08/14/2008 Special MeetingKODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
Assembly Special Meeting
August 14, 2008
A special meeting of the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly was held August 14, 2008 in the
Borough Conference Room of the Kodiak Island Borough Building, 710 Mill Bay Road. The
meeting was called to order at 7:35 p.m.
Present were Mayor Jerome Selby, Assembly members Tom Abell, Pat Branson, Jerrol Friend,
Chris Lynch, and Reed Oswalt. Staff members present were Manager Rick Gifford, Finance
Director Karl Short, Engineering and Facilities Director Woody Koning, Borough Clerk Nova
Javier, and Deputy Clerk Marylynn McFarland.
BRANSON moved to excuse Assembly members Jeffrey and Stutes who are out on personal
leave.
VOICE VOTE ON MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
CITIZENS' COMMENTS — None.
CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS IN THE CALL FOR THE SPECIAL MEETING
A. Ordinance No. FY2009 -06 Authorizing the Borough to Issue General Obligation Bonds
in The Principal Amount of Not to Exceed $115,300,000 to Finance the Planning,
Design, And Construction of a New High School, an Administrative Building and
Related Capital Improvements and to Submit the Question of the Issuance of Such
Bonds to the Qualified Voters of The Borough at the October 7, 2008 Regular Borough
Election.
BRANSON moved to adopt Ordinance No. FY2009 -06 in first reading to advance to public
hearing on August 21, 2008.
The Kodiak Island Borough would replace the Kodiak Island High School with a new building.
Several reasons for this included:
• skyrocketing maintenance and utility costs;
• the building's age and inefficiency;
• the high school being a "patchwork" of several different buildings that do not fit together;
and
• the needs of the students and the makeup of the student body have changed.
When the high school was originally built, computers were not in use; now they are in the
mainstream of children's education. Designing and building a new high school would save a
considerable amount of money on utility and maintenance costs. It would also give the children
a better education to prepare them for their future. The Kodiak Island Borough would renovate
part of the existing high school into administrative offices for the Borough, School District, and
possibly the City of Kodiak. If the new administrative offices were constructed, the Borough
Building would be demolished due to its age and inefficiency.
Assembly member Friend and Branson requested that more realistic information be issued to
the voter about costs. It was suggested that this information be used in the voter's pamphlet.
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Assembly member Abell would like to see that the public be educated in that there is a goal to
pursue other monies.
ROLL CALL VOTE ON MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY: Abell, Branson, Friend, Lynch,
and Oswalt.
ADJOURNMENT
FRIEND moved to adjourn the meeting.
ROLL CALL VOTE ON MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY: Branson, Friend, Lynch, Oswalt,
and Abell.
The meeting adjourned at 7:50 p.m.
ATTEST:
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KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
Jerome M. Selby, Mayor
Nova M. Javier, CMC, : orough Clerk Approved: 09/18/2008
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