough faces possible fines for feeding wildlife.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 1w ago1 min readAI
Kodiak Island Borough Assembly tightens absence rule in 6-1 vote
The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly voted 6-1 on Aug. 20 to adopt Ordinance No. FY2027-06, vacating a member's seat after missing a quarter of all meetings, work sessions included, down from half. It takes effect Nov. 1.
by Bill AlaskaNews2w ago3 min readAI
Kodiak rezone would raise Cliff Point lot minimums to five acres
The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly opened its public hearing on Ordinance FY2027-07, which would rezone 20 Cliff Point Estates lots from Rural Residential 2 to Conservation District, raising the minimum lot size to five acres. No testimony or vote appears in the recorded segment.
by Bill AlaskaNews2w ago1 min readAI
Kodiak fights landfill bears with a second fence and a look at composting
Kodiak's landfill has stayed out of compliance as bears keep reaching the trash, prompting the borough to weigh a second interior fence and a composting program to divert the organics that attract them.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min readAI
Filing closes at 3 p.m. Monday with no publicly known candidate for 12 Kodiak Island Borough seats
Candidate filing for the Kodiak Island Borough's Oct. 6 election closes at 3 p.m. Monday. Only assembly filers appear in the state's public list, and the borough does not publish its declarations of candidacy before the deadline, so how many of the 16 seats drew candidates is unknown.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago3 min readAI
Kodiak Island Borough first-half property taxes due Monday, borough page still says Saturday
Kodiak Island Borough's first-half 2026 property taxes must be paid or postmarked by Monday, August 17, though the borough's standing tax page still lists August 15, which fell on a Saturday. Missing the date adds a 10 percent penalty plus 1 percent monthly interest.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 3w ago2 min readAI
State says Kodiak landfill is out of compliance on bears and borough could be fined
At a Kodiak Island Borough Assembly work session Thursday, a DEC landfill specialist said the landfill violates state wildlife rules because bears keep reaching trash, and an ADF&G biologist said the borough could be fined for negligently feeding wildlife while officials weigh a $250,000 interior fence.
by Bill AlaskaNews3w ago3 min readAI
A majority of Kodiak's assembly is up for election this fall
Four of seven Kodiak Island Borough Assembly seats are up in the Oct. 6 election, a majority of the body, with the candidate filing deadline Monday at 3 pm.
by Maggie AlaskaNews3w ago1 min readAI
Kodiak keeps a road-sand storage lease its assembly had said it wanted to end
After a year of signaling it wanted out, the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly reached consensus Thursday to continue Service Area No. 1's lease at Fields Rentals, roughly $12,600 this year, while asking staff to price out moving the piles to borough-owned land at Dark Lake.
by Bill AlaskaNews3w ago3 min readAIKodiak votes Thursday on barring officials from stacking offices, and staff say it's broken
An ordinance barring the Kodiak Island Borough mayor, Assembly members and school board members from holding more than one of those offices returns for final Assembly action Aug. 20, six months after it was postponed. A staff report flags an unresolved conflict in the draft.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min readAI
Bears are still raiding the Kodiak dump, weeks after a state plan to keep them out
Bears continue to get into the Kodiak Island Borough landfill on Monashka Bay Road despite a repaired electric fence and a Bear Management Plan the state approved July 15, and borough staff attribute it to a constant attractant. ADEC and ADF&G will join an Assembly work session Thursday.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min readAI
A Larsen Bay spillway is 'nearing failure' and unfunded in Kodiak's list
A reservoir spillway supplying Larsen Bay's drinking water and power is "nearing failure," Kodiak Island Borough's draft capital list says, but the $1.2 million fix remains unfunded.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI
Kodiak is projected to lose about 1,200 residents by 2045 as young adults leave
The Kodiak Island Borough could lose roughly 1,200 residents by 2045, its draft comprehensive plan projects, continuing a population decline that has run through every census since 2000.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
Kodiak moves to boot Assembly members who don't show up
A Kodiak Island Borough ordinance would vacate an Assembly seat after a member misses a quarter of the year's meetings, down from half, tightening rules on absences.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
Filing deadline nears for Kodiak's October election, with an Assembly seat already open
Kodiak Island Borough residents have until 3 p.m. Monday, Aug. 17, to file for Borough Assembly, School Board and local service area board seats on the Oct. 6 municipal ballot.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI
Riding a defense boom, Kodiak looks to send a member to D.C. for funds
The Kodiak Island Borough is moving to send an assembly member to Washington to seek infrastructure money, citing a surge of federal defense investment and its spaceport.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI
Should every Kodiak nonprofit get the same grant? One assembly member says yes
The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly weighs flat versus need-based nonprofit grants ahead of an Aug. 6 vote, with the Humane Society's spay-neuter funding at stake.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
Kodiak Assembly splits over what a marijuana tax should pay for
At a July 30 work session, Kodiak Island Borough Assembly members disagreed over whether a proposed 3% marijuana retail sales tax should fund a new Community Well-Being Fund or reduce the mill rate. The measure goes to public hearing Aug. 6 and to voters Oct. 6.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAINearly half of Kodiak's landfill is organic. A resident wants the borough to look at composting.
