Meeting
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CITY OF KETCHIKAN
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
February 4, 2021 7:00 PM

AGENDA
 
1.

CALL TO ORDER

2.

ROLL CALL

Please Rise for the Pledge of Allegiance
 
Recital of Native Lands Acknowledgement
 

PUBLIC HEARING

PUBLIC HEARING ON ORDINANCE NO. 21-1922 AMENDING CHAPTER 11.12 TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE AND RATES

3.

COMMUNICATIONS

Laid on the Table – Email from Representative Dan Ortiz Regarding Correspondence from Mayor Sivertsen Concerning the State of Alaska FY2022 Proposed Budget

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 – Regular City Council Meeting of January 21, 2021

(2)

Exempting the Procurement of Wastewater Division Solids Handling Pump Parts from the Competitive Bidding/Written Quotation Requirements of the Ketchikan Municipal Code, Penn Valley Pump Company

(3)

Application for Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) – Replacement of Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Equipment

b.

Ketchikan Public Utilities

(1)

Exempting the Procurement of IPv4 Address Space for the Telecommunications Division from the Competitive Bidding/Written Quotation Requirements of the Ketchikan Municipal Code, Nexeon Technologies

6.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

a.

General Government

(1)

Appointments to Boards and Commissions – Mayor Sivertsen

b.

Ketchikan Public Utilities

(1)

Ordinance No. 21-1922 – Amending Chapter 11.12, Telecommunications Service and Rates, of the Ketchikan Municipal Code – Second Reading

7.

NEW BUSINESS

a.

General Government

(1)

Annual Report on the Implementation of the Ketchikan Public Library 2018-2022 Strategic Plan

(2)

Ongoing Review and Discussion of Cruise Related Issues – Councilmember Bergeron

(3)

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

(4)

Continued Review and Discussion of City Council Director for the Position of Port & Harbors Director – Councilmember Zenge

(5)

Discussion of City Council Representation/Participation in Upcoming Negotiations for Successor Collective Bargaining Agreements – Councilmember Gass

(6)

Discussion Regarding the 2021 General Government Operating and Capital Budget and the 2021 KPU Operating and Capital Budget for a Potential No Cruise Season – Councilmember Bradberry

(7)

Ordinance No. 21-1927 – Declaring an Emergency Due to the Continuing COVID-19 Pandemic; Extending Emergency Ordinance No. 20-1907 Until July 1, 2021

(8)

Ordinance No. 21-1926 – Amending Chapter 13.10 of the Ketchikan Municipal Code, Entitled “Passenger Wharfage Fees”; to Impose such Fees Directly on Passengers and to Provide for the Collection, Payment and Enforcement of Such Fees – First Reading

(9)

Ordinance No. 21-1928 – Tourism Steering Committee for the Mayor and Council – First Reading

b.

Ketchikan Public Utilities

(1)

Ordinance No. 21-1924 – Increasing Electric Rates By One and One-Half Percent (1.5%); Establishing a Date for a Public Hearing – First Reading

(2)

Ordinance No. 21-1923 – Increasing Water Rates by Five Percent (5.0%) – First Reading

(3)

Budget Transfer – 2020 Whitman Lake Hydroelectric Project 2020 True-Up Payment to Southeast Alaska Power Agency (SEAPA)

(4)

Contract No. 21-03 – Preparation of Ketchikan’s Risk and Resilience Assessments and Emergency Response Plan, Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. 

(5)

Award of Contract No. 20-25 – Continuation of Water Meter Design/Build – Business & Commercial Customers, Ketchikan Mechanical, Inc. 

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 January 7, 2021

(2)

Week 13 Photo Album Production Report – Pierce Arrow XT Ascendant 100’ Mount Platform Vehicle 

(3)

Contract No. 20-28 Update – Schoenbar Culvert Temporary Stabilization – Log Jam Construction 

(4)

2020 Sales Tax Report No. 9 – Final

(5)

Public Works Director’s Project Status Report – January 2021

(6)

Week 14 Photo Album Production Report – Pierce Arrow XT Ascendant 100’ Mount Platform Vehicle

(7)

Ketchikan Wellness Coalition Presentation – 2020 Community Health Needs Assessment

b.

Ketchikan Public Utilities

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 – Bruce Hattrick v. City of Ketchikan et. al. 

(2)

Request for Executive Session – Discussion of Strategies Relative to Negotiation of a New Collective Bargaining Agreement Between the City of Ketchikan d/b/a Ketchikan Public Utilities and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 1547 to Replace the Existing Contract that Expired December 31, 2020

16.

ADJOURNMENT

FYI

a.

General Government

(1)

Women In Safe Homes (WISH) Quarterly Activity Report – October Through December 2020

(2)

Ketchikan Area Arts & Humanities Council’s Quarterly Activity and Financial Reports – October Through December 2020

(3)

Rendezvous Senior Day Services, Inc.’s Quarterly Activity and Financial Reports – October Through December 2020

(4)

Totem Heritage Center Image Featured in January/February 2021 Smithsonian Magazine

(5)

Southeast Senior Services’ Quarterly Activity Report – October Through December 2020

(6)

Letter to Governor Dunleavy Regarding Restart of Cruise – Southeast Mayors

(7)

Letter to Governor Dunleavy Regarding Tongass Highway Pedestrian Safety Improvements – City of Ketchikan

(8)

Letter to Senator Stedman and Representative Ortiz Regarding State of Alaska FY 2022 Proposed Budget Update

b.

Ketchikan Public Utilities