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1990-04-19 Regular MeetingKODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH Regular Assembly Meeting April 19, 1990 A regular meeting of the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly was held April 19, 1990 in the Assembly Chambers of the Kodiak Island Borough Building, 710 Mill Bay Road. The meeting was called to order at 7:32 p.m. The invocation was given by the Reverend Garry Oliver of the Community Baptist Church followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. There were present: Lorne White, Presiding Alan Austerman Jack McFarland Tom Merriman Mary Monroe Gary Stevens Bob Shuttlesworth comprising a quorum of the assembly; and Jerome Selby, Borough Mayor Gaye J. Vaughan, Borough Clerk APPROVAL OF AGENDA AUSTERMAN, seconded by MCFARLAND MOTION CARRIED CONSENT AGENDA moved to approve agenda as submitted. Unanimous Voice Vote The items on the consent agenda were read aloud by the Presiding Officer. MERRIMAN, moved to adopt consent seconded by AUSTERMAN agenda. WITHOUT OBJECTION, SO ORDERED APPROVAL OF MINUTES A. K.I.B. Assembly Meeting of April 5, 1990 These items were previously approved under the "Consent Agenda." Regular Assembly Meeting April 19, 1990 REGULAR MEETING ROLL CALL APPROVAL OF AGENDA CONSENT AGENDA APPROVAL OF MINUTES Volume XIII Page 91 CITIZENS' COMMENTS CITIZENS' COMMENTS A. Student of the Month Mayor Jerome Selby presented the Student of the Month STUDENT OF THE award to Tanya Marie Peterson, a junior at Akhiok MONTH High School. Mayor Selby added that he would be leaving the meeting early in order to catch an airplane. He said the borough was working very closely with our lobbyist in Juneau and particularly the funding for reconstruction of Mill Bay Road and the new hospital. Pat Carlson would fill in as Acting Mayor during the rest of the meeting, he stated. B. Agenda Items Not Scheduled For Public Hearing Louie Lowenberc, Kodiak Scholarship Foundation, presented a founder's plaque to the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly for donating $25,000 to the fund. He said a little over $130,000 had been raised and ten $1,000 scholarships had been given out last year to graduating seniors. John Witteveen, member of the Board of Directors of the Kodiak Scholarship Foundation, added that Louie Lowenberg was the president and Bob Brodie was the vice president of the organization. He mentioned that the foundation planned to give another ten $1,000 scholarships this year. He stated the city of Kodiak had donated $25,000 to the fund and 150 individuals had made donations. C. Items Other Than Those Appearing on the Agenda None COMMITTEE REPORTS COMMITTEE REPORTS None PUBLIC HEARING PUBLIC HEARING A. Resolution No. 90-29 Approving the FY91 School RESOLUTION District Budget and Determining the Total Amount NO. 90-29 of Funds to be Made Available from Local Sources. Presented for consideration was Resolution No. 90-29 which appropriated the amount of money to be made available from local sources for the FY91 school district budget. Regular Assembly Meeting Volume XIII April 19, 1990 Page 92 AUSTERMAN, seconded by MCFARLAND AUSTERMAN, seconded by MERRIMAN moved to adopt Resolution No. 90-29. moved to amend Resolution No. 90-29 to reduce the carry over funds to $660,000 for a total appropriation of $3,228,000 for a total school district budget of $16 million. Bill Oliver, K.I.B. School Board President, mentioning that he had four children in the school system, urged the assembly to adopt the original school budget as it was presented by the School Board. He said the $16,240,000 budget was within $6,000 of the school district budget in 1985-86. The major difference being there are 55 additional children now. He could not understand the assembly's concern over the need to cut the budget. He said if there was any fund balance left, it would be put into the budget. He felt the most important thing the borough and state had to do was to provide the best education possible for the children. As clarification, Assemblyman Austerman responded to Mr. Oliver's statements by saying the assembly had cut only the increases that the school district had added for the coming year. He said the proposed school budget had increased by $758,000 over last year's budget and the assembly was cutting back $240,000 which still left a $500,000 increase in the budget. Assemblyman McFarland expressed his concern that everyone might not be working with the same numbers and a discussion followed about the figures used in the budget. Sven Haakanson, Mayor of Old Harbor, called to relay the people of Old Harbor's concern over the cut back in school funds. He stated the school was one teacher short and the other teachers had full schedules. Some villagers were thinking about sending their children into Anchorage for schooling, and he thought the schools in the villages should be improved so this would not happen. He said experience had taught him that when there was a cut in the school district budget, the first ones to suffer were the village schools. Regular Assembly Meeting Volume XIII April 19, 1990 Page 93 Pete Probasco, member of the School Board Review Committee, spoke in support of the School District Budget and urged the assembly to pass the $16,240,000 budget. Angeline Anderson, Ouzinkie Advisory School Board Vice-president, called to voice support for the School District budget. She said the village schools were always impacted by budget cuts and the Ouzinkie school had one teacher cut last year. Bruce Garrett, parent of child in local schools, urged the assembly to support the school district budget without the amendment. Tim Ward, Port Lions resident, opposed any reduction in the school district budget and especially any cuts that might impact the village schools. Sherry Saunders spoke in favor of the school district budget as presented and requested the assembly's support. Elizabeth Nelson, president of the Port Lions Advisory School Board, expressed her concern over the cuts in the school district budget. She said Port Lions was losing students from their school because of the education a child received in the village school. She urged the assembly not to amend the budget. Patrick Holmes, a parent who volunteered with junior high sports, voiced his support for the proposed school district budget. Pete Sguartsoff, Port Lions resident, opposed any cuts to the school district budget. Bob Nelson, mayor of Port Lions, thought the assembly should stop play roulette with our children's education and stop playing politics with each other and give the children the education they deserve. Dutch Lawson thought the assembly should listen to the people who voted to put them in office and to support the voters' wishes not to cut the school district budget. Father Sergius, priest in Old Harbor, called to state that the village schools would be empty if more teachers were not sent to provide a better education for the villages. He felt the village children would not be able to compete on the worker's market without a proper education. Regular Assembly Meeting Volume XIII April 19. 1990 Page 94 April Martin, a junior of the Kodiak High School, felt she and her classmates were the future and if they were to succeed in the world, more money was needed in the schools in order produce intelligent capable people. Dave Wakefield, former assemblymember and Port Lions resident, felt the assembly should stand up and be responsible about the way the education system operated in the whole borough. He urged the assembly not to cut the school district budget. Mike Devers, a concerned parent and a member of the school district budget review committee, spoke in favor of the school district budget as presented. Eleanor Naumo£f, Old Harbor resident, spoke against the cut in the school district budget. Craig Baker, Kodiak Junior high school teacher, said a budget cut would really impact his science classes and urged the assembly not to cut the school district budget. Dave Hill, Port Lions resident, said the village school was working with a skeleton crew now and to cut more money from the budget would be taking away from the bare essentials. Jim Nagen, speaking as a parent of two children, thought the school district had prepared a realistic budget and said it was critical for the borough assembly to continue to support the schools to the extent possible. Maureen Butler spoke in favor of the school district budget as presented and said she would be willing to pay extra taxes if it came down to it. Bob Jones, member of the school budget review committee and also a member of High School Curriculum Committee for the Parent's Advisory Group, expressed his views on the impact of cutting the school budget. Norm Wooten, a parent of a junior high and a high school student, stated that one of the reasons why he stayed in Kodiak was the excellent school system. He spoke against a budget cut. Doneen Muller, a junior at Ouzinkie, felt a school district budget