Kodiak: November 12, 2026, Regular Meeting

The regular City Council meeting of November 12th, 2026 will now come to order. This meeting is open to the public. For those who are listening, meeting agendas and packets are available online on the City of Kodiak's website. Public members are encouraged to tune in to KMXT on 100.1 FM or web stream the city's website portal. Audience and council members, please silence your phones And council members, please put your phones away and turn on your microphones for the duration of the meeting.

Will the clerk please call the roll?

Thank you. Mr. Davidson. Mr. Calderon. Here. Miss West.

Here. Mr. Mangini. Here. Miss Davidson. Here.

Mr. Walker. Yes. Thank you. Please stand for the invocation to be given by Salvation Army Captain David Shatto and remain standing for the Pledge of Allegiance.

Let's pray. Dear God, thank you for bringing us all here this evening. I thank you for all these people in this room that are serving their community, and I pray that you'll give them wisdom and guidance as they make their decisions. God, thank you for the beautiful community that we live in, and I pray that As the weather gets colder and the days get darker, I pray that we'll continue to open our hearts to each other and to share your love with each other. In Jesus' name, amen.

Amen.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands.

We have before us the October 22nd, 2026 regular meeting and October 29th, 2026 special council meeting minutes. Are there any additions or corrections?

Do I have a motion of any type? Uh, Council Member Djuna Davidson. Uh, Mr. Mayor, I apologize, can I make a motion to approve both at the same time? Okay, Mr. Mayor, I make a motion to approve the minutes from the 2026, uh, October 22nd, 2026 regular meeting and the October 29th special meeting.

Thank you. So the clerk, please call the roll.

Thank you.

Mr. Walker? Yes. Miss West? Yes. Mr. Davidson?

Yes. Mr. Mangini? Yes. Motion passes. Thank you.

The first agenda item under persons to be heard is public comments. Comments will be limited to 3 minutes each. If there is anyone who wishes to address the mayor and the council as a whole, please approach the podium, sign in, and state your name, or call in at 907-486-8610. And due to the slight delay in broadcasting, I will be pausing for a moment to allow some time for public members to call in.

Good evening, Mayor, council members, and Mr. Putney. I am here this evening to share a first quarter update for Kodiak Reentry. First, we want to express our gratitude. The funding that from the city gave us confidence to sign a lease on a new location, and that has proven to be the right decision. We are fortunate when the— we were fortunate when the Masonic Center of Kodiak allowed our nonprofit the privilege of renting their space.

It is more than double our previous square footage with a full kitchen, separate office space, and a meeting room for conference and groups. That space changed how we are able to provide services. This week we began our Community Connections Winter Nutrition Program. This program is funded through the Alaska Community Foundation and the Kodiak Community Foundation grant. The main goal is simple: get people inside who would otherwise spend winter days outside.

Without a warm and safe place to go, at which time we can then introduce them to services that we may be able to provide. And KPD is on the invite to drop in anytime, and we welcome their partnership. In the first quarter alone, we have grown to about 34 participants with very few returning from the previous year. To put that in perspective, at a 6-month service term, Alaska Reentry Programs like to see a caseload capped at 30 for each case manager. We already, we are already above that number.

That tells us the need is real. It also tells us that we need to continue to write as many grants as we can and have time to apply for in order to meet the needs of this community. That is our task, to honor our community. Our work is always to reduce recidivism because keeping people off the streets and supporting Off the streets unsupported makes the community safer for everyone. When people have a warm place to go, food, connection, and someone to check in with, they are far less likely to end up back in crisis, back in the system, and back on the street.

We also have 5 of our people on the waiting list for peer support training through Alaska Behavioral Health and one currently fast-tracking training for certification through another program. That matters because the people who have lived this experience are often the best people to walk alongside someone else who's just starting out. And finally, we were just given a Tier 1 grant for a little over $23,000 to implement case management software on new technology. This will help us serve the community better, measure success, and compile data for future growth opportunities. It will help us show you and show future funders exactly what the work is doing.

This grant brings up a memory for me when OCS suggested I go to school further my education, my now husband Calvin and I sold our car for $400 and walked to Walmart where we bought a maroon Dell laptop. I used that laptop through the entire 4-year pursuit of my Bachelor of Science in Psychology. So to see what $23,000 in technology looks like is going to be a whole new experience.

Anyways, thank you all. Thank you. Thanks for believing in us. Thank you for your work.

Who do you—. My name is Pat Zabo. I'm a member of the board at the senior center. Thanks to your support, our terrific kitchen staff served 2,000 meals during the first quarter. This month, we have a traditional Seniors serving seniors.

It's a Thanksgiving-style meal, and we hope that the high school seniors enjoy the serving as much as the older seniors enjoy being served. Um, tomorrow menu is halibut Olympia, and if anybody would ever like to come to see what a meal at the center is like, just give us a call. To let us know you're coming. We'd love to have you as our guests.

But what I really wanna talk about is CATS because we're worried that not the whole community understands that CATS isn't just for seniors. We do administer the program in partnership with First Students, but anyone Age 11 and older can ride a CATS bus independently. It's door-to-door service, which does have to be booked the day before. We have a wheelchair lift on both buses, but it's not necessarily just for doctor's appointments or other appointments. It's— the buses go virtually everywhere in the city and a few select places outside city limits.

So really, you could go shopping, you could enjoy some time at the library, visit a friend, or maybe go to one of the Christmas markets. That's the word. That's coming up this coming month. Um, the ride is $2.

There's more information, a lot more information on the website, catsbus.org. So thank you very much for your support of CATS as well as the other programs at the center. Appreciate it very much. Thank you, Pat. Thank you, Pat.

Good evening everyone, I'm Captain David Shatto from The Salvation Army and I just wanted to stand up here tonight for a couple reasons. First of all, thank you once again for your nonprofit grant that you gave us this year. That's coming in handy as costs increase with heating oil and we help to use your grant to pay for our facility and operation costs for the food bank and for transitional housing. So costs go up and we need more money than ever. So the other reason I'm up here is this is the time of year when we gear into high— we get into high gear in The Salvation Army and we start our bell ringing campaign this Saturday at Walmart and the Marketplace.

So I encourage everyone to help support us this year. Either be a bell ringer or drop your cash into the red buckets at our kettles. And if you want to sign up to be a bell ringer, you can go to salvationarmyvolunteer.org to do that. The other thing that we're doing, among others, is we have Angel Tree, and so we're collecting toys at Walmart and the mall and other places to give toys to kids that need a, a happy Christmas. And so if you are in need at Christmas time for a food box and for toys for your kids, you can sign up for that at saangeltree.org.

And the last thing that I'd like to mention is I'd like to thank the City of Kodiak Fire Department for doing a food drive for us and they brought over 800 pounds of shelf-stable foods for us just today. And so I know that there's a lot of generosity in the community and people do all kinds of really heartfelt and kind things. And so I want you to know that we really appreciate everything that you do for us at the Salvation Army so that we can serve the community. Thank you. Thank you, Captain.

Thank you.

Would anyone else like to address the council?

There being no further testimony, I'm now closing the public hearing and re— oh wait.

The next item under the persons to be heard is public hearing for the transfer of control of interest for license number 174 for Safeway Incorporated, doing business as Safeway number 2522. I am now closing the regular meeting and opening the public hearing on this license transfer. Comments will be limited to 3 minutes each. If there is anyone who wishes to address them to the mayor, the council as a whole, Please approach the podium, sign in, and state your name, or call in at 907-486-8610. And again, due to the slight delay in broadcasting, I will be pausing for a moment to allow some time for public members to call in.

