Kodiak: October 8, 2026, Regular Meeting

Alrighty.

The regular City Council meeting of October 8th, 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 website. Public members are encouraged to tune into KMXT on 100.1 FM or web stream from the city's website portal. Audience and council members, please silence your phones, and council members, please put your phones away for the duration of the meeting.

Will the clerk please call the roll? Thank you. Mr. Stanford? Here. Miss West?

Here. Miss Woods? Here. Miss Davidson? Here.

Mr. Mangini? Here. Mr. Walker? Here. A quorum is present, Mr. Mayor.

Thank you. Council Member Davidson is attending via teleconference pursuant to City Kodiak City Code 2.04.160.

Please stand for the invocation to be given by Grace Green with the Salvation Army. And remain standing for the Pledge of Allegiance.

Let us pray. Dear Jesus, I just firstly want to thank you for this beautiful land that we get to call home. We thank you for every person here, Lord. As we go through this meeting, I just pray that whatever decision is made, it's for— it's for your people, Lord. It's for the people of Kodiak.

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, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

We have before us the September 10th 2026 regular meeting and September 30th, 2026 special meeting minutes. Are there any additions or corrections?

Council Member Woods. Thank you. I move to approve the minutes of the September 10th, 2026 regular meeting and September 30th, 2026 special meeting. Second. Will the clerk please call the roll?

Thank you, Miss West. Yes. Miss Woods? Yes. Miss Davidson?

Yes. Mr. Mangini? Yes. Mr. Walker? Yes.

Mr. Stanford? Yes. Motion passes, Mr. Mayor. Thank you. The first agenda item under persons to be heard is public comments.

Comments will be limited to 3 minutes. If there is anyone who wishes to address the mayor and 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.

Hello, my name is Eileen Fitzgerald. Recently I was looking up something that someone kept saying about the city paying Highmark Marine's bills in a state lawsuit in which the city is not a party, and I didn't believe it. I didn't, but when I went to the court files and I looked it up, Uh, there was a, uh, filing from Charles Cassiola, um, and basically saying that the city of Kodiak is paying legal fees that are not the city of Kodiak's legal fees to the amount of $20,000. So I put it on Facebook, um, because it— that never came up in all the times of fiscal crisis. I never heard That, and I also noticed in your work session materials earlier that there is a 22% overage in legal costs for the city for the past year, and I wonder if that's related.

I can find no public information about this at all. There's no city action. I'm gonna stop because what I was instructed to do is just ask one question in public comment. After making a records request, I was instructed not to give a narrative, just ask one question. So I'm just gonna quote the question that I was instructed to give.

Which council action authorized the city to pay Highmark Marine's defense costs in a case the city is not a party to? And if the court awards those fees, will the award be paid back to the city? And then I was instructed to sit down.

I can't follow that last instruction because I would like to bring up another point. Um, with the sewage spills, one happened approximately 7 days ago. Catastrophic events happen. I understand that. Um, the public information is improving.

I appreciate that. Uh, for many years I have been struggling to make raw sewage in recreational waters something that people know about before their kids and their dogs get into it. There is one step that the city could take to further improve it, and that would be making the mandatory form that the city of Kodiak has to file with the DEC— make that public. That will let the public know how much was spilled, what steps are being taken, how long it will take for the water to be safe. It's all information the city should have, and I really do not understand why a public records request has to be taken because that information would only be available much later.

It's information already prepared, already submitted to the state. It's clearly a public record. There's no privileges attached. And if the City of Kodiak management could just immediately make that information public, I could step down off my sewage soapbox, and that's all I want to do. Thank you.

Thank you, Eileen. Would anyone else like to address the council?

And there's no one online.

The next item under Persons to Be Heard is Proclamation Filipino American History Month. I will now read the proclamation.