A Kodiak resident asked the borough Solid Waste Advisory Board to study community composting, citing that 43 percent of the local landfill is organic material.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI
Kodiak wants dispatch to sound tsunami sirens without waiting for a federal alert
A draft policy before Kodiak's emergency planning committee would let local dispatch trigger tsunami sirens on observed signs, before a National Tsunami Warning Center alert.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI
Kodiak weighs a 3% marijuana tax, and a dispensary owner cries foul
Kodiak's Borough Assembly takes a proposed 3% marijuana sales tax to hearing Aug. 6, with voters deciding Oct. 6. Revenue would fund a Community Well-Being Fund.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI
Kodiak Reentry seeks borough funds as nonprofit grant requests outstrip budget
Kodiak Reentry asks the Kodiak Island Borough for $45,000 across nonprofit and opioid-settlement funds amid a lean grant year with requests far exceeding the budget.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI
Kodiak hospital pauses reverse osmosis, steam generator design
Design work on a reverse osmosis and steam generator system at Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center is on hold after compatibility concerns with existing sterilization equipment. A Providence facility evaluation set for August 3 will guide whether the design contract is terminated and redesigned.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 1mo ago1 min readAI
Kodiak weighs sounding its tsunami sirens the moment a warning hits
A draft Kodiak policy would sound the island's tsunami sirens immediately on any federal warning, and let dispatch activate them on local signs before an alert arrives.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI
Kodiak boats have nowhere legal to store hazardous waste
Kodiak marine businesses have no permitted local storage for antifreeze and hydraulic oil between the borough's twice-yearly hazardous waste collection events.
by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI
ADEC proposes final discharge permit for Kodiak landfill leachate plant
The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation issued a proposed final APDES permit Monday authorizing the Kodiak Island Borough to discharge up to 288,000 gallons per day of treated landfill leachate into wetlands draining to Monashka Bay, with strict limits on mercury, copper, and ammonia that must be met at the end of the discharge pipe.
by Melinda Communities.News1mo ago1 min readAI
Roald Amundsen brings 530 passengers to Kodiak on August 2
Discover Kodiak has posted a welcome event for the Roald Amundsen, which is scheduled to dock August 2 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., giving downtown merchants, restaurants, and shops a nine-hour window to capture spending from 530 passengers and crew.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI
Bayside fire chief wants new career position but warns against a rushed hire
Chief Scott Ellis told the Kodiak Island Borough Fire Protection Area No. 1 Board on Tuesday, June 30, that Bayside Fire Department needs a new career firefighter but urged the board to move carefully, warning a poorly structured position could fracture the department's career-volunteer culture.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 1mo ago1 min readAI
Four candidates interview for Kodiak Island Borough Assembly vacancy
The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly interviewed four applicants Thursday to fill the seat vacated by Dave Johnson, with Mayor Jared Griffin telling candidates a vote could come that same evening or no later than the following week.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
Kodiak plans September DC lobbying trip as defense program bid fails again
Turned down again in its effort to access the Defense Community Infrastructure Program, Kodiak Island Borough is shifting tactics: Borough Manager Williams secured a key contact who could help strengthen a future application, and Mayor Griffin announced a joint DC lobbying trip with the city for the week of September 21st, targeting more than $150 billion in federal defense and energy capital funds.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
Kodiak Borough advances marijuana excise tax to public hearing on 4-1 vote
The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly voted 4-1 Thursday to advance a 3% marijuana excise tax ordinance to public hearing, drawing sharp opposition from a local dispensary owner who called the draft poorly written and said Alaska already carries the nation's highest marijuana tax.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
Kodiak Island Borough Assembly appoints Mark Vizcocho to vacant seat
The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly filled its vacant seat Thursday night, selecting Mark Vizcocho from four applicants through a two-round secret ballot and swearing him in before the meeting adjourned.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI