08/04/1975KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH ASSEMBLY
SPECIAL MEETING - AUGUST 4, 1975
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CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order by Deputy Presiding
Officer Cathey at 7:30 p.m. in the Borough Conference
Room, Borough Building, Kodiak, Alaska.
ROLL CALL
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III ITEM OF BUSINESS
Present
Thomas Terry, Mayor
Michael Cathey
Wilton White
Murl Estes
Norman Sutliff
Nicholas Pestrikoff
ATTEST:
Norma L. Holt, Clerk
Absent
Mr. Sven Haakanson
Mr. Alex Panamaroff, Jr.
Six people in the audience
A. Review and Determination If Need Exists to Cancel
The Special Election. A resume was given of the circumstances,
noting that a threat of litigation had been made on the
following points: (1) the ballot did not carry the entire
ordinance which had been passed by the Assembly, (2)
interruption of the present assembly terms should the
reapportionment question pass. The Attorney had been called
by the Anchorage Borough who had received a call from
Community and Regional Affairs in Anchorage. A research
was made and the Attorney set forth the problem areas, that
being the additional cost should there be a suit filed on
the election as compared to the rescheduling of the election.
Other problem areas were discussed, the time required for
notification of the availability of petitions for candidates,
notification of a new election. The opinion was expressed
that we have gone this far, we should continue. It was noted
that copies of the ordinance had been mailed to all precincts
with instructions that the ordinance was to be posted at the
entrance to the poll, inside the voting booth and that one
copy was to be handed to the voter along with his ballot.
The attorney noted that the ballot does give sufficient
information on the reapportionment question and follows the
ordinance with the only exception being that the Precincts
are listed by name rather than by Number. Since most of the
voters are more familiar with the names of the precincts
rather than the numbers this was not felt to be a problem.
Mr. Sutliff moved to continue the election as planned,
seconded by Mr. Estes. Mr. White noted that this continuation
would be for August 5th as noted. Dr. Cathey suggested that
a letter be sent to Community and Regional Affairs asking why
they did not contact the Borough directly rather than going
through the Anchorage Borough.
Question called motion passed by following roll call vote:
Mr. Estes, YES; Mr. White YES; Mr. Pestrikoff NO; Mr. Sutliff
YES: Dr. Cathey YES.
IV ADJOURNMENT - There being no further business the meeting was
adjourned at 7:55 P.M.
APPRO
T o as D. Terry, Mayor