There being no testimony, I am now closing the public hearing and reopening the regular meeting. The next item under persons to be heard is public hearing on the transfer of control of interest for license number 2509 for Safeway Incorporated, doing business as Safeway number 1090. I am now closing the regular meeting and opening the public hearing on this license transfer. Comments will be limited to 3 minutes each. If there is anyone who wishes to address the mayor and the council as a whole, please approach the podium, sign in, and state your name, or call in at 907-486-8610.

And again, due to the slight delay in broadcasting, I will be pausing for a moment to allow some time for members of the public to call in.

There being no testimony, I am now closing the public hearing and reopening the regular meeting.

Are there any reports from ex officio council members serving on boards, commissions, and committees? Council Member Charles Davidson. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I, uh, attended the, uh the Kodiak Preservation Committee, Commission, on I don't know what day it was last week, and we discussed Section 3 of the report that of the Kodiak Historical Preservation Commission, and it was a very good meeting, and I want to encourage the public, anybody who's interested in the historical background of our community, to review that, that, um, document at the city library. It's very interesting, and it will give you a very ch— a deep in— a deep understanding of how we evolved as a community.

So that's the end of my report. Thank you, Council Member Davidson. Are there any further reports?

Are there any questions from the council?

There is no unfinished business. First agenda item under new business is ordinance number 1478, authorizing the city manager to convey Lakeside Subdivision Block 1, Lot 1 to Kodiak Jacks LLC. May we have a staff report, please? Thank you, Mr. Mayor. On October 27th, 2025, the City Clerk's Office received a properly submitted land purchase application from Kodiak Jax LLC for the purchase of 2478 Salif Lane, consisting of approximately 29,767 square feet.

A development plan was submitted proposing to construct a 2-story mixed-use building with 6 commercial retail spaces on the ground floor and 6 residential dwelling units on the second floor. The application was deemed complete by the clerk's office on February 18th, 2026. In accordance with Kodiak City Code, the clerk's office published notice to propose land purchase in the paper, and no other interested parties submitted a complete application to purchase the property. At the February 25th, 2026 work session, the city council reviewed the application, authorized an appraisal of the property. The appraisal was turned into the city on June 30th, 2026, established the market value of the property at $200,000.

During the July 7th and 21st work sessions, council deliberated on whether to sell the property. On June 23rd, council directed the manager to begin working on a disposal of land sale for Kodiak Jax. On August 7th, the city entered into a purchase sale agreement with Kodiak Jax for $200,000. Notice of this sale was advertised in the paper on August 20th and on August 28th, 2026. To complete this land sale, an ordinance is required under the city charter.

Thank you. What is the council's pleasure? Council Member Djuna Davidson. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I make a move to pass Ordinance Number 1478 in the first reading and advance to the second reading and public hearing at the next regular or special meeting.

I'll second. Is there any council discussion?

Council Member Charles Davidson. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I, uh, I'm opposed to this sale at this time because personally I think that we need a moratorium on any land sales at this time due to the fact we have such limited municipal property in our possession at this time that is And so we don't have any idea what our future needs are unless we develop a comprehensive selling plan. It's like it's needed for Near Island in eventuality. And so, and plus there are several other reasons that, that I, well, I'll yield right now.

I guess you can come back to discuss this, right? But I just want to, this is the time to discuss it.

Council Member West. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Um, I'm also opposed to passing this ordinance. Similar, uh, reasons.

We as a city do not have a plan on what we are going to do with our property. We don't have a clear— I mean, we get different assessments. What do we own? What is our plan for it? I also object— or not object, let me see.

I am not happy with the process by which someone can say, I want to buy this property, and then it's a 45-day notice in the newspaper. I'm not sure what the percentage of citizens in Kodiak read the newspaper. And then, uh, it moves forward without a plan. So I am objecting because there we don't have a whole idea for our whole community. What do we want to do?

How do we want to move forth? I want to think 50, 100 years out, and also the process by which property that belongs to the city can be requested. Um, I feel like that process could use some, uh, changes. Thank you.

Council Member Djuna Davidson. Uh, thank you, Mr. Mayor. Um, while I respect the perspectives of my fellow council members that are in opposition, um, I am in favor of this sale, as we had already agreed at the July 23rd, 2026 meeting. Um, I do agree that the city needs to be cautious about how and when we sell our properties, and I do agree that we should do a land assessment and do some long-term planning. However, um, as we discussed at many previous work sessions, um, I believe that the proposed plan that this application has put forward will be beneficial both to the city in terms of revenue, the immediate revenue of the $200,000 payment for the property, and then the tax revenue from any businesses that go into the property and the property tax revenue from any residential.

Um, And I don't see a better use for that particular piece of property that will benefit Kodiak and address both economic development and the opportunity for 6 new businesses and also housing. Um, you know, 6 new apartments is not a lot for a whole city, but it's 6 more than 0 new apartments. So I just want to say, um, It was very hard for me to make a decision about this, uh, for many reasons, but I think that we should continue to move forward in this case. And then the last thing I want to say is in regards to the process of how someone can apply to purchase city property, I wonder if something that might be helpful is if, um, for these types of processes— I realize that this does put burden on city staff and it may not be feasible to implement, but like Can we do a community education outreach in some way to help people learn a little bit more? Um, I think there is personal responsibility on each of us to learn about the processes of our city.

Um, but, you know, maybe there's some way that we can help address the concern that Council Member West has by trying to help make it easier for people to know what the processes are. Thank you. Council Member Mangini. Yeah, thank you. Um, I agree very much with Councilwoman Davidson.

Um, although I do, uh, also agree with Councilwoman West that maybe we need to change the, the process. But regardless, this applicant followed the process that is in order, so we can't take away from that. And we are stymieing economic growth if we do. Um, this sale is almost Just over half an acre. So $400,000 an acre is a pretty dang good price that the city is getting for that piece of property that can be used for some things, but not a lot.

I think taking advantage of this does 2 things. It pays for all of our nonprofit investment outside of our larger, like, Discover Kodiak Chamber and the other one. Starts with a case—. Kodiak Economic Development Corporation. Thank you very much.

So at this time I think if we're sitting on our hands a little bit, we're talking about how much money we need. We can't turn our back on gaining some of that money. And as Councilwoman Davison pointed out, it does more than just give us $200,000 short term. It builds a lot of tax revenue in the future. More importantly, so may increase the single-person housing where we found out a lot in Washington, D.C., that that's going to be a very, very big need very soon within the community.

So I am not in opposition.

Councilmember Calderón.

I oppose to this decision just because I think $200,000, yes, it's— I think it's a little bit, and I think we can do better later on in the future when, when, you know, prices are even better. I also believe that, I mean, just in general, just like it's just too little. I agree, we need to think about the future 50 years later, 100 years later. I also agree with, you know, the, you know, how to do the process and the perfect process to do so. I had something else in my mind that was really good.

Can't think of it right now, but Can't— for some reason I can't think about it right now. I'll get back to you in that one, but I, I do oppose of this decision. Um, yeah, I oppose. Council Member Walker. Okay, well, I guess everybody do, uh, have problems with their memory.

Uh, 6 months ago or so, we agreed that we were going to move forward with this sale, and then we would look back at how we are putting land out for sale in the future. This should be put up and follow through with these people. They've been waiting, trying to get this, this partial so they can put in rental properties in this town and retail and businesses in this town. And we need to go ahead and move forward. We've beat this in the ground enough.