cut would hurt her education in a village school. Regular Assembly Meeting Volume %III April 19, 1990 Page 95 Carol Juergens, a parent and member of the Language Arts Review Committee, said to maintain excellence in our school system that staff development needed to be increased. She urged the assembly to provide the funding that the School Board had requested. Dave Herrnsteen, member of the School Board, said he did not consider this budget as an increase in real dollars from previous years because the district had been balancing the budget by cutting. He declared the state had been giving the district the same $60,000 per foundational unit for the last three years. He said he felt comfortable about the budget as presented by the school district. As the public testimony continued, the following individuals all testified on behalf of the school district budget as presented: Jerry Sheehan, head teacher at Karluk, Cathy Herrnsteen Lisa Christiansen, Old Harbor Jose Gonzales Jim Nestick, Old Harbor Suzanne Hancock, K.I.B. School Board member Charles Christensen, Larsen Bay, Renee Williams Cheryl McNeil, member of the K.I.B. School District Bryan Cleary Emily Bigioli, Old Harbor Daniel Miller Denice May, member of the Port Lions Advisory School Board Elaine MCMurrV, Susan Patrick Betty Walters Paul Granquist Patty Hill Jeff Peterson, Old Harbor John Witteveen, Superintendent of K.I.B. School District Brenda Stanley, Old Harbor Dennis Nicholson, Assistant Superintendent of Instruction Marilyn Nelson, Port Lions Rita Stevens Gale Holfert, Principal of East Elementary School Louis Lowenbero Chuck Coons, Principal of Larsen Bay, Akhiok, Old Harbor VOTE ON MOTION TO AMEND MOTION CARRIED Regular Assembly Meeting Volume XIII April 19, 1990 Page 96 VOTE ON MOTION AS AMENDED Ayes: Noes: Merriman, Monroe, Shuttlesworth, Stevens, Austerman, White McFarland MOTION CARRIED 6 Ayes, 1 No B. Ordinance No. 90-14 Establishing Various Fees Related to Subdivision of Land. Presented for consideration was Ordinance No. 90-14 which amends the schedule of fees relating to subdivision of land by changing inspection fees. MONROE, moved to adopt seconded by MCFARLAND Ordinance No. 90-14. The presiding officer called for public testimony, there being none, the assembly was reconvened At Assemblyman McFarland's request, Mayor Selby explained the method used by the borough to charge subdivision developers for inspection fees. He said the ordinance would establish a fixed fee of $3.00 per lineal foot for these inspections. This way the developer would know "up front" the cost involved and would be able to program the cost for inspection into his project budget. It would also eliminate a lot of bookkeeping time which involved very small figures, he added. VOTE ON MOTION TO ADOPT Ayes: Monroe, Shuttlesworth, Stevens, Austerman, McFarland, Merriman, White Noes: MOTION CARRIED None Unanimous ORDINANCE NO. 90-14 Regular Assembly Meeting Volume %III April 19, 1990 Page 97 MESSAGES FROM THE BOROUGH MAYOR MESSAGES FROM MAYOR Mayor Selby proclaimed April 22-28, 1990 as National Library Week and encouraged all residents to visit their libraries and to join him in expressing great appreciation for the important and valuable services provide by libraries. Mayor Selby also noted that April 22-28, 1990 was Earth Week and highlighted the various activities planned during the week. He said that the Kodiak Island Borough had been selected as one of two communities in the state to receive a grant under the Alaska Health Project which would create a waste reduction institution for the community. OLD BUSINESS OLD BUSINESS A. Kodiak Island Borough Hospital CT Scan K.I.B. HOSPITAL Installation Contract Award. CT SCAN INSTAL- LATION CONTRACT AWARD. The presiding officer noted that the K.I.B. Hospital CT Scan installation had been tabled at the last meeting and referred the matter back to the Hospital Advisory Board for recommendations. Mayor Selby pointed out there was one more aspect to consider and that was a contract for architectural services so the CT Scan would be installed correctly. He recommended the award be postponed until the next meeting. Mr. Salness, K.I.B. Hospital Administrator, felt the project could be completed for less money than originally budgeted. He suggest the matter be defeated until there was a firm concrete proposal. Assemblyman Austerman did not think the project should be placed on hold because the assembly had approved the purchase of a building and the leasing of the CT Scan within