Proclamation declaring Filipino American history— pardon me— declaring Filipino American National History Month. Whereas Filipino presence in the United States has been documented back to 1587, and whereas Filipino American National Historical Society continues to promote the study of Filipino American history and culture, And whereas Filipino Americans play an important role in the history of Kodiak. And whereas positive role models are important in teaching Filipino American youth the importance of cultural education, ethnicity, and the values of their legacy. And whereas Kodiak is fortunate to count among its population citizens of Filipino descent who contribute to Kodiak's economy and society through their commitments to their professions, commerce, family, and the arts. Now therefore, I, Terry Haynes, Mayor of the City of Kodiak, do hereby proclaim October 2026 as Filipino American National History Month in Kodiak and urge all citizens to celebrate the rich history and contribution of Filipino Americans in Kodiak, dated this 8th day of October 2026.

Would you like to say a few words?

If it's green, is it on? Green. Okay. My name is Ruby Schulte, and I am the vice president of Fil-Am Kodiak. On behalf of our association, we are deeply honored and grateful to accept this proclamation recognizing October as Filipino American National History Month.

Thank you for your continued support and for celebrating the rich history and contributions of the Filipino community in Cody.

Thank you.

Good. Thank you. There you go.

The next item under persons to be heard is a public hearing on the renewal of marijuana retail store application number 2113 for High Rise LLC. I am now closing the regular meeting and opening the public hearing on this license renewal. Comments will be limited to 3 minutes. If there is anyone who wishes to address the mayor and council as a whole, please Please address— 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 public members to call in.

Seeing no public 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 renewal of beverage dispensary license number 85 for Blue Incorporated, doing business as B&B Bar. I'm now closing the regular meeting and opening the public hearing on this license renewal. Comments will be limited to 3 minutes. If there is anyone who wishes to address the mayor and 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.

Seeing no public testimony, I am now closing the hearing and reopening the regular meeting. Are there any reports from ex officio council members serving on boards, commissions, and committees?

Council Member West. Uh, I just was asked to join an RPO, a Regional Planning Organization. RPO, it's SWAMC and DOT working together, and it was, uh, so we had a meeting, um, and, uh, it's Southwest out to ADAC and, um, Dillingham and Kodiak, um, just trying to work on our transportation. So anyway, that, that was interesting today. I'm—.

It's going to be a bit of work, but we'll see what happens. Thank you. Thank you, Council Member West. Any more reports from ex officio board members? Well, I was on a lobbying trip with City Manager Putney and some representatives from the Rural Assembly, as well as Council Member Mangini, which I think was a— certainly was an action-packed trip.

We spoke to a lot of different people. It's all—. It was—. It's all lined out very nicely in Manager Putney's report on that, so I'd suggest you read that. But I would say that it was a great thing for the city and the borough to be there together.

Everyone seemed to appreciate that, that we're all on the same page there and ready to be partners in what is admittedly going to be a historic time in Kodiak with nearly $1 billion of investment coming into our, our community in the next few years. So it was great to be able to be on the ground in Washington, D.C. and talk to them in their offices. Certainly it's a different thing. It's worthwhile doing. I think we did a pretty good job of representing the interests of Kodiak there, and I certainly would suggest that read the— looks like Manager Putney did a great job synopsizing the visit in his report.

Do you have anything else to add, Manager Putney? I don't, thanks. That was a good trip. Are there any questions from the council?

There is no unfinished business. The first item under new business is the first reading of Ordinance Number 1477, authorizing the city manager to sign a loan agreement borrowing from the Alaska Clean Water Fund in an amount not to exceed $3,400,000 to pay the cost of the Aleutian Homes Phase 7 project.

20-05/700047. May we have a staff report, please? Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Ellucian Homes Phase 7 will replace approximately 2,100 feet of 50 to 70-year-old asbestos cement line sewer mains, service lines, manholes, and 20— and 2,600 feet of cement line ductile iron pipe water lines, service lines, With C900 PVC pipe on Hemlock Street and Fir Avenue. Over the last 20 years, the city has been slowly replacing and updating utility infrastructure within the Aleutian Homes.

This agenda item is presented for the purpose of authorizing me to sign a loan agreement with the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation State Revolving Fund Program. Engineering design for Aleutian Homes Phase 7 is at 65% completion. Bid advertisement is tentatively scheduled to start in November 2026. The total cost of this project is estimated to be at $12 to $14 million. Construction will incur— will occur in at least 2 phases and probably 3 phases due to the cost of the project.