It's time to move on. A city looking for money, it's a doggone good deal right now. And I'm sorry, son, you just got here, you don't know the whole background about this, but it's been going on for a while. So I am totally for sure moving on And then let our city manager and everybody look at what, you know, what we have in our— and yeah, yeah, it's, it's, it's gotten to be a little frustrating because, you know, we've been back and forth, back and forth, and I'm ready to move on.

Councilmember Charles Davidson. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Look, I, I applaud the gentleman that is trying to develop this property. This property came up originally to be a car wash facility, and then it moved to this double-story building. That exactly how far is that double story going to be from our municipal runway?

And the answer is not very far, because if you'll look at that, That property right there, and I'll tell you for sure, presently you're going to have— you presently have a very calm neighborhood there. And if this business goes in with this amount of capacity, you're going to see another area develop on Salif Lane. And personally, I hope the Salif Lane residents realize what this would entail to them. And as also, there's 12 new units going in to right next door to this property. And also, the— what was it?

The— I'm not interested in a 7-year ability to them to know about. I think it should be reduced. If this sale were to go through, it should be 3 years. We're in need of commercial space now, not 7 years from now. And I also feel that, that, that, like Councilman West, we're not— our method of how we deal with selling property is not correct.

We need to sincerely look at that on how we do it, because we're not there yet. But also, I wanted to bring up that the property next door, very next door, just had a very large cost to them because of environmental hazard. It cost $100,000 to clear that as it is right now, so I'm told. And I'm telling you, if this lot is sold as is, there's no environmental impact statement from this. So if this is right next door, you know, I It's like I say, I'm not opposed to, to availing commercial property and, and rental property or housing, you know, but this is the wrong sale at the wrong time.

Thank you. Council Member Djuna Davidson. Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

Um, I have deep respect for Councilmember Charlie Davidson's perspective. And when we were going through this process before, I had many conversations with him about it. And I do agree that this will change a little bit about that particular intersection because it will increase traffic.

But I would imagine that, you know, for people who live in that neighborhood, some new businesses coming in might actually be kind of nice. Like, what if there's a sandwich shop or, you know, something that, that's going to enrich their access and quality of life. Um, I don't think our fears of how this could go wrong should prevent us from moving forward a process that, as Councilmember Walker mentioned, we have been discussing very thoroughly for many months now. Um, addressing the concern about environmental hazards, I imagine that if they were to find contaminated soil while they were building, they would be required to take care of the contaminated soil. They can't just ignore the environmental hazard.

So, so I think that that's an important concern, but I don't think it's going to get brushed over if, if there's something wrong, you know, if there's an environmental hazard in that area. And, um, yeah, I know people have very strong feelings about this. I understand. I do think that we need to perhaps reassess the process. But as Councilmember Mangini mentioned, it is not right for us to punish someone who has followed the correct process as it stands because we don't like the process.

It's the process that is legally here, and they followed it appropriately. So I don't think that that argument is really reasonable to bring as a reason not to move forward. Thank you, Councilmember Calderón. Um, thank you, Mr. Mayor. So I remember not too long ago, um, we stated that there was businesses not paying their taxes.

So when you guys say it's bringing in taxes and revenue, how, how can you assure us that when we can't even do that to our own businesses? Now, another thing would be, um, yes, it's not— I know it's the word is, um, punish. I don't think it's a punish. I think it's more of reserve and more of like the process and to figure out the better process to do so. I don't think it's a punishment.

I think it's just that we need to better our processes and to move forward with this. I mean, I think that's where I'm coming from. Councilmember Mangini. Yeah, not that I'm trying to sway your position, but this business owner has many businesses, is nowhere near that list. So that's, that's how, I guess.

Is there any further council discussion? Everyone's positions do seem clear. Charlie, council member Charles Davidson. Yeah, thank you, Mr. Mayor. I, you know, it's not, uh, uh, let me— I, I think that it's not the, the process I'm concerned about on this particular property.

I'm concerned about having that kind of development on that corner lot. That's going to cause traffic disruption. It's going to cause a neighborhood that was heretofore quite pleasant to live in. And I think you're— I'm absolutely sure that the Sealy residents are going to find a whole new traffic pattern coming their way. And, and I think that That would be kind of sad for that people that have invested in that neighborhood.

But like I say, if this were to go through, we know that there's still a process that can be stopped, and that's the process of, of a, of a petition that wants to stop it. If that's the majority of the community, then, you know, of course I would go along with it. But at this time, it's not about the process. It's about so many other things as far as I'm concerned, and I know it's been on the board for a long time. I don't deny that, but we didn't move on how we're going to sell our land.

You know, we didn't develop a moratorium of what land do we need for future generations. I'll tell you, if this— if we don't get our land sale process more uh, yeah, more refined, then, you know, we're making a big mistake. And that's why we are where we are right now. The same goes for Near Island.

So any further council discussion? Will the clerk please call the roll? Oh, sorry, Councilmember Walker. Thank you. Without repeating our positions, we've already been quite clear.

Just a little bit. Okay. Go ahead, Mr. Davidson. You're bringing up something that's already been brought a number of times. I respect you, known you a long time, but we've already addressed this a number of times, and we all, at the time, the people on this council were okay with moving forward.

If there's something out, uh, in the future that comes up We do. We can address that. We do know that the city has to rewrite some of her— their, uh, details on this type of thing. But these people have been dragged through the freaking mud through this whole doggone issue, and it's not their fault. They followed the city's outline and did it the way it's supposed to be done.

It was approved by the manager, the city manager, the deputy city manager. Everybody said it was a go. They all looked it over and said it was a go. Now here we are throwing it back in their face, and they've already spent, you know, a lot of money on design and everything else to get this going. Not only are they putting more rentals in this community, they also are going to have some business suites there.

We'll bring more up there and apartments up above them. You know, this is something that we're, we're here for. We need to keep going forward with this stuff and then move over and move, uh, get with our people in the city and, uh, go through all of our stuff far as, uh, you know how everything's written and, you know, what we want to do and change everything if we really need to. I agree with that. But these people are, you know, men that own businesses in this town and move, you know, they want to move forward with this.

And, uh, by golly, I think that they, uh, they deserve to move with this project with all the effort they've taken in to get this going.

Thank you.

Any further council discussion?

Council Member Charles David Davidson. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I bring this up because, for example, we got docked a big bunch of money at the municipal airport because there was some— I, I forget what all the particulars are— were about that. But I mean, I want to know, like, if this two-story building were to be built here Is that going to jeopardize future funding for our municipal airport? Who knows?

It damn well could, because it has in the past. So I'm, I'm only trying to be practical. I understand the fact that we've been hand-dragging that, but, you know, we're, we're putting the cart before the horse in this sale, in this, on the, on our land sales right now. That's why I'm proposing a moratorium on this until we can definitely do what we need to do, and that is, it's a matter of a push button of the property we have available. That's not a big deal, but what's going to take some time is what are our future needs for our land?

And to do this before we— I just am not for this sale right now because of the many things that I've mentioned, but, and others too. And it's not because I'm trying to cause costs to this one. For example, on the appraisal, the high— the hazard environmental impact statement is going to be the responsibility of the developer. He's got down here on his proposed thing $20,000 for a foundation.

I don't think you're going to put a 2-story building with all that on it. On a $20,000 cost down. And that's why another thing is we, we owe it to our future people in this community to make sure that we develop the— our few pieces of real estate that we have left in our possession.

