Meeting
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CITY OF KETCHIKAN
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
May 1, 2025 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 RESOLUTION NO. 25-2961 – AMENDING THE 2025 GENERAL GOVERNMENT OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGET TO PROVIDE A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $21,000; THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $55,000; AUTHORIZING CERTAIN BUDGET TRANSFERS

3.

COMMUNICATIONS

a.

Mayoral Proclamation in Memoriam – Bill Tatsuda

b.

Communication – Request to Reschedule Proclamation In Memoriam for Bill Tatsuda

c.

Communication – 2024 Tourism Listening Session Report (7d)

d.

Public Engagement Schedule for Proposed City Charter Amendments

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.

Approval of Minutes – Regular City Council Meeting of April 17, 2025

b.

Declare as Surplus Police Department Vehicle and Authorize the Sale of Vehicle 52-216 via Auction

c.

Procurement of Body Worn Camera Devices and Digital Evidence Storage Services – Axon Enterprise, Inc.

d.

Disposition of Surplus and Unneeded Equipment via Online Auction Service

e.

Budget Transfer and Establish Police Department Capital Improvement Project Parking Ticket System – Software Upgrade

f.

Council Review of Marijuana Application for Addition of Onsite Consumption Endorsement to Existing Retail Marijuana Store License – The Stoney Moose

6.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

a.

Discussion of Ketchikan Public Library Lost and Damaged Item Charges on Student Accounts – Mayor Sivertsen and Councilmember Zenge

b.

Appointments to Boards and Commissions – Mayor Sivertsen

7.

NEW BUSINESS

a.

Resolution No. 25-2961 – Amending the 2025 General Government Operating and Capital Budget to Provide Supplemental Appropriation for the Police Department in the Amount of $21,000; the Fire Department in the Amount of $55,000; Authorizing Certain Budget Transfers

b.

Amendment No. 3 to Contract No. 23-32, Engineering Services Related to the City of Ketchikan Waste Water Treatment Plant Outfall Modeling Evaluation – Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. 

c.

City Council Correspondence to Representative Bynum and Senator Stedman Regarding Suggested Operational Changes to ADOT Tongass Highway Projects

d.

Tourism Presentation – Listening Sessions Summary Report and Revisit Work Priorities 

e.

Budget Transfer and Authorization of Contract for Ketchikan Lakes Dam Low-Level Outlet Design – McMillen, Inc.

f.

Resolution No. 25-2963 – Support to Reestablish Regular Alaska Marine Highway Service to Prince Rupert, Canada

8.

APPROVAL OF VOUCHERS

9.

MANAGER'S REPORT

a.

Acting Manager’s Report to Council

b.

Schedule of General Government and KPU Appropriated Reserves Through April 17, 2025

c.

Public Works Department Manager’s Report – April 2025

d.

Financial Reports for General Government and Ketchikan Public Utilities – Quarter Ended March 31, 2025

e.

2025 Sales Tax Reports No. 1 Through No. 3

f.

Update on Museum HVAC – Phase IV – Exterior Envelope and Revised Reopening Date

g.

Retirement of Telecommunications Division Manager

h.

City-PeaceHealth Healthcare Advisory Committee (HAC) – January 23, 2025 Meeting Minutes

10.

COUNCIL COMMITTEE REPORTS

a.

Ketchikan Campus Advisory Board Committee Report, Councilmember Finnegan

b.

Library Advisory Board Committee Report, Councilmember Finnegan

c.

Ketchikan Historic Commission Council Committee Report, Mayor Sivertsen

11.

CITY CLERK'S FILE

12.

CITY ATTORNEY'S REPORT

a.

Office of the City Attorney – March 2025 Activity Report

13.

FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS

14.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL COMMENTS

16.

ADJOURNMENT

FYI

a.

First City Players – Community Agency Grant Report

b.

Ketchikan Community Action Plan Meeting Minutes and Community Event Fliers

c.

Correction to Case Number 25-026, Ketchikan Gateway Borough Department of Planning and Community Development