This loan is for the first phase, which will be at Birch Avenue to about the 800 block of Hemlock Street. The second phase will continue on from the 800 block to Mill Bay Road and include Hur Avenue. And again, that this is likely going to be 3 phases, not, not just 2. The city will request the entire loan amount from ADEC.

The ADEC is cost reimbursement, so we'll borrow what we need, but we'll likely need all of this one and the next one. Thank you, City Manager Putney. What is the council's pleasure?

Council Member West. Move to pass Ordinance Number 1477 in first reading and advance to second reading and public hearing at the next regular or special meeting. I'll second. Is there any council discussion?

Council Member West?

Uh, let me see. City Manager's comments, alternatives, budget information. Right underneath the budget information estimated cost, and then the next paragraph, project has been submitted to the State of Alaska intended use plan to be included in the funding cycle to give us the option to borrow the funds. Isn't this about borrowing money? Is it— are you saying the same thing or is it different?

Yeah, saying the same thing, and I think we're also continuing on with the next phases of Phase 7. So I'll probably— we'll keep requesting, keep filling out the questionnaires and trying to get this on their list so that they're eligible for future loans. Okay. If I'm able to complete the whole project. Yeah, I, um, yeah, what are we going to do now?

Segments? I mean, Phase 1 of Phase 7? It's going to, uh, never mind. I'm already confused. Thank you.

Yeah. Is there any further council discussion?

Will the clerk please call the roll? Thank you. Miss Woods? Yes. Miss Davidson?

Yes. Mr. Mangini? Yes. Mr. Walker? Yes.

Mr. Stanford? Yes. Miss West? Yes. Does anyone, anyone wish to change their vote?

Motion passes, Mr. Mayor. Thank you.

The next agenda item is first reading ordinance number 1478, authorizing the city manager to sign a loan agreement borrowing from the Alaska Drinking Water Fund in an amount not to exceed $2,200,000 to pay the cost of Volition Homes Phase 7 project PN20-05/ 70047. May we have a staff report, please? Thank you, Mr. Mayor. This is for the same project as described above. Uh, specifically, this is the clean water portion of the project, or the drinking water portion.

And of this $2.2 million loan, $1.5 million of this one is forgivable. Wow. So we only have to pay back $700,000.

What is the council's pleasure? Council Member Mangini, uh, move to pass Ordinance 1478 in the first reading and advance to second reading and public hearing at the next regular or special meeting. Is there any council discussion?

Will the clerk please call the roll? Thank you. Miss Davidson? Yes. Mr. Mangini?

Yes. Mr. Walker? Yes. Mr. Stanford? Yes.

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

Motion passes, Mr. Mayor. Thank you. The next agenda item is Resolution Number 2026-34, accepting a State of Alaska Department of Education and Early Development Public Library Assistance Grant in the amount of $7,000. May we have a staff report, please? Yeah, thank you, Mr. Mayor.

The Alaska State Library has awarded the Kodiak Public Library a $7,000 public library assistance grant for 2027. The grant provides annual operating support to help the library provide services and resources to the community. Acceptance requires a signed grant agreement executed by the librarian and appropriate legal authority. Grant requirements include maintaining a lending collection, providing interlibrary loan and reference services, offering children's programming, and spending of at least $3,500 on materials and online, um, and online requirements, education, continuing, completing operating requirements of services. So this is all things that we do in the normal course of operating the library.

Thank you, Mr. Manager. What is the council's pleasure? Council Member Walker. Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

Move to adopt Resolution Number 2026-34.

Second. Is there any council discussion?

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

Yes. Mr. Stanford? Yes. Miss West? Yes.

Miss Woods? Yes. Miss Davidson? Absolutely yes, all the money for the library. Does anyone wish to change their vote?

Motion passes, Mr. Mayor. Thank you. The next agenda item is Resolution Number 2026-35, a resolution of the Kodiak City Council and Kodiak Island Borough Assembly rescinding City Resolution Number 07-17 and Borough Resolution Number FY 2007-38, officially dissolving the Joint Kodiak Fisheries Advisory Committee. May we have a staff report, please? Thank you.

