Meeting
A COMPLETE AGENDA PACKET IS AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW ON THE CITY’S WEB SITE AT http://www.ktn-ak.us/current-agendas-and-minutes. THE MEETING IS TELEVISED WHERE LOCAL PROGRAMMING IS AVAILABLE.
CITY OF KETCHIKAN
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
December 16, 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 – RESOLUTION NO. 21-2828 ADOPTING THE BUDGET FOR THE YEAR 2022, APPROPRIATING FROM THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT FUNDS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2022

PUBLIC HEARING – RESOLUTION NO. 21-2829 ADOPTING THE BUDGET FOR THE YEAR 2022, APPROPRIATING FROM THE KETCHIKAN PUBLIC UTILITIES ENTERPRISE FUND FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2022

PUBLIC HEARING – RESOLUTION NO. 21-2833 AMENDING THE 2021 GENERAL GOVERNMENT OPERATING AND CAPITAL ANNUAL BUDGET TO PROVIDE A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $19,982

3.

COMMUNICATIONS

a

LOT – COVID-19 Home Testing Kit Program

b

All General Government and KPU Budget Updates can be found under Unfinished Business

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 Meetings of November 22 and December 2, 2021 and the Special City Council Meetings of November 29 and December 1, 2021

(2)

Financial and Compliance Audit for the Year Ending December 31, 2021 – Teuscher Walpole, LLC

(3)

Consenting to and Approving a Vacation of Right-of-Way as Detailed in Ketchikan Gateway Borough Planning Commission/Platting Board Resolution No. 4328 A, Approving a Request to Vacate Portions of Edmonds Street Right-of-Way, City of Ketchikan (Case No. 21-045)

(4)

Liquor License Renewal Applications – The Asylum, City Lighthouse Liquor Store and Uncharted Alaska Distillery

(5)

Marijuana License Renewal Application – Northern Lights Cultivation 2

b.

Ketchikan Public Utilities

(1)

Exempting the Procurement of Annual Internet Bandwidth and Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection Services from the Competitive Bidding/Written Quotation Requirements of the Ketchikan Municipal Code – NTT Communications 

6.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

a.

General Government

(1)

Resolution No. 21-2828 – Adopting the Budget for the Year 2022, Appropriating from the General Government Funds for the Fiscal Year 2022 – Deferred from December 13, 2021

(2)

GG Budget Update No. 11 – Carry Over of 2021 Funding for Operations, Grants & Capital Projects

(3)

GG Budget Update No. 12 – Revised Resolution No. 21-2828

(4)

Sponsorship of the Ketchikan Salmon Walk – Royal Caribbean Group

b.

Ketchikan Public Utilities

(1)

Resolution No. 21-2829 – Adopting the Budget for the Year 2022m Appropriating from the Ketchikan Public Utilities Enterprise Fund for the Fiscal Year 2022 – Deferred from December 13, 2021

(2)

KPU Budget Update No. 7 – Appropriated Reserves Available Update No. 2

(3)

KPU Budget Update No. 8 – Carry Over of 2021 Capital Projects

(4)

KPU Budget Update No. 9 – Electric Division Personnel Services & Training Increase

(5)

KPU Budget Update No. 10 – Revised Resolution No. 21-2829

7.

NEW BUSINESS

a.

General Government

(1)

PeaceHealth Ketchikan Medical Center Quarterly Presentation to the City Council 

(2)

Presentation by Steve Hayburn – Ketchikan Opioid Epidemic

(3)

Resolution No. 21-2832 – Confirming the Application for the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Local Government Lost Revenue Relief Program (LGLRRP) from the Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development to Offset Significant Revenue Loss Due to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency

(4)

Offer of Employment – Police Chief

(5)

Ordinance No. 21-1939 – Adding a New Chapter 10.22 Entitled “Snowmachines and Other All-Purpose Vehicles” to Title 10 of the Ketchikan Municipal Code – First Reading

(6)

Ordinance No. 21-1938 – Amending Subsections (A) and (B) of Ketchikan Municipal Code Section 3.16.040 Entitled “Lease Terms” Concerning Tidelands Leases – First Reading

(7)

Various General Government Departmental Budget Transfers 

(8)

Resolution No. 21-2833 – Amending the 2021 General Government Operating and Capital Budget to Provide a Supplemental Appropriation for the Public Health Department in the amount of $19,982

(9)

Discussion of Creating a Tourism Manager Position – Councilmember Bradberry

b.

Ketchikan Public Utilities

(1)

Exempting Procurement of Programming Content for KPU TV from Competitive Bidding – Visions Alaska II LLC

(2)

Budget Transfer – 2021 Whitman Lake Hydroelectric Project 2021 True-Up Payment to Southeast Alaska Power Agency (SEAPA)

(3)

Various Ketchikan Public Utilities Departmental Budget Transfers

8.

APPROVAL OF VOUCHERS

8.a

Approval of Vouchers to Parnassus Books – $165.69

9.

MANAGER'S REPORT

a.

General Government

(1)

Schedule of General Government and KPU Appropriated Reserves Through the City Council Meeting of December 2, 2021

(2)

Christmas Eve/New Year’s Eve Observed Office Closings 

(3)

Report of Federal Lobbyist

(4)

Status of Recruitment Efforts for Vacant Department Head/Division Manager Positions

b.

Ketchikan Public Utilities

(1)

Appointment of Acting Electric Division Manager

(2)

Project Status Reports of the KPU Division Managers – November 2021

(3)

Reports of November 22 & 24, 2021 Power Outages

10.

CITY CLERK'S FILE

11.

CITY ATTORNEY'S REPORT

11.a

Report of Significant Activities for the Month of November 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 – Discussion of Strategies Concerning Discussion with the Cruise Industry Regarding the Port of Ketchikan Remaining a Viable and Financially Stable Port of Call 

b.

Ketchikan Public Utilities

(1)

Request for Executive Session – Review and Discussion of the Proprietary Procurement Agreement for KPU TV Programming Content – Vision Alaska II LLC

(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 Expire December 31, 2020

16.

ADJOURNMENT

FYI

a.

General Government

(1)

Love in Action Newsletter for the Month of December 2021

b.

Ketchikan Public Utilities

(1)

Lake Levels and System Generation Report for the Month of November 2021

(2)

Water Utilization Study Report – November 2021