Anything new to offer on this discussion?

Will the clerk please call the roll?

Thank you. Miss Davidson? Yes. Mr. Walker? Yes.

Miss West? As I said in July, no. Mr. Davidson? No. Mr. Calderon?

No. Mr. Mangini?

Yes. Does anyone wish to change their vote? Mr. Mayor, there's a tie. Well, that, um, allows me the rare opportunity to cast a vote as a tiebreaker, and I will vote yes. Motion passed.

Thank you. The next item on the agenda is Resolution Number 2026-38, increasing the amount that may be borrowed from the Alaska Clean Water Fund to an amount not to exceed $17,400,000 to pay the cost of Lift Station Number 5 and forced main replacement project PN11-06/7524. May we have a staff report, please? Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Staff provided an overview of this project at the November 10th, 2026 work session.

To summarize, bids for Lift Station 5 wet well replacement project were received again on June 30th, 2026. There was only one bid, which was from Brecken Construction LLC for $16,319,570.

$10 Million. This exceeded the engineer's estimate from Dowell. Before the project can be awarded, the city needs to borrow additional money from the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, or AEDC, Clean Water Fund. The plan is to request the entire loan from AEDC and then only use the portion required to pay for the project. Staff recommends council adopt Resolution Number 2026-38, which authorizes the borrowing from the Alaska Clean Water Fund of an additional not-to-exceed amount of $10 million.

Thank you. What is the council's pleasure? Council Member Mangini, uh, move to adopt Resolution Number 2026-38. Is there any council discussion?

Bill, the clerk— oh, Council Member Djuna Davidson. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Um, I just want to say, boy, this sure is timely. Didn't we just have a leak at Lift Station 5? We need to fix this.

That's all. Good idea. Please call the roll. Thank you. Mr. Mangini?

Yes. Miss West? Yes. Mr. Davidson? Yes.

Mr. Calderon? Yes. Miss Davidson? Yes. Mr. Walker?

Yes. Does anyone wish to change their vote? Motion passes. Thank you. The next item on the agenda is Resolution Number 2026-39, supporting full funding of the State of Alaska Municipal Harbor Facility Grant Program in the FY 2028 State Capital Budget in the amount of $20,636,306.

May we have a staff report, please? Thank you, Mr. Mayor. The purpose of this resolution is to urge the governor and Alaska legislature to fully fund the State of Alaska Municipal Harbor Facility Grant Program in the FY 2028 state capital budget in the amount of $20,636,306.

Program provides critical funding assistance to municipalities for the repair, replacement, and maintenance of harbor infrastructure, many of which were transferred from the state in poor condition. Full funding would support harbor projects statewide including those in Kodiak, and help address significant backlog of harbor infrastructure needs. The resolution would emphasize the importance of maintaining Alaska's public harbors to enhance public safety, support maritime commerce, and promote economic prosperity in coastal communities. Thank you. What is the council's pleasure?

Councilmember Djuna Davidson. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Move to adopt Resolution Number 2026 -39. Okay, is there any council discussion?

Council Member Mangini? Other than I just, um, applaud staff for getting this together so quickly, and, um, I think this is, you know, the utmost importance. We all know it. Um, showing the state at this level what we need is the most important thing. So thank you.

Any further council discussion? Will the clerk please call the roll? Thank you. Miss West? Yes.

Mr. Davidson? Yes. Mr. Mangini? Yes. Miss Davidson?

Yes. Mr. Walker? Yes. Mr. Calderon? Yes.

Does anyone wish to change their vote? Motion passes, Mr. Thank you. The next agenda item is authorization of a consent to sublease of agreement number 267 246 Pillar Mountain Lease Site Number 9, GCI Communications Corporation. May we have a staff report, please?

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. GCI Communications currently leases Pillar Mountain Communications Site Number 9 from City of Kodiak. The City of Kodiak has been notified that GCI Communications Corporation would like to sublease a portion of this site to Vertical Bridge Per the requirements of Kodiak City Code, GCI is seeking written permission from the city manager and approval from council for the sublease.

Thank you. What is the council's pleasure?

Council Member Mangini.

Thank you.

Second me. Thank you. Is there any council discussion?

Council Member Charles Davidson. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I would like to see us, uh, in the future get a review of if we're receiving the proper amount of revenues from these kind of leases by contacting other municipalities maybe that might have similar agreements, just to see that we're at that level of a market value, that, that we're getting the right return. That's all I have, Mr. Mayor. Thank you.

Council Member Djuna Davidson. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I'm just really happy to see someone ask in advance about a sublease.

Any further council discussion? Will the clerk please call the roll? Thank you. Mr. Davidson? Yes.

Mr. Calderon? Yes. Miss Davidson? Yes. Mr. Walker?

Yes. Mr. Mangini? Yes. Miss West? Yes.

Does anyone wish to change their vote? Motion passed. Mr. Mayor? Thank you. The next agenda item is consideration of the transfer of controlling interest for package store license number 174 for Safeway Incorporated, doing business as Safeway number 2522.

May we have a staff report, please? Thank you. The City of Kodiak received notice from the State of Alaska on October 22nd, 2026, that Safeway Incorporated filed an application with the State of Alaska Alcohol and Marijuana control office. State regulations require that AMCO forward the application to the city council for the option to review and, if necessary, consider a process of the transfer of controlling interest application. City staff was consulted, and in review of Kodiak City Code 5.12.030, there were no issues with non-payment of taxes, building permits, criminal activity and fire code violations.

Um, a public hearing notice letter was sent to Safeway on November 3rd, 2026. Thank you. Thank you. What is the council's pleasure? Council Member Djuna Davidson.

Uh, thank you, Mr. Mayor. Move to voice a non-objection to the transfer of controlling interest for license number 174 for Safeway Inc., DBA Safeway, number 2522, and direct the city clerk to notify Amco.

Is there any council discussion? Council Member West? Yeah, thank you. Um, Brandy, I don't know if you've had time to find out when they refer to the distances from a school that doesn't exist and a church that doesn't exist, what's, uh, our position? What is AMCO's?

I have not heard back from AMCO at this time.

Any further? Well, I, I have another question. Is that— I mean, it just seems like it's the city's responsibility. So they're, they're quoting— there's a law that they have to be more than 200 feet away from a church or school.

The school, the church, as far as I know, don't exist. Not that they don't exist. They don't live with— they don't— they're not— and they made up the— I don't know if they made up, but they put some distances in here that are not accurate. So I'm just wondering, as a city, is the application not correct? Do we go forth, or do we just wait for AMCO?

Go forth and then wait for AMCO. Oh, I'm not sure. So I'm throwing it out there to everybody.

Well, I think the question for us now is we have staff working on correcting that. Is it worth our while to not push this forward? Is it, uh, probably not. Is it material enough to not? So we do have staff working on this, and we'll hear back from them.

Thanks. Any further council discussion? Will the clerk please call the roll?

Thank you. Mr. Walker? No. Miss Davidson?

Yes. Mr. Mangini? Yes.

Miss West? Yes. Mr. Davidson? Yes. Mr. Calderon?

Yes. Does anyone wish to change their vote? Motion passes. Thank you. The next agenda item is consideration of the transfer of controlling interest for package store license number 2509 for Safeway Incorporated, doing business as Safeway number 1090.