Um, the Kodiak City Council and Kodiak Island Borough Assembly jointly enacted Kodiak— correction, City Resolution number 07-TAC-17 and Borough Resolution number FY 2007 TAC 38 in June of 2007 establishing the joint Kodiak Fisheries Advisory Committee to provide community consensus and policy recommendations on state and federal fisheries management actions. The Kodiak Chamber of Commerce previously managed, staffed, and provided critical operational support to KFAC as part of a broader economic development initiative. The Kodiak Island Borough ended its formal partnership with the Kodiak Chamber of Commerce on March 20th, 2014. Resulting in the loss of permanent administrative and staffing support for the committee. KFAC has been entirely inactive and has not convened a single meeting since its final adjournment on December 6, 2013.

The Joint Kodiak Fisheries Workgroup was subsequently established to, to serve as a joint intergovernmental advisory body that reviews, analyzes, and builds local consensus on state and fishery policy decisions affecting the Kodiak region. This resolution will form— will formally dissolve the, um, KFAC. Thank you. What's the council's pleasure? Council Member West, move to adopt Resolution 2026-35.

Second. Is there any council discussion?

Will the clerk please call the roll? Thank you. Mr. Walker? Yeah. Mr. Stanford?

Yes. Miss West? Yes. Miss Woods? Yes.

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

Motion passes, Mr. Mayor. Thank you. The next agenda item is consideration of marijuana retail store renewal application Number 20113 for Hi-Rise LLC. And we have a staff report, please. Thank you.

The city received notice from the state of Alaska on September 15th, 2026, of a renewal application from Hi-Rise LLC for a retail marijuana store license at 104 Center Avenue. Um, Kodiak City Code 2—. Correction, 5.24.020 establishes the license application review process for the city council. As required by code, the city clerk sent inquiries to the chief of police, fire chief, finance department, and building official asking if any had concerns about the proposed license. There were no objections from the departments.

A public hearing notice letter was sent to Hi-Rise LLC on September 22nd, 2026. Thank you. Thank you. What is the council's pleasure? Council Member Woods.

Thank you. Move to voice a non-objection to the retail marijuana store renewal application number 20113. For Hi-Rise LLC and direct the city clerk to notify AMFO.

Second. Is there any council discussion?

Will the clerk please call the roll? Thank you. Mr. Stanford? Yes. Miss West?

Yes. Miss Woods? Yes. Miss Davidson? Yes.

Mr. Mangini? Yes. Mr. Walker? Yes. Does anyone wish to change their vote?

Motion passes, Mr. Mayor. Thank you. The next agenda item is consideration of the renewal for the beverage dispensary license number 85 for Blue Incorporated, doing business as B&B Bar. May we have a staff report, please? Thank you.

The city received notice from the state of Alaska on September 9th that B&B Bar filed an application with the state for renewal of their beverage dispensary license. City staff was consulted, and in review of Kodiak City Code, there were no issues with non-payment of taxes, building permits, criminal activity, and fire code violations. Council should review code and consider if there are any further concerns. Um, a public hearing notice was sent to B&B Bar on September 22nd, 2026. Thank you.

Thank you. What is the council's pleasure? Council Member Mangini, move to voice a non-objection to beverage dispensary license renewal number 85 for Blue Ink, DBA B&B Bar, and direct the city clerk to notify AMCO. Second.

Is there any council discussion?

Oldest licensed bar in the state of Alaska. It's part of our history. The clerk, please call the roll. Thank you. Miss West?

Yes. Miss Woods? Yes. Miss Davidson? Yes.

Mr. Mangini? Yes. Mr. Walker? Yes. Mr. Stanford?

Yes. Does anyone wish to change their vote? Motion passes, Mr. Mayor. Thank you. Next are staff reports, and first is the city manager's report.

The two memorandums tonight, uh, are also available on the city website for this meeting agenda under additional handouts for the public. Um, one is about our Washington, DC trip. I thought it was a great learning experience, um, and then enjoyed that. And then the other one is about just an update on St. Herman Harbor on where we're at right now, um, what our next steps are. You should be hearing the next month or two from our EIDP grant that we submitted.

