2006-03-07 Regular Meeting/Public Hearing Budget
Service Area No. 1 Board
Regular Meeting
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Minutes
7 March 2006 at 7:00 p.m.
Bayside Fire Hall
BOROUGH CLERK'S OFFICE
A. Call to Order
Chairperson Ed Mahoney called the meeting to order at 7:00pm.
B. Roll Call
Present were Board Members Sharon Lea Adinolfi,
Lorenson, Ed Mahoney, Greg Spalinger and Dennis Symmons.
members were Kevin Arndt and Scott Arndt. Jessica
recording secretary was also present.
Charlie
Absent
Kepley,
C. Public Corrnnents
None.
D. Approval of Agenda
It was moved, G. Spalinger, and seconded, C. Lorenson, to amend
the Agenda to include Approval of Minutes. The motion carried
unanimously and the Agenda was approved as amended.
E. Approval of Minutes
It was moved, C. Lorenson, and seconded, SL.
approve the Minutes [8 February 2006] as presented.
unanimous affirmative voice vote.
Adinolfi, to
There was a
F. Chair Report
The Chair reported that Brechan had been called and cold patch
would be applied to the potholes on Selief Lane. Jasha Zbitnoff
would be back In town and they would work on replacing the
fallen signs in the service district. Tim Hurley had been
contacted and would handle the survey of the drainage issue on
Shahafka Circle. There would be a team effort to solve this
issue, including Bud Cassidy, the Borough Manager and the
Service District Board.
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G. Public Hearing
1. FY07 Budget Discussion - The Chair relayed to the Board that
approximately $16K worth of invoices had been received from
Brechan. He questioned whether that would leave a surplus of
funds in the Road Maintenance portion of the budget. After a
brief discussion with the Board it was decided that unless there
was a great amount of additional snow removal to be done for the
remainder of the year, there was a possibility of a surplus of
funds in the budget [FY2006].
Approval of the proposed budget for FY2007 including a 14 Mil
rate increase was moved, G. Spalinger and seconded, C. Lorenson.
The budget will be recommended to the Assembly.
A brief discussion regarding the mil rate increase was held. It
was commented that as the service district community expands it
would be possible to lower the mil rate later. One of the
benefits of paving Woodland Acres, would be less of an expense
to maintain throughout the summer months. This would assist ln
balancing out the budget in the future.
H. Old Business
1. Sharatin Road Update on Sewer/Water Project was postponed due
to B. Cassidy's absence.
2. Update on ROW off Spruce Cape to Powell Property: Discussion
was held briefly regarding the owners of property off Spruce
Cape Road who have been receiving road maintenance on the
easement leading to their property. It was asked if the
maintenance should continue for these property owners.
I. New Business
[In continuation of the discussion re the Properties along
Spruce Cape, taxes not being paid.] According to SL. Adinolfi an
ordinance in 1997 exempted a portion of property owners from
paYlng taxes because their parcels accessed a State road. It was
agreed by the Board that those that are not presently paying
taxes should not be receiving road maintenance. The Board
presently concurred however, on not charging a retroactive fee
for the maintenance from the first of the year, due to the
upcoming increase in the mil rate. The Board as a whole fel t
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that all those living in the Service District should be paying
taxes, whether their properties were accessed by a State road or
not. The fact remains that all those living in the Service
District use the Service District roads and therefore should be
obligated to pay Borough taxes for the maintenance of said
roads. C. Lorenson questioned where the ordinance had originated
that stated the property owners were not liable to pay Borough
taxes. E. Mahoney felt that it was unfair for some to be
"relieved of paying taxes while others were stuck carrying the
burden" for those exempt. He told the Board that he had
contacted Juneau, Kenai, Fairbanks and Si tka service districts
and they all said that those In their districts pay taxes
whether they are on State roads or not.
SL. Adinolfi suggested that E. Mahoney contact his counterparts
on the other 3 road service Boards to find out if there are
similar situations In their service areas. C. Lorenson
reconunended that all service district Boards get together to
hold a joint work session since everyone is affected.
The meeting continued with a discussion regarding the combining
of all Service Area Boards under the jurisdiction of Fire
Protection Area No#l. It was suggested that those districts that
have minimal money may want to merge together under one district
in order to receive equi table maintenance for their roads. The
areas that were of interest were Monashka Bay and Bayview
Service Areas. SL. Adinolfi stated that when taking road
maintenance calls for the borough the worst calls came from the
Monashka Bay and Womens Bay conununities.
J. Board Comments
SL. Adinolfi. None.
C. Lorensen. None.
E. Mahoney. Reconunended fixing any trees that may be causing
liabilities for the service district.
G. Spalinger. Suggested riding with the grader operators on
occasions.
D. Symmons. Volunteered his time for duties during the times In
between meetings.
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K. Adjournment
There being no further business before the Board, the meeting
was adjourned at 8:05pm.
Respectfully submitted:
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