May we have a staff report, please? Thank The City of Kodiak received notice from the State of Alaska on October 2nd that Safeway filed, uh, another application with the state, um, AMCO office. Uh, city staff was consulted and in review of Kodiak City Code 5.12.030, uh, D1 through 6, there were no issues with non-payment of taxes, building permits, uh, criminal activity, and fire violations. A public hearing notice was sent for this license as well on November 3rd, um, and I do just want to make a note for any listening audience: the first license number was for the downtown Safeway liquor store, and this one is for the liquor store at the Main Street. Thank you.

Thank you. What is the council's pleasure? Council Member West. Move to voice a non-objection to the transfer of controlling interest for license 2509 for Safeway Inc. DBA Safeway number 1090 and direct the city clerk to notify Amco. I'll second.

Is there any council discussion? Council Member West, just again, um, for everybody's entertainment, they used exactly the same distance from their main store to a church and a school as they did from their downtown store to a church and school. So, um, one of those is correct. Maybe, maybe both of them. They said it's, uh, St. Mary's Catholic School, but we believe that there's another school in the same place.

But the distances that they're saying is from them are not correct. They just want that noted, and I appreciate staff checking it out and finding out if we can make it clear. Thanks. Any further council discussions? Will the clerk please call the roll?

Thank you. Mr. Yes. Sorry. Mr. Walker?

No. Mr. Mangini? Yes. Mr. Davidson? Yes.

Miss Davidson? Yes. Miss West? Yes. Does anyone wish to change their vote?

Motion passes, Mr. Mayor. Thank you. The next agenda item is appointment of council members to the Investment Committee. May we have a staff report, please? Thank you.

The City of Kodiak Investment Committee was established to have overall responsibility for and administration of the investment of all city funds. The membership was changed by the adoption of ordinance number 14 53, um, and the membership consists of the city manager, the finance director, two city council members, and a Kodiak Island Borough resident with professional experience in investment management, advising, or banking. Um, following the October municipal election, the two council member seats previously held by Bob Stanford and Annika Woods on the committee are vacant. Appointments are made by the mayor and confirmed by the council in accordance with city code. Thank you.

Thank you. My appointments are as follows: Sandra West and Charles Davidson to the Investment Committee, with terms ending in October 2028 and October 2027 respectively. What is the council's pleasure?

Council Member Djuna Davidson. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Uh, move to confirm the mayoral appointments of Council Member Charles Davidson and Council Member Sandra West to the Investment committee with terms ending October 28th, 2027, and October 28th, 2027, respectively. Wasn't sure I could remember the dates.

Thank you. Second. Is there any council discussion?

Well, I'd certainly like to thank the council members for— oh, is there—. Oh, point of clarification, the, um, the term ending dates coincide with the service of the council members, right?

Any further council discussion? Will the clerk please call the roll? Thank you. Mr. Walker? Yes.

Miss West? Yes. Mr. Davidson? Yes. Mr. Calderon?

Yes. Miss—. Yes. Mr. Mangini? Yes.

Does anyone wish to change their vote? Motion passed, Mr. Mayor. Thank you. And I would like to thank the council members for stepping forward to serve. It's a— that's an important committee.

The next agenda item is authorization to cancel the November 26th 2026 council meeting, advance the December 10th, 2026— in this December council meeting to December 3rd, 2026, and cancel the December 2024-2026 council meetings. May we have staff report, please? Thank you. The regularly scheduled council meetings for November and December will resume, um, and staff proposes canceling the November 6th, 2026, um, meeting, which is Thanksgiving Day. Um, because the AML conference falls during the week of December 9th through 11th, we are recommending advancing the December 10th meeting to December 3rd, um, and then canceling the Christmas Eve meeting due to the following on Christmas.

Thank you. What is the council's pleasure? Council Member Charles Davidson. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Move to cancel the November 26th, 2026 regular council meeting, advance the December 10th, 2026 regular council meeting to December 3rd, 2026, and cancel the December 25th, 2026 regular council meeting.

Second. Is there any council discussion? Will the clerk please call the roll?

Thank you. Miss West? Yes. Mr. Davidson? Yes.

Mr. Mangini? Yes. Miss Davidson? Yes. Mr. Walker?

Yes. Mr. Calderon? Yes. Does anyone wish to change their vote? Motion passes, Mr. Mayor.

Thank you. The next agenda item is offer of city manager position upon the terms of the employment agreement. May we have a staff report, please? Thank you. Following the 2026 municipal election, the city council resumed consideration of the recruitment and selection process for a permanent city manager.

Following its review and deliberation, the council identified a candidate for the position and is now considering extending a formal offer of employment. The proposed action would offer the selected candidate the city manager position on the terms set forth in the appointment printed The agreement provides for an indefinite— that's for a term of employment. Um, we also have the attorney Carl Capioli here to, uh, assist. All right, thank you. What is the council's pleasure?

Council Member West.

I move to offer Tim Putney the city manager position upon the terms of employment agreement. Is there any council discussion?

Council Member Mangini. I'm so glad the search is open and so happy that you're, uh, offering to take this position. So thank you, stepping up into some big shoes to fill. So we appreciate you.

Council Member Charles Davidson. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I just want to congratulate Mr. Putney, and I have the utmost confidence in his ability to manage this wonderful community.

Any further discussion? Will the clerk please— oh, Council Member Calderón. Um, congratulations, Putney. Um, do— is this working where we can discuss like, um, the how much he's getting paid and like for the— we are doing that later. Okay, thank you, Mr. Mayor.

Otherwise, congratulations, Mr. Putney.

Will the clerk please call the roll?

I have a point of clarification for Charles. Yes, please. Okay, Charles, do we want to have them vote on the motion now? My texts are not going through to you. Yes, uh, so I, I think the easiest thing is for vote on the motion, uh Mr. Putney would like to see some of the terms of the agreement different.

My recommendation is vote on the motion, and then you can hear from Mr. Putney. For ease of purposes, we'll call it a counteroffer, um, and then deal with that as those items are discussed. That would be my recommendation. So start with the motion, we're offering the job, and then we can hear from Mr. Putney as to some varying terms to the contract.

Thank you.

Any further council discussion? Council Member Mangini? I, I'm just wondering, for a point, we're voting on this now and then we're going to rediscuss it, so we would have to amend that? Uh, that's where I'm lost. I don't know if you want— we've already made the motion, it's been seconded.

I guess I'm asking you, Charles, or are we— yes, are we discussing terms now? Are we voting and then we're going to discuss terms? My recommendation, although it sounds so weird, is vote now. So the idea is you'll be offering Tim the job as set forth in the contract that's in your packet. Tim, sort of getting ahead of myself, says, I'm very happy that you want me to be your manager.

However, I'd like the contract to be a little different, and then we can address it after you guys have formally made him the offer. Okay, thank you for that clarification. So this is a vote to make the offer. Council Member West.

Um, having just received this today, that's the only problem I have, is that just received it. And so I'm happy to hear from Tim, but I'm not sure about, um, making a final on the contract Go ahead. So, um, for what Charles said, if we want to vote on the offer that's in the meeting packet that you guys all received Friday, right? I see. Then we can address his— okay, thank you.

So this is the offer that we are familiar with.

Any further council discussion? Will the clerk please call the roll? Thank you. Mr. Davidson? Yes.

Mr. Calderon? Yes, definitely yes. Miss Davidson? Yes. Mr. Walker?

Yes. Mr. Mangini? Yes. Miss West? Yes.

Does anyone wish to change their vote? Motion passes, Mr. Mayor. Thank you. Next are staff reports, and first is the city No, not today.

Oh, okay.