Auditors will be here in about a week and a half, uh, to start, uh, end of year FY 2026 audit. And that's all I have tonight. Thank you. Any questions from the council?

Next is the city clerk's report. Thank you. The municipal election was held on Tuesday, October 6th, and the unofficial results are posted online on the City of Kodiak's website. The canvas board will meet on Wednesday, October 14th at 10:00 a.m. here in the Kodiak Library multipurpose room and is open to the public. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Teen Center and Harbor Precinct chairs, co-chairs, and all the election workers for the work for their work on the election work, for their work on the election, as well as the Borough Clerk's Office for their collaboration during the election.

I would also like to give a huge thank you to my amazing team: Deputy Clerk Daniel Mendez, Deputy Clerk Michaela Hinchman, and Assistant Clerk Grace— Assistant Clerk Grace Clark for their support and hard work during the election. There will be a local emergency planning commission meeting on Friday, October 9th, 2026 at 6:30 PM at the Kodiak Fire Department. There will be a Parks and Recreation Advisory Board meeting on Tuesday, October 13th at noon at the Teen Center. There will be an Airport Advisory Board meeting on Wednesday, October 21st at noon in the city conference room. There will be an investment committee meeting on Wednesday, October 21st at 3 PM in the city conference room.

The next work session is scheduled for October 20th, followed— correction, October 20th, and a regular meeting on October 22nd. Both meetings will start at 6:30 PM here in the Kodiak Public Library. Thank you. Thank you. Any questions for the clerk?

That brings us to mayor's comments, and I'm going to just pretty much echo what the clerk had to say and thank everybody who had anything to do with the election. Both of our clerks' offices in the borough and the city do a fantastic job every single year, and it's so— it seems to go on so flawlessly that it's easy to take for granted. But when you go in, when I go into the Teen Center to vote, it's such a pleasure to see all the same people and smiling faces. And, you know, it's a reminder that it's your friends and neighbors who run our local elections, and there shouldn't be any other way. You know, the fact that our local elections are local and run by the people who are doing the voting is a big plus in the United States, and I don't think we want to manage our elections any other way.

So I'd like to thank everyone here locally who made that election work and make, make all our elections work every single time. That brings us to council comments. Let's start with Council Member Woods.

Thank you. Um, I don't really have anything prepared, um, but as my term is drawing to a close, I still have one more meeting. Of course, I I just keep thinking about periods of transition and, um, I recognize that I've been out for the last few meetings and I appreciate the grace of me being absent, and I apologize if that's caused any difficulties with quorum or anything like that, but I'm happy to be here and see everybody in person. Earlier, our clerk mentioned, um, appointments to, uh, council appointments to various advisory boards, committees, ex officio, what have you. So I just want to draw a couple to attention.

Uh, for one, I am the council member on the local emergency planning committee, so of course my, my leaving will create a vacancy in that. Um, that committee has had issues making quorum in the past. So I just, I do want to draw attention to that and put that out since we do have everybody on the current council present, maybe start thinking about who's interested in that and sitting on that seat. And just a friendly reminder, of course, Bob and I are both the council members on the investment committee. I would really like to see the, um, momentum continue on that.

Bob's put a ton of work into that. I can't claim any credit on that at all. But, you know, that is 2 people, and it's incredibly important just to continue that. And a little plug in a different hat. I sit on the Kodiak College Advisory Council.

There are borough and city seats for their elected officials. The city one is currently vacant. I sit on that through my professional role with the job center since there's a workforce development aspect to it. So I just put that out there if there— if you're already going to be talking about advisory board seats, that would be a good opportunity. The new college director hasn't taken over just yet, so I would speak with Jackie Case, the interim director.

On that. Um, but other than that, um, happy fall, and that's all that I have.

Thank you, Council Member Woods. Council Member Stanford, our other short-timer.

