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The six candidates on the ballot for the Nov. 7 municipal election for four at-large City Council seats, each for two years, gave introductions during the Lanesville Community Center debate
Assembly approves final budget for FY22 Posted by Katherine Rose | May 27, 2021 After a process that spanned months, the Sitka Assembly set its final budget for next year. When the group met on Tuesday (5-25-21), it approved a general fund budget of just over $29 million dollars for fiscal year ‘22. To say it was a challenging budget season would be an understatement. For months it was unclear whether Sitka would see cruise ship traffic this summer. City staff projected the loss of a 2021 cruise season would leave the city short by just over $6 million in sales tax revenue, so staff budge...
KEWAUNEE - The city is laying groundwork for major improvements to its harbor area and downtown after it received $1.75 million from the Community Development Block Grant program to acquire blighted properties and eliminate that blight. The two grants awarded to the city by the program allow it to buy three designated pieces of property, take down buildings and renovate the space so it can be redeveloped. Requests for bids to perform the work are being prepared and issued. “It is rare in funding scenarios to capture 100% funding for a project, yet that is what our city staff did," Kewau...