1985-19 Supporting Continued Funding of the Alaska Legal Services Corporation.KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
RESOLUTION NO. 85-19-R
A RESOLUTION OF THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH ASSEMBLY SUPPORTING CONT
ING OF THE ALASKA LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION.
WHEREAS, the Alaska Legal Services Corporation has been serving all of
ak Island for more than fifteen (15) years and the low income people of the
rea have come to depend on the legal services provided, and
WHEREAS, most of the individuals who live in the villages on Kodiak
land are financially eligible for Alaska Legal Services Corporation's
resentation, and
WHEREAS, over the past fifteen (15) years Alaska Legal Services Co
on has opened over three thousand (3,000) files for individuals on Kodiak
sland, the lower Alaska Peninsula, the Aleutian Chain and the Pribilof Islands
d presently has more than three hundred (300) files still open, and
WHEREAS, those people who presently are or were represented by Alaska
gal Services Corporation need to have continued access to their files and
attorneys, and
WHEREAS, Alaska Legal Services Corporation has demonstrated a willing -'I
Ness to travel to remote villages to assist those who cannot travel to larger
communities, and
WHEREAS, the Reagan Administration has proposed to completely defund
the Legal Services Corporation, and
WHEREAS, Alaska Legal Services Corporation receives approximately one-
half of its funding from the Federal funds provided to the Legal Services Corp-
hration and more than One Million Dollars from the Alaska Legislature.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly
that the United States Congress and the Alaska Legislature is urged to appropri
ht least the current level of funding for the Legal Services organization and
fissure the current level of services to the people in the Kodiak Island Borough.
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be sent to:
President Ronald Reagan
Senator Ted Stevens
Senator Frank H. Murkowski
Congressman Donald E. Young
Governor Bill Sheffield
Senator Fred F. Zharoff
Representative David W. Thompson.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 7th day of February (� 1985.
KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH \ 1
ATTEST: By
Borough Mayor, Deputy
By
Borough Clea <