Nothing wrong with being a short-timer. No, I'm good. Anyway, like Yannick, I like to think, uh, you know, I thought about 6 years ago is when I started, and I would be very amiss if I didn't thank John Whitten for asking me to do this. And that was the beginning of a section of my life where you pondered, you know, how do you, how do you give back in city service and service to the town? And it has been an incredible ride.

I've enjoyed it immensely. I've got to work with some of the best mayors in Alaska with Pat and Terry.

And, you know, I know I'm going to forget things, but that's what happens when you turn 70. So I've got to work with some incredible city employees, and it's more than a job to them. It's their advocation. You know, I used to pick at the city clerks a lot, Michelle and Brandy. I love going in there.

You could just be yourself and You know, I think about— I've been on the city managers and Josie Banky had just been wonderful times. I say there's, there's others, the directors we don't get to see as much, but you know, you know, the city is definitely in good hands. The directors keep the ball rolling and keep the manager watching.

So very thankful that we have a great city team that is It just, as Sandra always says, keeps the water rolling and keeps the— there's just so much more to it, you know, and they, and they care.

I've, I've enjoyed my time. The, the council members is just— it's been an honor to work with them. I've learned so much, made some great friendships. We're in good hands with, with our new council, and I'm not sure the next two— well, Charlie's coming back, so we know, but Sandra, Nick, Rich, Juna, you know, it's just, uh, it's, it's good to just see. They're way smarter than I'll ever be, and they're— they bring a tremendous amount of talent and, uh, and diverse focuses, and that's what makes it work.

They have very different interests, and they're going to make the city.

I love picking at my council members that have sat next to me. It's been a lot of fun during the during the time.

I've been thankful that my wife has— we're going to go and chase around the world and do some more things. And there's— just remember, there's nothing but today. There is no tomorrow. There's just today. So whatever's on your list, do it.

So Anyway, I want to thank the council. I want to thank all the people that have come. And you just don't realize— we may sit here kind of stone-faced sometimes, but we ponder what you say. You, you just don't realize the times we go home and unwind. And I've always tried to keep my mind open to understand what some point of view— I mean, I can still remember things that I've— little things you would never know.

Jan Shadow, talked about getting a— just a certain little place in the town cleaned up. And it's always bugged me. We just get it done and think, well, you know, they don't think, but that's— but we do, you know, and, and we remember. So, uh, anyway, I wish the best of luck to the next council and, uh, enjoy.

Be a little rebellious. This town is rebellious. And you, you're going to see a lot of really neat things happen in the coming years. But thank you. And I'm voting no when they say, uh, do you want to close the meeting?

I'll tell you that right now. Council Member West.

Thank you, Terry. Um, not as an ex officio, but as a, um, curious citizen, I went to the wastewater treatment plant and had a great tour.

Um, I got to see what they deal with. Um, I got to smell it too, of course. Um, one of the things that I learned, um, is that crew does, um, distribution and collection. So, uh, you might call it clean water and not so clean water, but they refer to it as the distribution system and the collection system. I was just really helpful for me to get a view.

Like, they talked about the reservoirs and they talked about the tanks, and, um, those are important. Those are things that we deal with and we bill people for. So that was, um, it was great. I loved learning all about how they're doing it. And now I noticed it was marked for the trees to come down for Lift Station 5, and I got to see Lift Station 5 drive down the road.

It's huge. Um, so that was cool. I also, um, got a hold of Ken Folsom and went and looked at the emergency equipment warehouse. So what, what do we have, you know? What is there?

And I really appreciate— there's besides lots of cots and not so many blankets, but, um, he had a— there's a system now for, um bulk food or excess emergency food. So it, uh, the Salvation Army gets food in, like boxes of food that, you know, it's not just what we have left over here, but they get food in. So he's having it on a rotation basis so that it doesn't expire. They give out the food, but he gets more in, and we store it. We store it for the Salvation Army because they don't have room for it.

But it cycles through. So that was great. There's some other things that did expire and do expire that be fun to find a use for. But anyway, so that was, that was real interesting. I enjoyed going and learning about that.

Also, I just want to say there's been complaints about the screws that come through the wall in the rink. I went today and, um, they told me we're closed, they're putting in ice. But, you know, by the time he got to me to tell me to leave, I says, I just want to look at the walls. So they've been plugged. There's, there's little rubber plugs on each one.