Uh, I— this is Charles. I think at this point, uh, you may want to hear from Mr. Putney, um, whether he wishes to accept the offer as it's written or if he would like to see some changes made to it.

All righty. First of all, thank you. I'm humbled to be able to accept this position. This is a community that I've lived in for almost 30 years, and I care about it greatly. This is more than just a job.

That's how I look at it anyway. So thank you for the opportunity. I look forward to working with all of you and all of our employees and the community to just to make this the best place it can possibly be. With that said, I don't think any of my suggested changes change the contract, um, too much. A lot of it's just housekeeping items.

For example, moving the start date to November 23rd, uh, because that's the start of a new pay period in the city. Accepting this position changes my retirement system under the state, so it would be very difficult to do that mid pay period. I also offer to make this a 5-year agreement instead of a 3-year agreement, if, uh, if you were okay with that. And then the— in that first paragraph too, it says right now a 30-day notice before termination as the agreement expires, and I would propose making that 90 days so it aligns with Section 11. That way both parties would give 90 days if we don't intend to renew the agreement.

Which I think just affords more time for me to find a new job or for you to find a new manager. 30 Days goes by fast.

The other, I think, I'm not sure if it is or is not a typo, but in Section 3, I added the words on employee's anniversary date. Just if there is any conversation down the road about any kind of increase, it would just be on we'd be referencing an anniversary date or a higher date, um, and instead of just leaving that open to interpretation. Um, Mr. Putney? Yes, Charles? I think maybe it will work best if we kind of— Council makes a decision item by item.

Uh, okay. I just think it'll keep it cleaner. Um, so I understand that Council has a marked-up version of the contract in front of it. Is that Correct? Yes.

Okay, so from my perspective, the changes to Section 1, which relates to the term, are all fine. In fact, I even recommend the change to the start date for the reasons Tim identified.

But in terms of the rest of it, I have no concerns about it. So my recommendation would be for Council to decide whether it wishes to accept the Section 1 changes, and we'll move on to the next item and go like that.

Councilmember Mangini, I make a motion to accept the changes to Section 1 for the new manager's agreement. Second.

Now, is this something we would call a roll, or can we have consensus?

Charles, thoughts on actually put them on the roll every time?

Uh, either, I think, is fine.

That's fine with me. So if we have 100% consensus, then can we just have consensus without going through the, the rule every time. Do you want me to retract my—. Going to do—. I think we can just ask if we have consensus on the changes in Section A.

Are we talking about Section 1? Section 1. Section 1.

Looks like no objection to those changes, so we can move on.

1032, Please.

19 Sections. I don't think it will take too long. In terms of Section 3, I agree with Mr. Putney's revision. It clarifies the intent. It doesn't change anything.

Was a little vague before, and I think it's better now. So do we have consensus with regard to the changes in 3B on employee's anniversary date? Council Member Willis?

I— the only thing I'm struggling with is just reading this right now and not really having time to go over it. That's— I want to give you the moon. I don't own the moon.

Um, so anyway, that's just my struggle, is having to read it and think it over right away. I, I'm having struggle with that, but everybody else is keen to go forth. I don't want to slow it down. Council Member Charles Davis. Thank you, Mr.

Mayor. Should we just take a few minutes to, to sort of person can read through this, or do we want to read more?

We can go piece by piece, I think. I'm sorry, I didn't raise my hand. Uh, well, we are going point by point. Is— now, other, other than that, the material— immaterially, it's the same as the contract we saw before.

Council Member Djuna Davidson. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Um, I understand that it can be challenging to make decisions on things that are presented to you right now. However, I think in the interest of the process, we should continue to move this forward. Um, and, you know, if there's things that are points of concern for us, that's why we're here right now to talk about them.

But we got it. We got to move this forward. If we don't move this forward tonight, we're not moving it forward until December 3rd. Yeah, right. Thank you.

So Let's go.

So then the changes in B on employees' anniversary date, we have consensus on that? Yes.

And, and, uh, the changes on D, did you have an opinion on that, Charles? I do not. Um, you know, I have no concerns with the way it's written. Whether council wants to do this substantively is a policy decision for council to make. Yeah, I recommend you hear from Mr. Potney.

So I— this is just a change. I've seen it in prior agreements before. Things get busy throughout the year. Managers don't always get an evaluation. So if the regular full-time city employees were to get a, a cost of living or a COLA increase, um, I would get whatever the non-union employees got, if and when that ever happened.

Sorry, any concerns with that? And that looks like we have consensus on that change as well. That brings us to Section 5B.

Um, with regard to accruable unused sick leave, um, would you like to explain that one, Mr. Putney? Yes, thank you, Mr. Mayor. So the changes in Section 5 really align the agreement with what's in the personnel rules and regulations right now. I can start with just the first one there in B, which I'm fine with keeping those same caps and the leave accrual as stated, with the exception of what's in paragraph 5D, which I added. I do have more sick leave than 720 hours because I've been with the city so long, but, and I haven't accrued sick leave since about 2022, and I wouldn't accrue any more sick leave until my balance fell below 720.

It would just stay flat where it's at, and sick leave has no value outside of if you have to take it for one of the defined purposes. So there's no cashing it out or anything like that. Council Member West, is, uh, can you donate sick leave in the city? No. Oh, just regular annual leave.

Thank you, Mayor. Council Member Walker, you better check that out with your boss.

So do we have consensus on the changes in Section 5B?

Yes. And 5C. And that brings us to Section 5C.

Could you explain that one, Mr. Putney? Yeah, so in 5C, just— I would just aligning myself with the PR&R and the other employees, the same holiday schedule and bereavement leave that is in the PR&R.

Okay, I can go with that.

And then looks like D and E are similarly aligning you with the PR&R Yes. Essentially make you the same as a regular employee in the PR. Correct. The— go ahead, Charles. I would say I have no concerns with any of this.

I always viewed the manager's contracts as intending to really have leave reflect the same policies as the PNR, PR&R. As you may recall, the PR&R does not actually apply to the manager, but as in the past, the intent has always been to treat the manager's leave in the same way. Mr. Putney's changes just really kind of put that more into the contract specifically. And then, um, with D, you know, I think that a large part of that is, unlike other new incoming managers, Mr. Putney is currently a city employee. So it clarifies that he already has sick leave accrued, unlike someone who's coming to the city new.

So I, I have no concerns with any of those items.

And then you have no concerns with E either?

Uh, correct, I do not. I, I would have interpreted as doing, working that way even if it didn't have E in there.

So we have consensus on the changes through 5E, like we do the next section in Section 6, Automobile B.

And could you explain the difference there, Mr. Putney? Yeah, thank you, Mr. Mayor. So just to clarify, I— as long as I've worked for the city, the managers usually had, you know, it's been half and half. Some of them have a city vehicle, some of them get a stipend, they pay for their own I just feel like having a— my preference would probably be some kind of vehicle stipend so that way there's just no— I'm paying for, you know, the insurance, the gas, the vehicle can be driven by other people, the vehicle, you know, there's—. It could be— I could go to Safeway after work without any kind of perception.

Just, it just seemed like a cleaner way to do it. In my opinion, with having had a city vehicle for so many years, um, and understanding that perception is, uh, real to people.

So, uh, Council Member West. Thank you, Tim. Can you tell me where did the $525,000 come from? Uh, that was from Randy Robertson's contract.

Hmm. I mean, like, $525 is less than he's going to pay a month for the car that we're providing him right now. So say again, the $525 a month less than the car we're providing him right now. So that's another way to look at it. Thank you.

