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1970-04-30 Regular Meeting1 0 1 n I ' 4 4 5 KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH ASSIZ L MEEl'ING APRIL 30th, 1970 I CATS, TO ORDER The meeting Was called to order by Presiding Officer tetty Springhill, at 7:50 P.M. in the Courtroan of the State Office Building, Kodiak, Alaska. II BOLT. CALL Present Absent Wilton T. White, Chairman Norman Sutliff Betty Springhill, Presiding Officer Ed Naughton Don Arndt T. T. Jackson Also Present: Borough Assessor, Borough Clerk k aid “proximately 20 people in the IIZ MORUTES OF PREVIOUS hffmPIIa; audience. A. Assembly meeting - regular April 2, 1970 - There were no comments and no objections being voiced the Chairman declared the minutes approved as presented. m mums OF O Rr A. Plannirq & Zoning - regular meeting April 8, 1970 - No cements were made. B. School Board - nee 1 13, 1970 - A question Was raised concerning t h the �s t by Crrt and Cassette in regards to the second high school planning and it was noted that this has been phase N.7 PUBLIC WARMS ecca pushed. A. School Budget 1970 -71, Public Hearing Of: Mt Emil Norton, President of the School Board stated that the budget was presented to the Borough Assembly at regular meeting on April 2nd for Assembly perusal: acceptanc or denial. The School Board is open to suggestions in regards to the budget, however the Board anticipated the approval of e t the as the staff worked very hard on the preparat of the e e o he good faith to the Borough Legislature's failure to pass any legislation has an effect an the b�udge passage the School Board world take this into consideration. ttr. Naughton moved to accept the budget of the Kodiak Islam i for the year 970mir as presented in the amount of $3 208126 se. School Distric'. Mt. Arndt. The regular meeting was recessed and the *olio bearing on the School Budget opened. The Borough Chairman noted that the budget was presented to the members of the Assembly and the Administrative Staff of the Borough and raised the question as to whether or not a resume of the budget had been published for the information of the general public. He was informed that this had not been done as of this date, however a resume had been submitted to the newspaper of the expenditures and it was felt that without the resume of the revenues this would be of little use to the public at this prari sa time. The Borough Chairman be published do or pas the s sad e o the b et that a reasonable tion of the acting t Dr. Lind noted that the amount per instructional unit has cot yet been established and that this was the reason for the hold off on the publication of a resume. The school district did feel that the amount could be $19,700 per instructional unit with Kodiak being eligible for an additional 5% due to geographical location a total of $20,600 per unit. giving The Borough Chairman requested to know whether or not the School Board would have any objections to having the capital payment incorporated in the Borough budge rather than the school budget and no objections were voiced concerning this t incorporation. The School Board stated that they recognized that the capital outlaw belonged at the Borough level so why not the capital debt there also. Another item that should be handled through the Borough office would be insurance in=snwrw the as Borough is acquiring other facilities than schools that are to be insured. The School Board indicated that if there should be any indication of alternate funding available other than local funding that this would definitely be researched If Title III application is approved it was indicated that the State will be able to supplement the programs but not supplant. The Borough Chairman noted that this is a vary fine budget and we:1 prepared; however, the State contributicn must be taken into consideration before talking about the local participation. 0 0 1 1 1 4 4 5 KODIAK rSIAND BOROUGH ASSEMBLY MINUTES - April 30th, 1970 Page 2 The Borough Chairman asked about the funding of modular units in the High School fran the money received from the sale of the downtown school. tr. Norton replied that the School Board had no objections to this being done, the money is available and shaald be used for the modular units. There was a lengthy discussion on the possibility of the legislature passing a bill to forgive 50% of capital improvement indebtedness and if this is true the school distbis:COuld pay the other half through the tobacco tax revenue. There is also the posibility that the State will support 50 -60% on new construction and we should not lose site of one school that is definitely in need of replacement in Ouzinkie. The construction cost there would be about $200,000 and if the state will forgive 50% of the cost we would need only the $100 The idea was brought up that perhaps the money from the sale of the dawntowm school could go for the purchase of modular units for the Ouzinkie School. It was noted at this time that the school for Ouzinkie has been design but not let for bid as yet. Consideration could be given on cutting corners on the quarters but not on the school. The School Board voiced no objections to this course of action; however it was pointed out that the records should be checked to see if in the past a motion was made as to the use of the funds fran the sale of the downtown school. It was decided that a meeting shall be held in the very near future with the School