Tuesday, February 11, 2025

Location: Borough Assembly Chambers
6:00 PM

  1. CALL TO ORDER
    a. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE led by Assembly Member DeBord
    b. ROLL CALL
  2. CEREMONIAL MATTERS
    a. PROCLAMATION – Wrangell Wrestling Team
  3. PERSONS TO BE HEARD
  4. AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA
  5. CONFLICT OF INTEREST
  6. CONSENT AGENDA
    MOTION ONLY: Move to Approve the Consent Agenda, as submitted.
    a. Minutes from the January 28, 2025 Regular Assembly Meeting
  7. BOROUGH MANAGER’S REPORT
    a. Borough Manager’s Report
    b. Police Department Report
    c. Library Director’s Report
    d. Fire Chief’s Report
    e. Capital Projects Department Report
    f. Economic Development Report on Travel and Adventure Show
  8. BOROUGH CLERK’S REPORT
    a. Borough Clerk’s Report
  9. MAYOR AND ASSEMBLY BUSINESS
    a. Manager Follow-up: Memo to Planning and Zoning RE: Rezone Entitlement Lands TM
  10. MAYOR AND ASSEMBLY APPOINTMENTS
    a. Appointment to fill the Vacancy on the Wrangell Borough Assembly with the term ending
    October 2025
    b. Appointment to fill the Vacancy on the Wrangell Port Commission with the term ending
    October 2025
  11. c. Code Review Committee Appointment
  12. d. Finance Committee Appointments
  13. e. Appointment of an At-Large Community Member to the Barge Service Yard Transition Special Committee
  14. PUBLIC HEARING
    a. ORDINANCE No. 1071 OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE CITY AND BOROUGH OF WRANGELL, ALASKA, REPEALING SECTION 5-14(A) – CONTRACTS AND SALES, OF THE HOME RULE CHARTER BASED UPON THE RECOMMENDATION AND LEGAL OPINION OF THE
    BOROUGH ATTORNEY THAT SECTION 5-14(A) – CONTRACTS AND SALES, OF THE HOME RULE CHARTER IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND NOT LEGALLY ENFORCEABLE
    b. ORDINANCE No. 1072 OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE CITY AND BOROUGH OF WRANGELL, ALASKA, REPEALING SECTION 5.10.035(A) – WHEN PRIOR APPROVAL BY THE VOTERS IS REQUIRED, OF THE WRANGELL MUNICIPAL CODE BASED UPON THE RECOMMENDATION AND LEGAL OPINION OF THE BOROUGH ATTORNEY THAT SECTION 5.10.035(A) IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND NOT LEGALLY ENFORCEABLE
  15. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
  16. NEW BUSINESS
    a. ORDINANCE No. 1073 OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE CITY AND BOROUGH OF WRANGELL, ALASKA, AMENDING SECTIONS OF CHAPTER 15 – SEWERS TO ADDRESS SEWER LIFT STATIONS, IN THE WRANGELL MUNICIPAL CODE
    b. ORDINANCE No. 1074 OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE CITY AND BOROUGH OF WRANGELL, ALASKA, AMENDING THE MINOR OFFENSE FINE SCHEDULE IN CHAPTER 1.20 – GENERAL PENALTY, BY ADDING SECTION 15.08.020 – CONNECTION TO BOROUGH PUBLIC SEWER MAIN REQUIRED AND UNLAWFUL SEWAGE DISPOSAL METHODS DESIGNATED, IN THE WRANGELL MUNICIPAL CODE
    c. Approval of an Extension to an Existing Contract with Republic Services for Municipal Solid Waste Disposal
    d. RESOLUTION No. 02-25-1917 OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE CITY AND BOROUGH OF WRANGELL, ALASKA, AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET BY TRANSFERRING $24,000 FROM THE GENERAL FUND RESERVE TO THE SPECIAL REVENUE HOSPITAL LEGACY FUND BUDGET FOR COSTS RELATED TO THE RESTORATION OF POWER TO THE WRANGELL MEDICAL CENTER (WMC)
    e. RESOLUTION No. 02-25-1918 OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE CITY AND BOROUGH OF WRANGELL, ALASKA AMENDING THE FY 25 BUDGET TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR TEMPORARY WAGES RELATED TO NOLAN CENTER PROGRAMMING
    f. RESOLUTION No. 02-25-1919 OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE CITY AND BOROUGH OF WRANGELL, ALASKA, AMENDING THE FY25 CAPITAL BUDGET FOR THE SEWER OUTFALL REPAIRS PROJECT
  17. g. RESOLUTION No. 02-25-1920 OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE CITY AND BOROUGH OF WRANGELL, ALASKA, SUPPORTING SEAPA’S WRANGELL SUBSTATION TRANSFORMER UPGRADE PROJECT SUBMITTED TO SENATOR MURKOWSKI FOR CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING (CDS)
  18. h. RESOLUTION No. 02-25-1921 OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE CITY AND BOROUGH OF WRANGELL, ALASKA, SUPPORTING A BLIND SLOUGH AREA MANAGEMENT PLAN THAT PROVIDES ADEQUATE BROODSTOCK FOR ANITA BAY TERMINAL HARVEST AREA KING SALMON
  19. i. RESOLUTION No. 02-25-1922 OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE CITY AND BOROUGH OF WRANGELL, ALASKA, IN SUPPORT OF ALASKA LEGISLATURE HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 5, URGING THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO REINSTATE THE SECURE RURAL SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY SELF-DETERMINATION ACT OF 2000 AND MAKE ITS FUNDING MECHANISM PERMANENT
  20. j. Approval of City & Borough Tidelands Annual 2025 Five-Year Reassessments
  21. k. RESOLUTION No. 02-25-1923 OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE CITY AND BOROUGH OF WRANGELL, ALASKA, SUPPORTING SSRAA’S CDS REQUEST
  22. ATTORNEY’S FILE – Available for Assembly review in the Borough Clerk’s office
  23. EXECUTIVE SESSION
    a. Executive Session: To discuss the Approach for the IBEW Police Department Collective Bargaining Negotiations
  24. ADJOURNMENT