Charles, you don't have any problems with that section? No, I think it makes a lot of sense. You know, the original version said that the employer-employee may later agree to an automobile stipend in lieu of an employer-provided automobile. If that's the intent is to do that, it makes more sense to just agree to it now and put it in the contract. So, sound as far as I'm concerned.

So do we have consensus on that one? Okay, great. And that brings us to Section 9, termination.

F. And could you explain the differences there, Mr. Butney? I'm going to, uh, strike that.

All right, so never mind on that one.

That brings us to Section 10, Severance C, notwithstanding paragraph 9.

And could you explain the differences there, Mr. Fleming? Yeah, so I highlighted the first couple of words there on C. I certainly understand why this clause was added, especially given some of our recent track history in town. You know, unlike a newcomer to the city, You know, I've been an employee for almost 24 years, and I've been the interim manager for 5 months. Um, so I guess I would just ask for, um, either removing this, uh, paragraph, or maybe asking for something less than 180 days.

Councilmember Mangini, I mean, he's asking us to change it from 3 years to 5 years, so I'm not worried about this at all. Personally. Good point. And Charles, you have no problems with that section? I don't.

This, if you recall, you know, the previous manager contracts did not have this sort of probationary period, so to speak. It was discussed a couple weeks ago at a meeting, and I added it in at Council's request. It's easy to delete. You just delete the entire section if you don't want it. No problem.

A paragraph.

Council Member West, my concern is in 10 years when we finally let Tim retire, are we going to forget that we want this in there? No, we won't be around that long.

Okay, just thank you. Try to remember.

So, uh, we were talking about striking that paragraph it. Is there consensus for that? Hey, yeah, we did it! And is that all the changes?

Yes, pretty sure. Okay, that wasn't so hard.

And in that case, Council Member Calderón. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Um, I just have a comment. My comment would be if we cannot keep getting packets at the same night. That would be really, really thankful so I can actually review it and understand what's going on and what you're asking for, for the rebuttal.

Um, and this is not just for you, Mr. Quatney, it's like for in general in any other cases. Um, I just— I, I would like packet earlier than today, especially when it comes to making decisions like this. That's okay. Thank you. Any further discussion?

Mr. Mayor, uh, just for some finality, what if we had a, uh, motion authorizing the mayor to sign an employment agreement, uh, with the changes that council has authorized?

Someone like to give that a shot? Council Member Djuna Davidson. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I make a motion to Accept the amended Kodiak City Manager employment agreements with the changes as recommended in our discussion tonight, and authorize the mayor— and authorize the mayor to sign the contract. Does that cover it, Charles?

Yes.

Is there any further discussion? Will the clerk please call the roll? Thank you. Mr. C— Yes.

Miss Davidson? Yes. Mr. Mangini? Yes. Miss West?

Yes. Mr. Davidson? Yes. Mr. Walker? Yes.

Does anyone wish to change their vote? Motion passes, Mr. Mayor. Thank you, and thank you for not letting me skip that part. Next are staff reports, and first is the city manager report. Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

Uh, so departments are wrapping up fall programming, getting ready for winter. The ice is in the ice rink. Parks and Recreation is finishing a series of fall swim lessons and Little Dribblers, uh, also getting ready for some additional lessons over the holiday. City League basketball and volleyball started this week. The Harbor finished their winterization procedures and are preparing for the Christmas tree lighting at Fisherman's Hall on November 28th at 4:30 in the afternoon.

The Chamber is helping coordinate this event. It sounds like it'll be a lot of fun. Public Works was busy repairing two water main leaks that were reported on Wednesday. One of them was near Lift Station 5 and one was at the end of Sunset Drive. Again, they were just water main, uh, leaks, no effluent.

Emergency management completed the application and has received the community's new tsunami-ready certification. Uh, finance is preparing to release Tyler Notify. This is a texting, um, ability with utility customers, uh, who can get information on overdue bills or bills that are paid and, uh, try to increase our contact with those customers.

I met with the chamber this week about the next crab fest. So the St. Paul boat launch project is scheduled to beginning May. They do want an area fenced off while they're doing the boat launch. So we talked to the chamber, we had a lot of city staff there. We ultimately determined like we don't need to change the dates, we don't need to change the location.

We're going to give them the whole mall parking lot if needed across the street. And use the same Harbor Master's parking lot, but just won't have as much access on the spit.

And lastly, with the snow today, we will probably be evaluating Pillar Mountain Road tomorrow, have a couple of people check it out and make a decision to close the gate probably on Monday.

All right. Okay. Thank you. Are there any questions from the council? Council Member West.

Could you repeat again what you said about the tsunami? Tsunami ready. So it's a— go through an application process with the National Weather Service, and they evaluate your plans, your frequency of, you know, contact with the community, the drills you've done in the past, and they kind of just, and then at the end of it all, they determine whether or not to certify U.S. Tsunami Ready as a community based on those, on that information. So this was a renewal of, they expire every 3 years. So are they reviewing it or did they authorize that we're tsunami ready?

Right. They approved it.

Interesting. Thank you. Any further questions?

Next is the city clerk's report. Thank you. There will be a Parks and Recreation Advisory Board meeting on Tuesday, November 17th, um, at noon in the Teen Center, um, with the motion made tonight to cancel the November 26th meeting The next work session will be held on Tuesday, December 1st, 2026, um, and I would like to note the change in location. That work session will be held in the city conference room. Um, the next regular meeting will be on Thursday, December 3rd.

That meeting will be here in the Kodiak Station library multipurpose room, and both of those meetings will begin at 6:30. Thank you. Thank you. Any questions from the council?

That brings us to mayor's comments, and I just want to thank all of you, this entire council, our whole city staff, all you folks at home, people in the audience. I really appreciate you. You know, we couldn't be who we are without all of us, and I think you guys are all pretty great. And you may have noticed that Viking weather is kind of curtailed lately. So we might get some real weather tonight.

The Weather Service isn't really sure, but we could get somewhere between 2 and 10 inches of snow tonight. And it's not gonna be that nice fluffy snow. It's gonna be that gloppy, terrible, awful to drive through snow. And so everyone be careful out there. It looks like our weather is turning, so be careful and, um, And, uh, keep an eye out for kids on the road and bicyclists and pedestrians.

That brings us to council comments, and let's start with Council Member Mangini. Okay, thank you. Um, just again, thank you to our new city manager. Thank you to the council for getting through the arduous task of hiring somebody. Um, it was a lot, a lot more than I anticipated taking on when I took this position even.

So, um, appreciate all of your guys's due diligence and comments, and, um, most of all, picking the right person for the job, for what I believe. So also just, um, appreciation for the process and how this works. Um, we saw the first time tie vote count last tonight. I mean, um, so everybody stuck to their guns. I think that's also important.

Um, yeah, that's all I have. Thank you. Please be safe out there. Thank you. Council Member Charles Davidson.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I have very little to say other than to congratulate Mr. Putney on his choice, and also the staff to thank you. Uh, it tells you why our community is so nice to live in. And I also, uh, want to, uh, say I, I'm, I'm not opposed to this development. It's just that, like I said, until we can correct how we dispose of property, I think there should be a moratorium on any property sales.

And I'm not talking about a year-long moratorium. I'm talking something that could expedite, because we have, we have some, we're going to have some very critical, critical needs for developing new businesses and entrepreneurs as our Coast Guard population, and who knows what else might build up the space, uh, side or whatever. But I think we're moving along great, and I appreciate everybody here, and thank you very much. Thank you, Council Member. Council Member Djuna Davidson.

