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2020-03-19 Regular MeetingKODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH Assembly Regular Meeting Teleconference March 19, 2020 A regular meeting of the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly was held on March 19, 2020 via teleconference. The meeting was called to order at 6:56 p.m. Mayor Roberts led the Pledge of Allegiance. Present were Mayor Bill Roberts, Assembly members Scott Arndt, Duane Dvorak, Julie Kavanaugh, Andy Schroeder, Rebecca Skinner, Dennis Symmons, and James Turner. Also present were Borough Manager Michael Powers, Borough Clerk Tara Welinsky, and Deputy Clerk Alise Rice. APPROVAL OF AGENDA AND CONSENT AGENDA ARNDT moved to approve the agenda and consent agenda. ARNDT moved to amend the agenda and consent agenda by removing the Bear Awareness Presentation from Awards and Presentations, Ordinance No. FY2020-1 S Emergency Ordinance To Allow Regular Meetings To Be Conducted Via Teleconference from Public Hearing, and The Potential Sale, Including Terms And Price, Of Real Property Known As Killarney Hills Tract Located On E. Rezanof And Woody Way Loop, Disposal Of Borough Land On Borough Hill: Terms, Conditions and Price, and the Borough Clerk's Evaluation from Executive Session. ROLL CALL VOTE ON MOTION TO AMEND THE AGENDA AND CONSENT AGENDA CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY: Dvorak, Kavanaugh, Schroeder, Skinner, Symmons, Turner, and Arndt. ROLL CALL VOTE ON THE MAIN MOTION AS AMENDED CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY: Kavanaugh, Schroeder, Skinner, Symmons, Turner, Arndt, and Dvorak. The following items were approved under consent agenda: • Regular Meeting Minutes of March 5, 2020 and Special Meeting Minutes of March 12, 2020. • Confirmation of the Mayoral Appointment to the Prince William Sound Regional Citizens Advisory Council (Ms. Skinner). • Confirmation Of The Mayoral Appointment To The Solid Waste Advisory Board (Ms. Pruitt). • Letter of Support Senior Citizens Of Kodiak (SCOK) Grant Application For Family Caregiver Support Services. • Letter Of Support Senior Citizens Of Kodiak (SCOK) Grant Application For Island Cove Adult Day Services. • Child Abuse Prevention Month Proclamation. • Sexual Assault Awareness Month Proclamation Kodiak Island Borough March 19, 2020 Assembly Regular Meeting Minutes Page 1 of 5 APPROVAL OF MINUTES • Regular Meeting Minutes of March 5, 2020 and Special Meeting Minutes of March 12, 2020 were approved under consent agenda. CITIZENS' COMMENTS • Mary Forbes • Aaron Williams • Mike Litzow AWARDS AND PRESENTATIONS • "'Mayor Roberts Proclaimed The Month Of March 2020 As Child Abuse Prevention Month. • ""Mayor Roberts Proclaimed The Month Of March 2020 As Sexual Assault Awareness Month. • "Bear Awareness Presentation - Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Nate Svoboda. "These items were removed from the agenda and consent agenda. COMMITTEE REPORTS PUBLIC HEARING "' Ordinance No. FY2020-18 Emergency Ordinance To Allow Regular Meeting To Be Conducted Via Teleconference. "This item was removed from the agenda and consent agenda. BOROUGH MANAGER'S REPORT Manager Powers reported on the following: • Gave an update on the status of COVID-19 • A local emergency has been declared by the Emergency Services Council. • The Emergency Operations Center (EOC) has been activated and specific objectives and action plans are being completed. • The ONLY effective prevention of COVID-19 is social distancing. If you must go out in public, wash your hands, use sanitizer, avoid groups of people. • The Borough Building (Borough and City Offices) will be closed to the public effective March 20, 2020. Employees who will be managing this disaster must remain healthy. • The food supply chain is secure. • There have been numerous meetings in the past two weeks. • A word about responsibilities. We have the Emergency Services Council (ESC) which is responsible for policy level decisions related to emergencies. We have the Emergency Operations Center/Emergency Operations Team which is responsible for carrying out the policies of the ESC. The Local Emergency Planning Committee is a planning committee, not a response committee. • Travel for Borough Business is halted until June 1, 2020. Will reconsider as needed. • All employees who have traveled or do voluntarily travel will be quarantined on their return 14 days. • Don't travel. • Help crush the rumor mill -if the source of information is not an official source, it is a rumor and should be treated as such. Ask people for their source. At this time, the official sources are the Federal Government, the State of Alaska and the Emergency Kodiak Island Borough Assembly Regular Meeting Minutes March 19, 2020 Page 2 of 5 Operations Center on Kodiak. Just because the New York Times cites "unnamed government personnel' does not make it so. Your friend who heard it from a friend on the XYZ non-profit/government/native corporation (fill in the blank) is NOT an official source. • The City of Kodiak has expressed interest in purchasing Borough land on Borough Hill. • Kodiak Island Native Association (KANA) has expressed interest in purchasing Killarney Hills. MESSAGES FROM THE BOROUGH MAYOR • Borough Clerk, Tara Welinsky, has resigned from her position as Borough Clerk. May 22nd will be her last day. . Agendas will be streamlined. Work Sessions will be focused on packet review of important, time -sensitive items coming up at the Regular Meetings. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 1. Ordinance No. FY2020-15 Amending Title 3 Revenue And Finance Chapter 3.10.030 Permissible Investments And Chapter 3.10.120 Facilities Fund. 'Clerks Note: This was postponed from the February 6, 2020 regular meeting. ARNDT moved to postpone Ordinance No. FY2020-15 indefinitely. ROLL CALL VOTE ON MOTION TO POSTPONE INDEFINITELY CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY: Kavanaugh, Schroeder, Skinner, Symmons, Turner, Arndt, and Dvorak. NEW BUSINESS Contracts ARNDT moved to authorize the Borough Manager to execute Contract No. FY2020-18 Agreement Between Kodiak Island Borough And International Brotherhood Of Electrical Workers ROLL CALL VOTE ON MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY: Schroeder, Skinner, Symmons, Turner, Arndt, Dvorak and Kavanaugh, Resolutions 1. Resolution No. FY2020-22 A Resolution Of The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly Authorizing The Borough To Issue General Obligation School Bonds In The Principal Amount Not To Exceed $1,222,000 To Provide Funds For School And Related Capital Improvements In The Borough And To Pay Costs Of Issuing The Bonds, Fixing Certain Details Of Such Bonds Authorizing Their Sale, And Providing For Related Matters. ARNDT moved to approve Resolution No. FY2020-02. SKINNER moved to amend the motion not to exceed $500,000.00 ROLL CALL VOTE ON MOTION AS AMENDED CARRIED FIVE TO TWO: Skinner, Symmons, Dvorak, Kavanaugh, Schroeder (AYES); Turner and Arndt (NOES). Kodiak Island Borough Assembly Regular Meeting Minutes March 19, 2020 Page 3 of 5 ROLL CALL VOTE ON MAIN MOTION CARRIED FIVE TO TWO: Symmons, Dvorak, Kavanaugh, Schroeder, and Skinner (AYES); Turner and Arndt (NOES). Ordinances for Introduction None. Other Items 1. 'Confirmation of the Mayoral Appointment to the Prince William Sound Regional Citizens Advisory Council (Ms. Skinner). 2. 'Confirmation Of The Mayoral Appointment To The Solid Waste Advisory Board (Ms. Pruitt). 3. "Letter of Support Senior Citizens Of Kodiak (SCOK) Grant Application For Family Caregiver Support Services 4. 'Letter Of Support Senior Citizens Of Kodiak (SCOK) Grant Application For Island Cove Adult Day Services "These items were approved under consent agenda CITIZENS' COMMENTS • Aaron Williams ASSEMBLY MEMBERS' COMMENTS • Assembly Member Kavanaugh thanked the community for coming together at this difficult time. • Assembly Member Schroeder stated that the country is abiding by a 'social contract' and spoke about the health care workers at Providence Hospital has been resolved • Assembly Member Turner commented on filling the clerk's office position. • Assembly Member Dvorak commented on the Clerk resigning. Spoke about the land sales discussed earlier in the meeting and DMV. • Assembly Member Arndt spoke about closing the borough building and hiring for the Clerk's position. • Assembly Member Symmons thanked citizens for calling in and thanked staff for all their hard work. • Assembly Member Skinner spoke about telephonic meetings and the process of hiring for the Clerk's position. ANNOUNCEMENTS Kodiak Island Borough Assembly Regular Meeting Minutes March 19, 2020 Page 4 of 5 The next Assembly work session is scheduled on Thursday, March 26, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. The next regular meeting is scheduled on Thursday, April 2, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. in the Borough Assembly Chambers. These meetings will be held via teleconference. Notice of Public Meetings and Assembly meeting agendas are available on the KIB website, posted on the KIB Facebook page, and are also posted at the Library, Safeway, and Borough building. For those who do not have internet, you may call the Borough meeting notification line at 907-486-9315. EXECUTIVE SESSION "*The Potential Sale, Including Terms And Price, Of Real Property Known As Killarney Hills Tract Located On E. Rezanoff And Woody Way Loop. 2. "*Disposal Of Borough Land On Borough Hill: Terms, Conditions and Price. 3. "Borough Clerk's Evaluation. "These items were removed from the agenda and consent agenda. ADJOURNMENT ARNDT moved to adjourn the meeting. VOICE VOTE ON THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. Turner, Arndt, Dvorak, Kavanaugh, Skinner and Symmons. The meeting adjourned at 8:17 p.m. ATTEST: Tara Welinsky, Borough Clerk Kodiak Island Borough March 19, 2020 KODIAK IS -AND OUGH William Roberts, Mayor Approved on: April 2, 2020 Assembly Regular Meeting Minutes Page 5 of 5