FY2024-11 Amending Various Sections Of The Code To Allow Noncitizen Residents To Serve On Various Boards, Committees, And CommissionsIll
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KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
ORDINANCE NO. FY2024-11
AN ORDINANCE OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH AMENDING
VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE CODE TO ALLOW RESIDENTS TO SERVE ON VARIOUS
BOARDS, COMMITTEES, AND COMMISSIONS
WHEREAS, the Kodiak Island Borough Mayor and Assembly find that in some circumstances
it may be beneficial to the Borough to permit residents who have lived in the community for some
time but who are ineligible to vote due to citizenship status to be appointed to and serve on board
or commissions which do not require voting eligibility, but to retain the voter eligibility requirement
for boards and commissions, such as service area boards, whose members may be elected by
the voters, and for boards and commissions which specify registered voter status as a
qualification for service; and
WHEREAS, Kodiak Island Borough Code 2.100.040 currently requires that, in addition to the
qualifications of specific boards or commissions, all members of boards and commissions must
be qualified voters; and
WHEREAS, the Kodiak Island Borough Mayor and Assembly desire to allow residents who are
ineligible to vote based on citizenship status to participate and serve on various boards and
committees where: members are not elected; voter eligibility is not essential to the operation of
the board; and the resolution or ordinance creating the board or commission does not provide for
election of members or require that members be registered voters.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK ISLAND
BOROUGH that:
Section 1: This ordinance is of a general and permanent nature and shall become a part of the
Kodiak Island Borough Code of Ordinances.
Section 2: That Section 2.100.040 Qualifications of the Kodiak Island Borough Code of
Ordinances is amended to read as follows:
2.100.040 Qualifications.
In addition to any other qualifications required by this code, a member:
A. Shall either be a qualified voter of the
borough or have been a resident of the borough for at least one vear: and
B. Shall remain a resident of the borough while in office
ADOPTED BY THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
THIS FOURTH DAY OF JANUARY, 2024
KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
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Scott Arndt, Borough Mayor
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Nova` . Javier, MMC, orough Clerk
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Introduced by: Mayor Arndt
First reading: 12/21/2023
Second reading/public hearing: 01/04/2024
Votes:
Ayes: Ames, Griffin, LeDoux, Sharratt, Smiley, and Whiteside
No: Turner
Ordinance No. FY2024-11
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