FY2020-28 Requesting Full Mandatory Funding Of The Pilt Program (Payment In Lieu Of Taxes.)1
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Introduced by: Borough Manager
Drafted by: Borough Mayor
Introduced on: 04/23/2020
Adopted on: 04/23/2020
KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
RESOLUTION NO. FY2020-28
A RESOLUTION OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH REQUESTING
FULL MANDATORY FUNDING OF THE PILT PROGRAM.
WHEREAS, The PILT program helps offset costs incurred by counties in 49 states for services
provided to federal employees, the public and to the users of federal public lands; and
WHEREAS, Approximately 61 percent of counties nationwide have nontaxable federal public
lands within their jurisdictions and use PILT funding to pay for public health crisis management
and emergency responses, among other key services; and
WHEREAS, County governments need stable revenue streams in these times of economic
stress which in Alaska is exacerbated by plunging oil prices and demand, decreased markets for
fish and significant economic losses due to COVID-19 business closures; and
WHEREAS, The CARES Act of 2020 only allocates funds for municipalities with a population
of 500,000 persons or more, leaving Kodiak Island Borough ineligible; and
WHEREAS, The Kodiak Island Borough includes 2,816,117 acres of federal land which
represents 67% of all land within the borough, and received $1,542,393 in PILT payments for
FY2019 comprising 19% of total General Fund revenue in FY2019; and
WHEREAS, Without predictable mandatory funding, PILT will remain a discretionary program
subject to the annual appropriations process.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK ISLAND
BOROUGH THAT we request full, long-term and mandatory funding of the PILT program, as laid
out in legislation such as H.R. 3043, the Permanently Authorizing PILT Act, or S. 2480, the PILT
Reauthorization Act.
ADOPTED BY THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
THIS TWENTY-THIRD DAY OF APRIL, 2020.
KODIAK ISLA B OUGH
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illianYRoberts, Mayor lTara Welinsky, Clerk
Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska Resolution No. FY2020-25
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47 VOTES:
48 Ayes: Dvorak, Kavanaugh, Schroeder, Skinner, Symmons, Turner, Arndt
49 Noes:
Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska
Resolution No. FY2020-25
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