Board and Borough Assembly to discuss the funding of the Ouzinkie School. A question was raised concerning the Title I funds which were not listed in the budget and it wes eapla.ined that Title i funds were given to pay for foe boarding of students but since there are roams in the dorms this funding will not be received for that purpose. The Title I funds could be received for improvement of the instruction conditions and it has not yet been determined exactly what the sum would be; when the anoint is known it will be shown as a supplement to the budget. A member of the audience pointed out during the discussion that primarily consideration should be given to the quality of the education program rather than strictly the monetary standard involved. A short recess was declared; after which the meeting resumed at 9,05 P.N. The Borough Chairman suggested that it was very necessary that the amount of state support should be known before anything could be done on the budget and would suggest that it be returned to the Board for retention until such time as the legislature had reached a decision or until a pre-determined/Jae. There being no other contents the public hearing was closed and the meeting reconvened. The question wes called and the roll call vote as follows: t +r. Arndt NO: Mr. Jackson NO, Mr. Namxpari - NO and Mrs. Spfinghfli A memorardun was feed from the Attorney and after discussion it was felt that the Assembly should set an amount for the School Budget at this meeting or otherwise the budget would be passed as presented, tr. Norton asked that the records clearly indicate that this amount wes arbitrary as stated by the through Chairman and that the School Board and the Assembly could work from this amount either up or down dependirr on the outcome of the legislation. Everyone was in agreement with this action. Mr. Naughton owed that the Borough Assembly submit a statanent'to the School Board wdhidr reads essentially as follows Tie oTiaak i sl — anT� sea 1y i reosir the b�dgert prepared and preset Y hews BiTio — uc ter Thd that - this rah ma de avaITa61e Tium'Tocal scur ei s 6i�sea s��e 53DO bbD -6� seconded by tr. t. t. radcson. The motion passed by roll call vote. PtA VDC 6 ZONING rrFMS NONE II OLD BUSINESS - NCNB IX NEN BUSINESS A. Tax Adjustments - The Borough Assessor presented the tax adjustments to the Assembly and stated that same of the adjustments were due to clerical errors, however, the majority were penalty charged because of late filings. These were being withdrawn from the records in accordance with the opinion of the Borough Attorney that the penalty was illegal on a tax that the person did not in fact pay. However, the Attorney pointed out that it is a misdemeanor for failure to file and that the persons not filing should be prosecuted. tr. Harrison pointed out that Aleutian Homes had been sold and that possibly HUD would not pay the full assessment this year. 4r. Jacksr,. moved to approve the tax adjustments on the recaamndation of the Assessor, in the BO%X.GH ASSEMBLY FTIN!rrFS - April 30th. 1970 amount of $1,522.27, seconded by Mr Arndt, motion passed by unanimous roll call vote. The tax adjustment numbers were read into the record by the Assessor as 16 11 Taos Adjustments P 70 4, P 70 -11, P- 70 - -12 P- 70 -13, P 70 -14, P- -70 -15 P- -70 -16 P 70. 0, P-70 26; P -70 25,p 70 24,P-70 -23: P 70-.22. P 70 -21. P 70 -20 P 70 -19.P 70 18. P 70-17; P-70 -3; P 709. P70-7, P 70 6 P -70 5 abd P -70 -2. The assessor stated for the information of the assembly that there is a problem in getting the fishing boats to file prooerty tax forms 69% of the fleet did not file a tax form this year and this is an increase of 18 19% over those not filing last year. This is a nroblan area in which a solution should be sought as there is a tremendous amount of revenue being lost because of this failure to file. B. Voucher and Expenditure Report For Month of march - received by the Assembly and not cannented upon. X CHAIR"WN'S REPORT - NONE XI AMIABLY COt24FN2S A. lir. Jackson re Charge in Election Ordinance This had been requested at the last meeting and it was noted that the Borough Attorney is working on the request. B. Mr. Jackson re Community College Location - Mr. Jackson asked what was being done to find a suitable location for the Community College and Firs. Springhill replied that a committee has been appointed and is working an this at the present time. Dr. Wood, President of the University of Alaska, during his visit to Kodiak had been most interested in the Abercranbie site as a possible location for the Community College. Mr. i3nite indicated that the State Division of Lards is corking with the Cattlemen's Association on their raaga in Bell's Flats and has suggested that there could be a possible exchange of that land in Bell's Flats for State Land, thereby facilitating t improvement of the land in Bell's Flats and would possibly benefit the Borough in another area. 'al AUDIENCE C41mTffSIIS Page 3 j A. Rev. Childs re Additional Acreage for Schools There are several parcels of land that should be checked into for school purposes; the highway garage and an area bete the national guard and school property. The Borough Chairman indicated that this is presently being discoed into along with the property at the Loran Station on Spruce Cape. XIII AEOCOlIIIelr The meeting was adjourned at 10!30 P.M. APPPOVED: " m `tom ` — r • ( l1'.; -� ;Tifton T 'trite, Borough chairan