2026-02-24 Regular MeetingKODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
Health Facilities Advisory Board
February 24, 2026, at 4:15pm
Held in the Providence Barometer Conference Room.
ROLL CALL
Meeting was called to order at 4:20pm. Members present were Scott Smiley, Dave
Johnson (arrived at 4:30pm), Codi Allen, and Seema Garoutte for Aimee Williams.
Caroline Roberts and Aimee Wiliams were absent. Others present were Providence
Kodiak Island Medical Center Representatives Nick Loomis, Tyler Steele, and Ashely
Mazer.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
ALLEN MOVED to approve the minutes of January 6, 2026, as presented. GAROUTTE
seconded.
VOICE VOTE PASSED UNANIMOUSLY
CITIZENS COMMENTS (Limited To Three Minutes Per Speaker)
None.
AGENDA ITEMS
a. Meeting Time and Structure Discussion
Patricia Valerio presented that the Mayor asked to have the Board review their
meeting time since Ms. Caroline Roberts is unable to attend most of the meetings in
the late afternoons. Patricia stated that the Board had agreed to this time because
Mr. Dave Johnson had a difficult time getting off work for any daytime meetings.
Because Caroline and Dave were not present, Patricia offered to reach out to each
of them to see if lunch time would work in their schedules. Patricia also confirmed
with the Providence staff that lunch times would work for them as well.
b. PKIMC & LTC Leases
Patricia started discussions of this item and introduced Nick Loomis, who was able to
speak more about the addendum to the lease. Nick stated that all parties are
attempting to bridge the gap between the lease payments and the current R&R fund
balances. PKIMC and KIB are working together on apply for the Rural Health
Transformation Program grant funding. Nick also proposed that the Board and teams
start discussions in the summer regarding the new lease agreements.
C. PKIMC Automatic Transfer Switches (ATS) 95% & 100% Design Cost $138,174
Codi Allen reviewed the new process for approving items: HFAB decides if the project
is feasible, Assembly approves the reimbursement funding, and ARB deals with the
design details. Codi has also been assisting Tyler Steele, in his new position as
Senior Facilities Manager, who is attempting to base -line the projects that are
outstanding.
The ATS issues were identified with critical failures that occurred. Currently the design
is at 65% and PKIMC is asking for the 100% design cost reimbursement to be moved
and presented to the Assembly.
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Codi outlined that the PKIMC projects are being presented slightly differently than
how the Borough Projects office typically does. PKIMC is currently asking for Design
only, even though the proposal includes the total engineering and construction
administration costs as well. When presenting to the Assembly Borough Projects staff
present the architect and engineering costs as a whole including all phase gates (35,
65, and 95%) as well as the construction administration costs and/or additional
engineering costs needed at time of Construction.
Codi did the calculations for the projects to demonstrate the differences in total
engineering costs versus just design costs. For the ATS the total design cost is
$134,174 but would also include an additional $70,514 for construction admin and
engineering costs, making the complete total for design a total of $208,688.
Tyler explained that he thought the construction administration and engineering would
be separate. PKIMC was intending to verify that the designs were both funded and
completed before returning for approval to move forward with Construction (which
would include the additional engineering costs). But with the new understanding of
what the Assembly desires, he will work on getting ROMs for each of the projects by
Friday to bring to the next Assembly meeting and will provide requests for total
engineering costs in the future.
SMILEY MOVED to present the 100% design costs in the amount of $138,174 (design
cost only) to the Assembly. JOHNSON seconded.
VOICE VOTE PASSED UNANIMOUSLY
d. PKIMC Air Handling Unit One (AHU1) 95% & 100% Design Cost of $42,000
Tyler summarized issues discovered with the AHU1 system when KCHC was added
with out adjusting the existing system. PKIMC started re -designing and has now
reached 65%. The new design includes a fan array system which includes
redundancy and removes critical failure risks.
The Board discussed proposal in depth. Codi raised some questions about the design
and narratives; the current design does not include KCHC or upgrades to any ancillary
items, current design is contingent on KCHC supplying their own AHU either with a
separate project or with their big expansion project, current project replaces in-kind
and does not allow for future expansion capabilities, what is the Borough's
responsibility to PKIMC and KCHC?, there was previously a large project for SPD
that was designed to 65% and PKIMC discovered construction would cost too much
and then split it into these smaller projects and are now incurring separate additional
design costs.
PKIMC addressed some of the concerns; KCHC has been notified of the proposed
changes and knows that they need to include AHU into their expansion design,
confirmed the intent of the current design is to replace in-kind, PKIMC's payments
into the R&R fund should not be responsible for other entities building functions.
Direction was given to staff to bring the item to the Assembly for discussion and
consideration of the responsibilities that the Borough has with the entities occupying
the spaces.
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e. PKIMC Reverse Osmosis & Steam Generator 65%, 95%, & 100% at $72,130
Codi reviewed again the separation in the costs and calculated the differences in total
engineering costs versus just design costs. For the RO & Steam Project the total
design cost is $72,130 but would also include an additional $55,880 for construction
admin and engineering costs, making the complete total for design a total of
$128,010.
Tyler summarized the project. The original project was a full SPD (Sterilization
Process Department). PKIMC currently has two steam sterilizers. The old ones were
removed and replaced, and they have two backups. There have been new standards
that need to be met, and this project will update the Reverse Osmosis and Steam
Generating system to accommodate for those changes.
Codi outlined that the proposal includes front end construction documents from the
Borough and requested that that be removed for clarity.
There was additional discussion regarding the lease agreement and what constitutes
as an in-kind replacement now that systems are being required to meet new
standards.
SMILEY MOVED to present the 100% design costs in the amount of $72,130 (design
cost only) to the Assembly. JOHNSON seconded.
VOICE VOTE PASSED UNANIMOUSLY
f. PKIMC Distribution Panel Six (DP6) 100% Design & Construction Cost $105,945
Tyler is bringing this item back for a fresh review for transparency, it has already been
previously approved.
BOARD MEMBERS COMMENTS
Dave Johnson — Apologies that I arrived late.
Codi Allen — Thank you, Tyler for bringing all of these items forward and allowing fresh
discussion .
SET NEXT MEETING DATE AND TIME
TBD — check with Caroline and Dave for more flexible times. Dave said that he is able to
be more flexible now.
ADJOURNMENT
SMILEY moved to adjourn at 5:23 pm.
INFORMATION MATERIALS
SUBMITTED BY:
Pat cia Valerio, EF Dept Dat
Kodiak Island Borough
February 24, 2026
APPRO D BY:
Scott Smiley, HFAB Chair Date
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