They glued them in. So I'm happy about that. Someone also said to me, I don't know about that parking lot. Anyway, gotta drive over the curb. Well, Turns out there's actually an entrance to the parking lot where you don't have to drive over the curb.

So look for it. It's there. I just— I'm making fun, but I mean, it, um, you know, I didn't like that, the idea that there was a curb and you couldn't park, but you can. You just have to go all the way down to the end towards the skate park and turn up on the gravel, and there's, um, It's a gravel parking lot and there's paint, which you won't be able to see when there's snow on it. But anyway, I was, I was just happy to go and explore that and find that out today.

Okay, now I made a list of what's happened in the last year. Great accomplishments. We made some great accomplishments. And although Bob and Annika will be back, I was prepared for this to be the last one. So I was like, one of the things that we did is the business sales tax audit.

Right. Another thing is we eliminated the vacancy exemption. Yeah, I think I got water on this, so I can't read it at all. But we did— the voters look like they passed for the manager residence. We worked on that.

We definitely worked on that. We worked on a land acknowledgment. We are reducing the cost of the voter pamphlets because The clerks came up with a brilliant idea to send out a little card with a QR code. I'm really excited about that. We reduced the tax, we removed the tax for the acupuncturists, right?

We did all these other medical things, but we, we had missed that. She came forward, we said, well, that's— let's take care of it. Anyway, good job team. That's all I got. Thank you.

And wait, wait, one more, one more. So, Bob, you have a saying, you know, of how you, uh, you have a saying that you need, right? Cake, cake for Bob. You ring it up for everything and his wife? No, I didn't.

I didn't know Annika was going to be here. All right, I'll thank you, Council Chair. Council Member Mandy. Oh, uh, just like to start by thanking both of you guys, especially Bob, because it's your last meeting. So really appreciate, really appreciate all the, all the work that you have done and all the time you've given to our city.

You don't understand it until you're one of the people reading these packets every week, and, or, and it's a lot. Um, really appreciate both Mayor, Mayor Haynes and, um, interim city manager Tim Putney for all, uh, just the work that you guys did in DC. It was fun to be a part of that. Um, I feel like I was very much there on a learning expedition to see how these trips go. And, uh, it felt good to be surrounded by people that were as knowledgeable as both of you.

And it was obvious you guys both did your homework. So I, I just want to say I thank you, and I, and every resident of Kodiak should thank you too, because there's a, there's a lot that's missed in the work that's not in front of everybody. It's really easy to criticize us for what we don't, you know, say. But there's a lot of things that happen behind, you know, while you're doing lobbying trips and things that nobody gets to see, and it's a lot of work. So appreciated it.

Other than that, I'm really excited to work with some new council members as well. And I feel like I got my first year, so now I partially understand Um, and I'm really, really, really excited to, um, dig into some of these things that we've spent— I've spent the last year trying to better understand so I can make, um, a knowledgeable decision. So that's all I got. Thank you, Council Member Mangini. Council Member Walker.

Thanks, Mayor. Bob, buddy, been a fun time. I know you're Microphone, Rich. Microphone. Okay.

Thanks for keeping me online. Bob, it's been a great time. We've taken on a lot of issues with the council over the years. And, you know, we got to take care of a lot of things that needed to be taken care of, and we took them on head-on, and that's what I loved about it. You know, our council has really been good about, you know, I've been on here for quite a few years and we've, you know, be able to, you know, take things head-on, what we need to deal with.

And Ani, Monica, I've already been missing you, but congratulations on the baby. Thank you. And then one last thing is I, I gotta say something, is that, um, my condolences to, uh, the Smith family for losing Susan. Susan, I've known them, coached baseball, coached football with all their kids. Uh, our families know each other very well, and, uh, I'm, uh, I'm just very shocked, uh, see what they've had been able to, or they have to, uh, deal with here recently.

And, uh, good people. And I, if anybody can help out the family, and condolences, uh, we're all about making sure that they're, they're okay. And we pray for them and that they Susan was a great lady, and we— she'll be missed. Thank you. Thank you, Councilmember Walker.

