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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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
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
Jerry Griffin
“Motion passes 6-0.”Kodiak Borough: Assembly Regular Meeting of September 17, 2026 · Sep 17, 2026
Scott Smiley
“Move to adopt Ordinance Number FY2027-08.”Kodiak Borough: Assembly Regular Meeting of September 17, 2026 · Sep 17, 2026
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
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
Kodiak borough weighs $70,919 off-road rescue vehicle for Womens Bay firefighters
Kodiak Island Borough Assembly votes Oct. 1 on a $70,919 Polaris Ranger with a fire and rescue skid for the Womens Bay Fire Department's off-road calls.
by Walter AlaskaNews4h ago1 min read
Kodiak Island Borough Assembly cancels work session for lack of a quorum
Kodiak Island Borough Assembly cancels Sept. 24 work session for lack of a quorum, delaying a review of the 2027 meeting calendar and a Matson shipping contract.
by Walter AlaskaNews4d ago1 min read
Kodiak Island Borough warns of wire transfer scam targeting zoning applicants
The Kodiak Island Borough Community Development Department warned Tuesday that scammers are invoicing planning and zoning applicants for wire transfers. Real application fees are due at filing and accepted only in person or by phone.
by Alaska News1w ago1 min read
Kodiak staff urge keeping Beaver Lake land as the borough hunts for housing sites
The Kodiak Island Borough Planning and Zoning Commission decides Wednesday whether to recommend subdividing about 4.7 acres of Natural Use land along Beaver Lake for housing.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
Kodiak Island Borough Assembly to vote on snow contract that drew a single bid
Kodiak Island Borough got a single bid for its facilities snow removal contract after the school district decided to plow its own lots; the assembly votes on the award Thursday.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
Resident accuses Kodiak Island Borough Assembly of illegal poll on remote-meeting rules
Kodiak resident Dan Rohr told the borough assembly Thursday that a private survey of members on remote-participation rules violated Alaska's Open Meetings Act. The clerk said an attorney cleared the process. Members then debated each item in public, leaving the annual cap unsettled.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
Kodiak assembly weighs $3.85 million grant to replace failing hospital chiller
Kodiak Island Borough votes Wednesday on replacing a failing hospital chiller, using nearly $4 million from a state rural health program.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
Kodiak posts its election guide in Tagalog for the island's Filipino voters
The Kodiak Island Borough has posted its official pamphlet for the Oct. 6 regular municipal election online in English and Tagalog, ahead of early voting that starts Sept. 21 and a Sept. 29 deadline for absentee by-mail requests.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
Kodiak's manager wants to sell lakeside land. Its planners say keep it.
Kodiak Island Borough planning staff recommend against selling borough land near Beaver Lake that the borough manager applied to sell, citing wetlands.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
Kodiak is replacing hospital power switches nobody makes parts for anymore
Contractors replacing Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center's emergency power transfer switches must give the hospital 30 days notice before any outage and keep a backout plan ready. The Kodiak Island Borough Health Facilities Advisory Board reviews the 65% design Sept. 15.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
Four of seven Kodiak Assembly seats are on the Oct. 6 ballot
Candidates for four Kodiak Island Borough Assembly seats gave opening statements at a Kodiak forum, with the first name on the alphabetical list absent and former borough mayor Scott Arndt speaking first ahead of the Oct. 6 election.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
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 AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
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 AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
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 AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
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 AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
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 AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read
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 AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
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 AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
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 AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
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 1mo ago1 min read
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 AlaskaNews1mo ago3 min read
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 AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
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 AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
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 AlaskaNews1mo ago3 min read
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 1mo ago2 min read
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 AlaskaNews1mo ago3 min read
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 AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
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 AlaskaNews1mo ago3 min read
Kodiak 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 AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
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 AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
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 read
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 read
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 read
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 read
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 read
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 read
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 read
Nearly 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 read
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 AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
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 AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read