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Ordinances and resolutions
- Ordinance 20-84 (Amend KGBC Titles 1 and 2; editorial updates and fines table edits): Adopted. Motion moved by Mister Bailey, seconded by Miss Palmer; roll call: 6 yes, 1 absent.
- Ordinance 20-85 (Amend KGBC Title 17 to provide procedures and criteria for planning approval of deed-split lots): Adopted. Motion moved by Miss Palmer, seconded by Mister Bailey; roll call: 6 yes, 1 absent.
- Ordinance 20-87 (Appropriate $50,000 from nationwide opioid settlement proceeds for distribution through grants): Adopted as amended (amendment struck the word “pending” in recital C and made the ordinance effective upon adoption). Motion moved by Mister Otis, seconded by Miss Bowling; roll call: 6 yes, 1 absent.
- Introduction: Ordinance 20-86 (declare surplus borough property in Saxman and set listing price $37,200): Introduced and set for public hearing Oct. 6, 2025; introduction moved by Mister Bailey and seconded; roll call: 6 yes, 1 absent.
- Resolution 3145 (Schedule special election Nov. 18, 2025 to submit recall questions for three school board members): Adopted. Motion moved by Miss Matson, seconded by Miss Palmer; roll call: 6 yes, 1 absent.

Grants, agreements and claims
- Grant agreement with Ketchikan Wellness Coalition for opioid settlement-funded activities ($25,000): Approved; motion moved by Miss Bowling, seconded by Mister Bailey; roll call: unanimous among present members (6 yes, 1 absent). Disclosure: Mister Otis stated he serves on the Coalition board and was ruled to have no personal financial conflict.
- Acceptance of claims totaling $3,731,949.51: Approved. Motion moved by Miss Bowling, seconded by Miss Palmer; roll call: 6 yes, 1 absent.

Consent calendar
- Consent calendar (as amended) approved on a single roll call: 6 yes, 1 absent. Items included minutes approval, introduction of ordinances, appropriations and award of emergency contracts related to the Point Higgins fuel spill (Alaska Commercial Divers Inc.; Burnett Construction LLC; Full Cycle; Nortek Inc.), agreements with the Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District for boiler replacement, and reviews of alcohol-license renewals. Item 7(b) (introduction of ordinance 20-86) was removed from the consent calendar and introduced separately.

Votes
- Most recorded votes were unanimous among the six members present (Matson, Palmer, Bailey, Bowling, Otis, Arntzen) with one member absent. The mayor called roll for each adoption and the clerk recorded the results.

Notes
- The assembly carried multiple routine and non-routine items in a single session. Several items were introduced previously and set for public hearing tonight or were carried forward from the Sept. 2 meeting. The transcript indicates staff presentations preceded public hearings and votes where required.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Ketchikan Gateway Borough - Assembly - Regular","oneSentenceSummary","Summary of ordinances, resolutions, claims and consent-calendar actions the assembly voted on Sept. 15, 2025, with outcomes and key details.","taxTitle","Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska","taxId",27492,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6471709,"Assembly reappropriates $50,000 in opioid-settlement funds; approves $25,000 grant to Ketchikan Wellness Coalition",1320,1248000,2568000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5777659-f5c63732ff3effc7b1d7589535326acb&start=1248&end=2568","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5777659-f5c63732ff3effc7b1d7589535326acb/thumbnail_1248000.jpg","/articles/6471709/Ketchikan-Gateway-Borough/Alaska/Assembly-reappropriates-50000-in-opioid-settlement-funds-approves-25000-grant-to-Ketchikan-Wellness-Coalition","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6471709-5678ab7ffe5de688b446c68cc35e87d5/orig.mp4?Expires=1771062707&Signature=a7Am7zFq7L9GpRWhcHz9NeHQ9JV1FEuNsxU4RtacaRXBTP9U-FeYvh8ema5c5tu~QmnPv2Pvu7AQFvwJ-22l-7CC-gDwo5unyN9zuQUXFSGUAdHJQWtIB9dFdGk0kdM8PUoWBluYxGkIlj7ZnO~icQd8Lic6JqGbGDZ3GqSr2QMKXHFMceOUW-nXgJzoaVE2du-FQX~334lvSNb4GL-8kZYINnCREqYh6KQFdBPQn7QFYPyTLj~jjhhzEihWDBvKXqNq4U0Evln5xrtLpm7TjYdiFfdhEMDFxEXVupvIBBxHxEP~DbDU9vxc7byT4N8gXc7t286lAuX6zyAiYk~SNA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly on Sept. 15 approved ordinances and grants to continue local opioid-response efforts, reappropriating settlement proceeds and funding community interventions.