Councilmember Davidson.

Uh, thank you, Mr. Mayor. Um, my apologies for missing the work session today. I am lucky enough to have spent the day in Old Harbor, and it was a beautiful day in Old Harbor, and we were presenting to the Tribal Council during the work session. But I am grateful for the opportunity to attend this meeting via Zoom so that I can still be a part of the discussion tonight. Um, I want to congratulate you, Miss Annika, on your baby.

I don't actually think I've seen you in person since you've had your child, so congratulations. What an exciting journey you are embarking on. I hope you find time to get sleep. Um, and I want to assuage some of your fears because Terry has already informed me that I am assigned to be on the College Advisory Board, so at least one position is filled. Um, let's see, I've made some notes.

I want to forget. Um, I do want to thank Bob and Annika both for not just their years of service on the council, but also how they have graciously shepherded the first year for Sandra and Nick and I as we have learned what it takes to try to serve the community through a council position. I really appreciate having had the chance to work with you guys, and thank you to city staff and borough staff who pulled off our municipal election on Tuesday. I was excited to see a decent voter turnout, but I hope that Kodiak will come out even more and that we continue to see increased voter turnout. Personally, I think municipal elections are the most important, but we do have a nationwide election coming up in November.

So I hope that people will vote. Voting does matter. I heard a quote recently that really resonated with me, and it is that good policy always has someone for whom it is personal, and good government recognizes that. And I'm going to hold that as I continue to learn on this path with you guys. And then the last thing Thank you, um, Councilmember Walker, for reminding me that I did want to express my sorrow for the loss of Susan.

I didn't know her family well, but I had cause to know her professionally through her work with the Brother Francis Shelter and our involvement with the nonprofit network. And while I'm sure her family is deeply grieving, I know that the entire community of Kodiak has suffered loss from the loss of her leadership. She was really phenomenal, um, in the work that she did. So thank you, and I hope everyone has a wonderful night.

Thank you, Councilmember Davidson. The next item on the agenda is audience comments. Comments will be limited to 3 minutes. If there is anyone who wishes to address the mayor and council as a whole, please approach the podium, sign in, and state your name, or call in at 907-486-8610.

And I will pause for a moment to allow members of the public to call in.

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. My name is—. Excuse me. Carly, Carleen McChesney.

I just want to say from the community that we love you too and thank you for serving. And remember, if you ever get bored, you can always come back.

And then I watched a John Wayne movie this week, Rooster, and she wanted to know John Wayne Brewster, is your name written in the Lamb's Book of Life? And then at the very end, when they were saying their goodbyes, she came up to say goodbye to him, and he says, dang, if she didn't get the last word in again. Thanks. Thank you, Carly.

We have a call. We do have a call.

You have reached the City Council meeting. Please state your name and go ahead. Good evening, my name is John Wooden, and I just wanted to say a few words about the outgoing council members, particularly Councilman Stanford. As you mentioned, I think I encouraged him to run, but really the results that he produced in his two terms— it wasn't mentioned tonight— but he alone saved the city millions, actually made the city millions through his work on the Investment Committee. And it's through those investments that's allowed us— the city manager mentioned— it's allowed the city to manage funds a little bit differently.

But he has been absolutely instrumental in revitalizing the city's investment portfolio and again has made— has turned that around from years ago when it was losing money to now it's making money. So that should not be missed at all. I also want to say congratulations to Annika. I haven't seen you for a while, but congratulations on your new baby. And also just wanted to mention, uh, it was a pleasure working with you for the time I was there on the council.

You did a phenomenal job. You came in as somebody didn't really know anything about municipal government, and I would say you're one of the strongest leaders I've seen on that council for years. So thank you for all your hard work, and God bless. Thank you, John. Would anyone else like to address the council?

Seeing none, may I have a motion to adjourn?

I'll make the motion to adjourn, Mr. Mayor. I'll second. Would the clerk please call the roll? Miss Woods? No.

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

Yes. Mr. Stanford? No. Miss West?

I'm on the edge here.