Meeting
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CITY OF KETCHIKAN
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
August 20, 2020 7:00 PM

AGENDA
 
1.

CALL TO ORDER

2.

ROLL CALL

Please Rise for the Pledge of Allegiance
 
3.

COMMUNICATIONS

LOT – 2024 Arctic Winter Games – Alaska Hosting

4.

PERSONS TO BE HEARD

5.

CONSENT AGENDA
Items listed under Consent Agenda No. 5 are considered to be routine by the City Council and will be approved in one motion unless a Councilmember requests an item be considered separately.

a.

General Government

(1)

Approval of Minutes – Special City Meeting and Regular City Council Meeting of August 6, 2020

(2)

CARES Act Funds Transfer Agreement Between the Ketchikan Gateway Borough and the City of Ketchikan

(3)

Change Order No. 2 (Final) to Contract No. 20-08 – Salmon Ladder Viewing Platform – PK Builders

(4)

Revision of the Job Description for the Position of City Finance Director

b.

Ketchikan Public Utilities

(1)

Exempting the Procurement of Annual Maintenance and Support Services for the Telecommunications Division’s NEC Microwave Network Equipment from the Competitive Bidding/Written Quotation Requirements of the Ketchikan Municipal Code – Aviat Networks

(2)

Exempting the Procurement of 4G-LTE Transport Services from the Westin Building in Seattle, Washington to the Verizon Mobile Switching Center in Redmond, Washington from the Competitive Bidding/Written Quotation Requirements of the Ketchikan Municipal Code – Zayo Group LLC

6.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

a.

General Government

(1)

Ordinance No. 20-1918 – Adopting the Alaska Remote Seller Sales Tax Code; Authorizing the Alaska Remote Seller Sales Tax Commission to Collect Taxes on Remote Sales for the City By Adopting a New Chapter 3.05 Entitled “Remote Seller Sales Tax Code” to the Ketchikan Municipal Code; Adding a Definition of “Physical Presence” to Ketchikan Municipal Code Section 3.04.010; Adding a New Section 3.04.230 Entitled “Remote Sales Tax Code Applicable” to the Ketchikan Municipal Code – Second Reading 

(2)

Appointments to Boards and Commissions – Mayor Sivertsen

b.

Ketchikan Public Utilities

(1)

Ordinance No. 20-1917 – Approving an Initial Ten Year Term for the Prince Rupert Port Authority, City West Cable & Telephone Corp. and City of Ketchikan Consent to Sublicense Agreement; Providing for the Filing of Referendum Petitions – Second Reading

7.

NEW BUSINESS

a.

General Government

(1)

Analysis of Ward Cove Cruise Dock Impacts – McDowell Group

(2)

Proposed Topics for PeaceHealth Ketchikan Medical Center Quarterly Presentation to the City Council at its Meeting of September 17, 2020

(3)

Ongoing Review and Discussion of Cruise Related Issues – Councilmember Bergeron

(4)

Ongoing Review and Discussion of State of Alaska COVID-19 Health Mandates – Councilmember Bergeron

(5)

Certification of Local Government Approval of Two Projects to Address Homelessness in the City for Which Women In Safe Homes (WISH) Intends to Apply for SFY CARES Act Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG-CV) Funding

b.

Ketchikan Public Utilities

8.

APPROVAL OF VOUCHERS

9.

MANAGER'S REPORT

a.

General Government

(1)

Schedule of General Government and KPU Appropriated Reserves Through the City Council Meeting of August 6, 2020

(2)

COVID-19 Financial Report for the Period Ended July 31, 2020

(3)

General Government and Ketchikan Public Utilities Customer Account Aging Analysis – July 31, 2020

(4)

Report on the Disbursement of CARES Act Funds Through August 14, 2020

(5)

CARES Act Administrative Procedures

(6)

CARES Act Nonprofit Assistance Program and Residential Rent and Mortgage Assistance Program Changes

(7)

Replacement of Bar Harbor North Floating Breakwater

(8)

Request to Conduct March and Resource Rally – Stomp the Stigma

(9)

Conceptual Designs Open House – Thomas Basin Promenade and Stedman Street Restroom Facilities

(10)

Scheduled Public Meetings and Visits with Shortlisted Proposers – Contract No. 19-36, Redevelopment of Port of Ketchikan Berths I, II, III and IV and Other Infrastructure Within the City of Ketchikan 

(11)

Request for Special Meeting of the City Council – Review and Evaluation of Proposals for Contract No. 19-36, Redevelopment of Port of Ketchikan Berths I, II, III and IV and Other Infrastructure Within the City of Ketchikan

(12)

Resumption of Parking Enforcement

b.

Ketchikan Public Utilities

(1)

Project Status Reports of the KPU Division Managers – July 2020

(2)

Reports of July 4 and 17, 2020 Power Outages

(3)

Postponement of Electric Division Manager Retirement

10.

CITY CLERK'S FILE

11.

CITY ATTORNEY'S REPORT

12.

FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS

13.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL COMMENTS

14.

OTHER NEW BUSINESS

15.

EXECUTIVE SESSION
Items listed under Executive Session are items for which an executive session is requested and on which the City Council may or may not take action.

a.

General Government

b.

Ketchikan Public Utilities

(1)

Request for Executive Session – Review and Discussion of a Prince Rupert Port Authority, City West Cable and Telephone Corp. and City of Ketchikan Consent to Sublicense Agreement

16.

ADJOURNMENT

FYI

a.

General Government

(1)

Petition in Opposition to the U.S. Postal Service’s Plan to Place Cluster Boxes to Serve the Warren/Harding/Bayview Neighborhood

b.

Ketchikan Public Utilities

(1)

Lake Levels and System Generation Report for the Month of July 2020

(2)

Water Utilization Study Report – July 2020