FY2008-35 Financial Disclosure for Appointed OfficersKODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
RESOLUTION NO. FY2008 -35
Introduced by: KIB Assembly
Requested by: KIB Assembly
Drafted by: Kenai Peninsula Borough
Introduced: 05/15/2008
Adopted: 05/15/2008
A RESOLUTION OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
URGING THE ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE TO AMEND AS 39.50 SO THAT
DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS ARE MORE APPROPRIATE
FOR MUNICIPAL APPOINTED OFFICERS
WHEREAS, Chapter 47, Session Laws of Alaska 2007 (House Bill 109) amended AS
Chapter 39.50 containing the reporting requirement for elected and appointed officers to
the Alaska Public Offices Commission (APOC); and
WHEREAS, the new rules included several new reporting requirements that
retroactively apply to elected and appointed municipal officers; and
WHEREAS, these new rules include reporting not only sources of income but the
amounts of income over $1,000, including salary, money from social security, IRA and
retirement funds, interest on government bonds, savings and checking accounts of the
municipal office holder, the office holder's spouse or domestic partner and children; and
WHEREAS, the completed APOC disclosure statements, including income amounts,
will be posted on the internet starting in 2009; and
WHEREAS, municipalities typically have difficulty finding candidates to serve in
appointed positions and these new financial reporting requirements will make finding
qualified candidates even more difficult; and
WHEREAS, Planning and Zoning Commissioners are appointed and typically receive a
small stipend or no additional compensation for their important service; and
WHEREAS, the interests served by the new reporting requirements have little or no
applicability to such voluntary appointed municipal officers;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK
ISLAND BOROUGH THAT:
SECTION 1. That the borough assembly urges the Alaska State Legislature to amend
AS Chapter 39.50 to make the APOC disclosure requirements for appointed municipal
officers less invasive and more appropriate for those positions.
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SECTION 2. That copies of this resolution shall be forwarded to Governor Sarah Palin,
Senators Albert Kookesh, Con Bunde, Tom Wagoner, and Gary Stevens,
Representatives Gabriel LeDoux, Woodie Salmon, Mike Hawker, Kurt Olson, Mike
Chenault, and Paul Seaton.
ATTEST:
ADOPTED BY THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
THIS 4A4c✓DAY OF / , 2008
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