the constraints of the dollar figures approved. Ray Camardella, Facilities/Engineering Director, stated that there was a need for a foundation and water, sewer, and electricity hook up to the building which still needed to be approved. Further discussion was held between assemblymembers. Regular Assembly Meeting Volume XIII April 19, 1990 Page 98 MERRIMAN, moved to withdraw his seconded by SHUTTLESWORTH motion to approve installation and award contract for the K.I.B. Hospital CT Scan. VOTE ON MOTION TO WITHDRAW MOTION MOTION CARRIED Unanimous Voice Vote NEW BUSINESS A. BID AWARDS None B. RESOLUTIONS None C. ORDINANCES FOR INTRODUCTION None D. OTHER ITEMS None INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS (No action required) A. MINUTES OF OTHER MEETINGS None B. REPORTS 1. K.I.B. Financial Report for March, 1990. C. OTHER None CITIZENS' COMMENTS Betty Springhill, chairman of the K.I.B. Hospital Advisory Board, stressed the need for the CT scan service at the local hospital. She requested the assembly to keep the costs involving the building to house the CT scan within reason. She asked that everything possible be done to get the CT Scan installed. Regular Assembly Meeting April 19, 1990 NEW BUSINESS BID AWARDS RESOLUTIONS ORDINANCES FOR INTRODUCTION INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS MINUTES OF OTHER MEETINGS REPORTS OTHER CITIZENS' COMMENTS Volume XIII Page 99 ASSEMBLYMEN'S COMMENTS ASSEMBLYMEN'S COMMENTS Assemblyman Shuttlesworth remarked the Mental Health Dinner which was held earlier in the evening had been a sumptuous spread and those assemblymembers who failed to attend it really missed a feast. Assemblyman Stevens encouraged citizens to vote in the special election to select a Charter Commission. He noted there had been ballots received that were not signed properly and urged anyone who might wonder if their ballot were signed properly to call the borough clerk's office. Assemblymember Monroe noted that assemblymembers had received invitations to attend the Kodiak College graduation exercises and said the assembly also supported the college. She said she was travelling to Juneau next week and if anyone wished her to talk with anyone, to contact her. Assemblyman McFarland stated the school district budget issue was in the form of a resolution and said there was still a lot of work to be done. He said the assembly still had to work with the state on funding and asked citizens to give their local representative a call. He gave notification that he would be out of town next week. Assemblyman Austerman requested a cost break down on the CT scan building. Referencing his comments regarding the rats at the landfill, he asked if poison had been ordered and distributed. He also wondered if the rats might be controlled by returning to the old way of compacting the trash with a caterpillar without baling it. Mayor Selby explained the requirements that would have to be met if the borough were to return to the old method of compacting the trash in an open landfill. He pointed out if the borough was to return to the old method, the ability to use the baler for recycling would be lost. Presiding Officer White thought there had been an incredible amount of testimony during the public hearing tonight speaking in favor of keeping the budget as presented by the School District. He requested the clerk to work with staff to bring the burn ordinance and the utility ordinance back before the assembly. He added that people in Bells Flat were concerned about derelict vessels being tied up in Women's Bay and thought the matter should be investigated. He requested Mayor Selby to check with Regular Assembly Meeting Volume XIII April 19, 1990 Page 100 the Coast Guard to see who regulated where these vessels tied up. An Airport Task Force to address some of the local concerns about the airport facility and service had been formed, he announced. He reported that the following individuals had agreed to serve on the Airport Task Force: Mike Machulskey, Alaska Helicopter; Larry Anderson, Mark Air; Peggy Rauwolf, Chamber of Commerce; Christy Kristo£ferson, Penn Air; Janet George, DOT/PF; Sandy Kavanaugh, Kodiak Island Convention and Visitors Bureau; and Mary Ann Weideman, Kodiak Island Borough. He said a charge would have to be written before the appointments could be made. There being no further business to come before the assembly, the meeting adjourned at 11:02 p.m. iding Officer ATTEST: Regular Assembly Meeting Volume XIII April 19, 1990 Page 101