Borough sees slight revenue excess in FY2020
Posted by Maria Dudzak | Jan 5, 2021
Ketchikan’s borough offices are located in the White Cliff building. (Maria Dudzak/KRBD)
The Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly breezed through its regular meeting Monday night adjourning after only 23 minutes.
Reports from the borough mayor, emergency manager and borough manager took up most of the meeting. Items passed on the consent calendar included ratification of an amendment to an agreement with the State of Alaska regarding COVID-19 testing for travelers, and a correction to the term of office for the Planning Commissioner. Original correspondence indicated the term was to end in March 2023 however it ends in March 2022.
In a normal year, the big topic of conversation would have been the heavy summer rainfall or the December deluge that threatened to cause Ketchikan Lakes Dam to breach. Or it might have been the month-long visit of Phoenix the humpback whale who bubble fed just about every day for four weeks in November at the downtown Ketchikan docks.
But in Ketchikan, in 2020, the biggest news was the same as it was all over the world, the COVID-19 Pandemic and how it changed nearly every facet of our lives over the last nine months of the year.
COVID-19 arrived in March in the First City, and, by the end of the year, more than 250 residents and travelers had tested positive. One local woman, Julie Wasuli of Saxman, died from COVID-19 in December at a hospital in Bellingham, Washington.
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Borough Assembly approves amended COVID-19 vaccination resolution
Posted by Maria Dudzak | Dec 23, 2020
The Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly on Monday approved an amended resolution regarding COVID-19 vaccinations.
There were two separate COVID-19 resolutions up for consideration. The first, proposed by Borough Mayor Rodney Dial, asked businesses not to deny services based on a person’s COVID-19 vaccination status or refusal to provide that information. That resolution failed Monday night due to lack of motion.
The second, proposed by assembly members Judith McQuerry and Austin Otos, encourages citizens to get the COVID-19 vaccine. They argued vaccinating the Ketchikan community would help the economy reopen, while also recognizing an individual’s right to choose.
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