02/27/2023 Special MeetingKODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
Assembly Special Meeting
February 27, 2023
A special meeting of the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly was held on February 27, 2023, in
the Assembly Chambers of the Kodiak Island Borough Building, 710 Mill Bay Road. The
meeting was called to order at 6:30 p.m. Staff present were Borough Clerk Nova M. Javier and
Deputy Clerk Lina Cruz.
ROLL CALL
Present were Mayor Aimee Williams, Assembly members Scott Arndt, Joseph Delgado, Jared
Griffin, Larry LeDoux, Scott Smiley, Geoffrey Smith, and James Turner.
CITIZENS COMMENTS
None.
CONSIDERATION OF MATTER(S) IN THE CALL FOR THE SPECIAL MEETING
A. Consideration Of The Appointment Or The Process For Appointing A Borough
Manager
TURNER moved to appoint Aimee Williams as the Borough Manager and directed
Assembly members Scott Smiley and Scott Arndt to negotiate the Borough Manager
Contract with the appointee.
As determined by the Assembly. The Assembly fixed the time to adjourn the February
23, 2023, special meeting to this meeting of February 27, 2023. The only remaining item
for discussion on the agenda was this item.
The Assembly has been soliciting applications for persons interested in the position of
Borough Manager. The process followed has been to hold the position open until filled,
with a preliminary consideration of applications received before July 13, 2022. Several
applications have been received and the Assembly has interviewed a number of
candidates. At this point the Assembly has several alternatives. KIBC 2.45.020 provides
that the Assembly has the power to appoint a manager by majority vote. It does not
require a particular process. Neither the code, nor other laws, require a particular
process for the Assembly to determine who it chooses to appoint as Borough manager.
If the Assembly desires to seek another round of applicants, the Assembly can provide
direction to staff as to whether and how that should be done. If instead the Assembly
wants to appoint a manager from among the applicants or other persons who may not
be applicants but whom the Assembly desires as a Borough manager, it may do so by
motion and vote. A majority (four votes) is required for selection of a manager unless
the Assembly seeks to appoint one of its members, in which case six votes in favor of
such a motion are required for passage.
If the Assembly wants to discuss qualifications of a particular candidate including
matters which might tend to prejudice their reputation or character in executive session,
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then that person should be given notice and may require the discussion to take place in
open session.
ROLL CALL VOTE ON MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY: Arndt, Delgado, Griffin,
LeDoux, Smiley, Smith, and Turner.
ADJOURNMENT
ARNDT moved to adjourn the meeting at 6:33 p.m.
VOICE VOTE ON MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
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Aimee Williams, Mayor
ATTEST:
Nova M. Javier, MMC, Borough Clerk
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