Uh, thank you, Mr. Mayor. I will echo that I'm delighted with the outcome of our city manager search. Um, so, uh, pleased to see that we have been able to choose someone who, in my opinion, after thorough reading all applications, is above and beyond the far superior candidate for the position. I think we've really made the right choice for Kodiak Station, um, and it's a really exciting move forward for us after how many years of searching and false starts. Um, so I think it's great what this means for the community that we now have solid leadership to help move us forward.

Uh, I also want to mention the weather and remind people that as winter has come and, um, the weather's a little more inclement, we all need to be a little bit more cautious and a little bit more patient as we're driving. It's very easy to think that you have good reflexes if anything were to happen, but that is not what you want to bank on, so give other cars plenty of distance. You know, just drive safely. I know that it's not super, super bad yet, but just really want to make sure that we protect people's safety, so drive cautiously. And finally, I'm just very excited about all of the wonderful events that are coming up in Kodiak.

We've got Galley Tables starting on Friday. The Aleutic Museum has a film screening on Monday. We've got bazaars out the wazoo. We've got the Christmas tree lighting. We got the lighted boat parade.

Just want to encourage people that even though the weather might be getting a little crappy, there's still a lot of wonderful, joyful things to do in Kodiak, and getting involved is how you really find your sense of place. Thanks.

Thank you, Councilmember. Councilmember Calderón. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Um, thank you everyone. Thank you for listening, and thank you for giving me the time to be here with all of you guys, um, to making these quick decisions.

Um, I— if there's any person out there that wants to do business, I think a great business would be— would be like an indoor rock climbing, indoor surfing, indoor laser tag for these kids, these youthful these youth for nowadays, because it's, it's drugs, alcohol, everything is so easy to get nowadays. Um, I think it's just we need to make something for the youth now. We're going to, we need to think about the future and the youth, um, for Kodiak. So thank you. Thank you, council member.

Council member Walker. Well, thank you everybody. We got a lot done tonight, and, uh, you know, there sometimes, especially when you get newer people on the council. They, they're, they're not here. They haven't been through the process of what, you know, that we've already been through.

But, uh, we made it through it. And, uh, Mr. Tim, how many years have I owned you now? 26? 30? Congratulations to your new position.

Well earned.

And look for working with you further here down the road.

Thank you, Council Member. Council Member West. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Tim, welcome. I appreciate that you put 5 years.

It's like, oof, just so much easier. It's continuity. Continuity is like huge. Okay, you're a homegrown boy.

And you're friendly and you're accessible. And I— this town is very, very lucky to have you. I will say you're just simply the best.

You're better than all the rest. I'll be dancing later. I was dancing earlier. I'll be dancing later. I'm glad to hear there's ice in the ice rink.

As Djuna reminded us, there's also ice on the sidewalks. And in the streets, um, it started getting icy just last night. I was out and I asked for a ride home. Um, I am really happy to know that Mr. Charles Davidson will be able to join me to put on the agenda to review the plan and the process for property that the city owns. So that's a real positive there for me.

I think this is like, oh, We have to put that on the agenda. Charlie will, will help me, so I appreciate that. Can someone tell me when is the tree lighting? We have a date, 28th, right? 28Th of November, 28th at 4:30.

Thank you. Oh, yeah, small business. All right, um, I also want to thank the, uh, Senior Center. Um, they gave free meals to veterans. On Tuesday, and that was a lot of fun.

I also want to talk about— everybody's got a cookie in front of them. The Alaska Small Business Development Center was here. They did a road show. They were at the brewery this afternoon and they Let me see, I heard their new president talk about they are free, they are accessible, and they are confidential. So any business, particularly they will help you with bookkeeping.

I talked to one of the business owners that was down there and she was saying she really appreciated their help. And their bookkeeping. She goes, people ask me how much money I know in my— make it in my business. I didn't know.

She didn't know until they helped her do the books. And so, um, they will not actually help you do pay your taxes, but if you don't know how to do your books, then you can't do your taxes. So, um, I just want to try to clearly tell you what the organization website is. She says the best thing if you want any help— I mean, it's free, it's accessible, it's confidential. So AKSBDC.org, or phonetically Alpha Kilo Sierra Bravo Delta Charlie dot org.

Anyway, I was really glad that they were here. I called hotline and said, hey, there's some light snacks at the brewery. And the Small Business Development Company, or Center, Small Business Development Center, they come from UAA, they're around the state, just very, very helpful. So if you go online and you shoot them an email, they will email you back and set up a conversation and So it was just— I like to know that there is business help here in town. Sometimes they coordinate with the Chamber of Commerce and sometimes other ways.

But, um, thank you all. Uh, good work, everybody. Thank you. Thank you, Council Member. And again, that's the Alaska Small Business Development Center.

It's on my cookie.

The next item on the agenda is audience comments. Comments will be limited to 3 minutes each. If there is anyone who wishes to address the mayor, and the council as a whole, please approach the podium, sign in, and state your name, or call in at 907-486-8610. And due to the slight delay in broadcasting, I will pause for a moment to allow people to call in.

Mr. Mayor and members of the City Council, my name is Ryan Sharratt. I'm standing before you because 408 days ago my son passed away. I'm asking the city of Kodiak to make mental health and suicide prevention a sustained, visible priority. In 2026, I've sat with 9 people who have contemplated suicide. Those conversations have stayed with me.

They reflect the fear families in our communities are carrying and the need for consistent leadership, open communication, and meaningful action. Alaska's Health Department reports that our youth suicide rate is nearly 6 times the national average among children ages 10 through 13— I'm sorry, 10 through 18. The suicide rate reaches a 10-year high in 2025. As a community, we must become comfortable being uncomfortable. We need to talk openly about suicide, listen without judgment, and ask difficult questions.

We must challenge the stigma that makes people afraid to acknowledge their struggles. Seeking help should feel safe, and people should know that recovery is possible. I recently launched whathappentomorrow.org, an online platform It's 2 days old. I've had over 500 visitors, and at 7:40 PM tonight, this evening, one used 988.

February 2027, I'm working towards an initiative called Enough Is Enough Alaska Live. It's a free 3-hour community forum in Kodiak with proposed statewide livestream. I don't want your money. I am asking the City Council to support this effort to help bring together providers, schools, businesses, and community organizations by making this conversation part of the Council's ongoing work. Specifically, establish a mental health and suicide prevention as a standing agenda item with substantive, substantive discussion, at least monthly.

Invite regular reports from Providence, CANA, and other local providers to access care. Wait times, youth services, and unmet needs while protecting patient privacy. Include the young people and families. Ask where people are falling through the gaps and provider— and what providers need. Ask what the city can do.

Set priorities, assign follow-up, and report publicly on progress. City comment— I'm sorry, council comments can open the conversation. Sustained leadership must keep it moving. This issue deserves scheduled attention, community engagement, and follow-through. Please help support mental health in our community.

The best part about speaking last is let these words resonate with you tonight. Thank you. Thank you, Ryan.

Would anyone else like to address the council?

And seeing none, we do have on our schedule a potential for an executive session, but I believe we did all the business that we potentially addressed there, so I don't think there's any use for executive session. Therefore, may I have a motion to adjourn? Council Member Charles Davidson. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I move to adjourn this meeting.

Will the clerk please call the roll? Thank you. Mr. Walker? Yes. Miss— Yes.

Mr. Davidson? Yes. Mr. Calderon? Yes.