FY2022-17 Amending Kodiak Island Borough Code Section 2.30.0201
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Introduced by: KIB Assembly
Introduced on: 04/21/2022
Public Hearing date:05/05/2022
Postponed to: 05119/2022
Postponed to: 06/16/20222
Amended on: 06/16/2022
Adopted on: 06/16/2022
KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
ORDINANCE NO. FY2022-17
AN ORDINANCE OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH AMENDING
KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH CODE SECTION 2.30.020 GENERAL RULES BY REMOVING
THE PROVISIONS THAT PERTAIN TO DECLARATION OF A DISASTER OR EMERGENCY
WHEREAS, the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly wishes to repeal the provisions that were put
in place during the declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic; and
WHEREAS, the Assembly finds that it is in the best interest of the Borough to revisit the process
for declaring a disaster or emergency at a later time.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK ISLAND
BOROUGH THAT:
Section 1: This ordinance is of permanent nature and shall become a part of the Kodiak Island
Borough Code of Ordinances.
Section 2: That section 2.30.020, General Rules, of the Kodiak Island Borough Code of
Ordinances is amended to read as follows:
2.30.020 General rules.
A. Public Meetings. All official meetings of the assembly shall be open to the public. The
journal of proceedings shall be open to public inspection. When a disaster has been
declared physical attendance by the public may be limited. When a disaster or emergency
is declared, broadcasting may be limited. which make-,.; attend^n^^ by the PubliG OR person
provided by broadGast or otl.pr means.
B. Quorum. Four members of the assembly shall constitute a quorum. Attendance of
assembly members shall be in person and may not be by teleconference, except for work
sessions and emergency meetings. In the event of an emergency meeting, the provisions
set in AS. 44.62.310 shall be followed.
C. Absences. No member of the assembly may absent himself from any regular or special
meeting of the assembly except for good cause. An assembly member who is unable to
attend a meeting shall advise the clerk or the mayor of the contemplated absence and the
reason for that absence. During the course of the meeting from which the member is
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absent, the chair shall cause the record to reflect the absence of the member, the reason
for the absence and whether the absence is excused by the assembly.
D. Rules of Order. "Robert's Rules of Order Current Edition" shall govern the proceedings of
the assembly in all cases, unless they are in conflict with these rules. When such a conflict
exists, this chapter prevails.
E_If a declaration of a disaster or emergency has been issued by the President of the United
States, the Governor of Alaska, or the emergency services council (KIBC 2.110.030)
which includes areas within the Kodiak Island Borough, the mayor of Kodiak Island
Borough (KIBC 2.30.040(C) may determine the provisions of subsection B of this section
requiring in -person attendance and prohibiting participation by teleconference shall not
apply during the period the declaration is in effect, and assembly members may participate
by teleconference and be counted as part of a quorum even if they are not physically
present for work sessions. The mayor may determine that teleconferencing by the mayor
and/or an assembly member is necessary due to conditions or provisions directly related
to a (declared) disaster or emergency for a reasonable period of t4ae30 days after which
the assembly shall vote in a regular meeting to extend the disaster or emergency. If the
declaration of disaster or emergency is extended. the Assembly shall revisit the
declaration every 30 days until such time the declaration is set aside. All votes at meetings
where assembly members are participating by teleconference shall be by roll call. For
purposes of this section teleconference includes internet video conferencing and other
similar real time two-way communication methods.
Effective Date: This ordinance takes effect upon adoption.
ADOPTED BY THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
THIS SIXTEENTH DAY OF JUNE, 2022
KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH ATTEST:
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dIiam Vo l3e—r 9, Mayor Nova M. Javier, WC, Clerk
VOTES:
Ayes: Turner, Williams, Arndt, Smiley
Absent: Delgado, Griffin, Smith
Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska
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