Meeting
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CITY OF KETCHIKAN
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
May 6, 2021 7:00 PM

AGENDA
 
1.

CALL TO ORDER

2.

ROLL CALL

Please Rise for the Pledge of Allegiance
 
Recital of Native Lands Acknowledgement
 
3.

COMMUNICATIONS

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 April 15, 2021

(2)

Amendment No. 3 to Alaska Marine Highway System Winter Layup Agreement No. 2520S008 for the Use of Berth III

(3)

Change Order No. 1 (Final) to Contract No. 20-21 – Bar Harbor North Piling Replacement, Pool Engineering, Inc. 

(4)

Liquor License Renewal Applications – Oaken Keg and Edgewater Inn

b.

Ketchikan Public Utilities

(1)

Exempting the Procurement of SCADA Maintenance Support Services from Competitive Bidding/Written Quotation Requirements of the Ketchikan Municipal Code – Open Systems International Inc.

6.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

a.

General Government

(1)

Ordinance No. 21-1931 – Authorizing the Execution and Delivery of a Schedule to the Existing Master Equipment Lease/Purchase Agreement for the Acquisition, Financing and Leasing of an Ambulance and Related Ambulance Agreement; Authorizing the Execution and Delivery of Other Documents Required in Connection Therewith; Authorizing All Other Actions Necessary to the Consummation of the Transactions Contemplated by this Ordinance; Exempting the Lease from Competitive Bidding and Certain Other Procurement Requirements – Second Reading 

(2)

Appointments to Boards and Commissions – Mayor Sivertsen

b.

Ketchikan Public Utilities

(1)

Ordinance No. 21-1929 – Approving a Site Use Agreement Between Vertical Bridge S3 Assets, LLC and City of Ketchikan d/b/a Ketchikan Public Utilities – Second Reading

7.

NEW BUSINESS

a.

General Government

(1)

Declaring as Surplus Sixty-Two Forfeited Firearms and Authorizing Their Exchange for Departmental Safety Equipment – Coastal Commercial Services

(2)

Sale of Surplus Vehicles to the Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District

(3)

Reduction in Non-Represented and Represented Employee Workweek

(4)

Ongoing Review and Discussion of Cruise Related Issues – Councilmember Bergeron

(5)

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

(6)

Ongoing Review and Discussion of COVID-19 Mitigation Plan Updates for General Government and Ketchikan Public Utilities – Councilmember Flora

(7)

Discussion of Funding the Preparation and Submittal of a Proposal to Homeport an Additional Coast Guard Vessel in Ketchikan – Mayor Sivertsen

(8)

Budget Transfer – Community Tourism Strategy Joint Funding

(9)

LOT – Budget Transfer – Bar Harbor North Piling Replacement Phase II

b.

Ketchikan Public Utilities

(1)

Ordinance No. 21-1932 – Adding a New Section 3.12.090 to the Ketchikan Municipal Code Entitled, “Sale of Subsea Cable Services and Purchase of Transport Capacity” – First Reading 

8.

APPROVAL OF VOUCHERS

8.a

Approval of Vouchers – All American Auto – $820.80

9.

MANAGER'S REPORT

a.

General Government

(1)

Schedule of General Government and KPU Appropriated Reserves Through the City Council Meeting of April 15, 2021

(2)

2021 Sales Tax Report No. 3

(3)

Civic Center Audio Visual Upgrades

(4)

Plan for Placement of Portable Restrooms on the Port for the 2021 Visitor Season

(5)

Public Works Director’s Project Status Report – April 2021

b.

Ketchikan Public Utilities

(1)

“Quest to Connect” – A Documentary of KPU Telecommunications Division’s Placement of a Subsea Fiber Cable Between Ketchikan and Prince Rupert

10.

CITY CLERK'S FILE

11.

CITY ATTORNEY'S REPORT

11.a

Report of Significant Activities for the Month of March 2021 – Office of the City Attorney

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

(1)

Request for Executive Session – Approving Presentation to CLIA Alaska Regarding the City’s Position on Various Issues Pertaining to the Port of Ketchikan Remaining a Viable Port of Call that is Competitive with Facilities at Ward Cove 

b.

Ketchikan Public Utilities

(1)

Request for Executive Session – Review and Discussion of Approving a Site Use Agreement between Vertical Bridge S3 Assets, LLC and City of Ketchikan d/b/a Ketchikan Public Utilities

(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

(3)

Request for Executive Session – Discussion of Ordinance No. 21-1932 in the Context of the Strategic Competitive Aspects of the Ketchikan Public Utilities Telecommunications Division Business Plan and Operations 

16.

ADJOURNMENT

FYI

a.

General Government

(1)

Rendezvous Senior Day Services, Inc.’s Quarterly Activity and Financial Reports – January Through March 2021

(2)

Ketchikan Committee for the Homeless’ Quarterly Financial Report – January Through March 2021

(3)

Ketchikan Visitors Bureau’s Quarterly Reports of the President and Chief Executive Officer – October Through December 2020

(4)

Ketchikan Visitors Bureau’s Financial Statements for the Year Ending December 31, 2019

(5)

Southeast Senior Services’ Care Coordination Program Quarterly Activity Report – January Through March 2021

(6)

Women in Safe Homes Quarterly Activity Report – January Through March 2021

b.

Ketchikan Public Utilities