Finance Director Charlene Thomas told the assembly that ordinance 20-87 would appropriate $50,000 from nationwide opioid-settlement proceeds for distribution through grants; the amount represents unawarded funds carried from the prior fiscal year. “Last fiscal year, we appropriated a $100,000 for this purpose, and only half of that was awarded in grants. So this is a reappropriation of what was not spent from last fiscal year,” Thomas said.

Mister Otis moved the ordinance and then moved to amend recital C by striking the word “pending” and to make the ordinance effective upon adoption; the amendment passed on a roll call. The motion as amended passed on a subsequent roll call; the assembly’s vote carried with six affirmative votes and one absence.

Separately, the assembly approved a $25,000 grant agreement with the Ketchikan Wellness Coalition to use opioid settlement funds for community prevention and response activities. Assistant Manager and staff said the Coalition proposed hosting four prescription drug take-back events and providing community naloxone training in partnership with local police and fire departments. The grant applicant’s budget, as summarized to the assembly, showed personnel costs ($16,523.86), facility costs ($3,261), and supplies ($5,215.14) including disposal kits, locking pill containers and advertising.

Assembly member Otis disclosed he serves on the Wellness Coalition board and the mayor accepted that disclosure, ruling he had no personal financial conflict; Otis participated in the discussion and vote. Assembly members asked about budget detail; staff said the grant application did not include a line-by-line budget narrative beyond the summary figures presented at the meeting. The motion to enter into the grant agreement was moved by Miss Bowling and seconded by Mister Bailey; the roll-call vote was unanimous with six affirmative votes.

The appropriation ordinance and the grant agreement both passed on Sept. 15. The grant award will be executed by staff and the Wellness Coalition will coordinate take-back events and naloxone trainings with borough emergency services.","Ordinance 20-87 reappropriating opioid settlement proceeds passed (amended to be effective on adoption) and the assembly approved a $25,000 grant agreement with the Ketchikan Wellness Coalition for take-back events and naloxone training.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6471714,"Assembly approves ordinance allowing planning approval path for deed-split lots",1104,676000,1780000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5777659-f5c63732ff3effc7b1d7589535326acb&start=676&end=1780","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5777659-f5c63732ff3effc7b1d7589535326acb/thumbnail_676000.jpg","/articles/6471714/Ketchikan-Gateway-Borough/Alaska/Assembly-approves-ordinance-allowing-planning-approval-path-for-deed-split-lots","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6471714-605136f39bd7d5c871e1159de8ee1710/orig.mp4?Expires=1771062707&Signature=iRs1qbRfzXDD2jOeSfUAxEDcogbpjauRNFptYLLAKdsv-eWOED72sbvz8RfB9LFQvPEjBazhsLFbQ2Fi9TvTl-Rby59bL1jj3eaMULn354m1QekQfDAsKDgCjuRDmYwMBOzTnzB9dLYPJ~j7p~h54oLGxyOOu6tn5IplVVy0sRNMNvHFQgBAlnbKwIx1IBBCfNkhT1AbkSsCgGsl4OuM0ih6KVl7XmOiL-3zfDBcLK3WjTmOHLU9tJCqaCr5FQ9ji-qqP2QVO-fRGj4CO6MhjkWSaie7KamoTx3y5Cwnoh9lohU3zp~UITrXirEybsKXczmMNXW3XYy9Y8KPG7-cqw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly voted unanimously Sept. 15 to adopt ordinance 20-85, amending Title 17 of the borough code to create a planning approval procedure for so-called deed-split lots.

Associate planner Aletha Johnson told the assembly the ordinance clarifies the borough’s subdivision code and establishes a path for property owners to plat parcels that originated as unapproved deed splits. “This proposed amendment to Title 17 … would be plotting deed split parcels,” Johnson said. She explained the changes are based on Alaska statute (Title 29) that validates plats recorded before March 30, 1953, and that parcels created by deed after that date without local planning approval are prohibited from sale or transfer under state law.

The ordinance defines “deed split” and sets eligibility criteria, special notice procedures to surrounding owners, and requirements that remnant parcels be identified on any plat and have legal access. Johnson said the change is intended to restore development rights to long-standing, developed parcels where joining adjoining owners in a plat is impractical. The process requires a major-plat review and public hearing, along with findings and opportunities for neighbors to participate; the planning commission previously recommended approval.

Miss Palmer moved adoption; the motion passed on a roll call with six votes in favor and one absence. The ordinance corrects an incorrect cutoff date in the borough code, adds notice requirements for neighboring owners (including at least 60 days’ notice), and allows the planning commission to grant waivers for required improvements for already developed lots.

Johnson said the measure seeks to balance property-owner rights with protections for neighbors by identifying remnant parcels, ensuring legal access, and providing public notice and a hearing before final approval. The amendment also limits the borough’s ability to create landlocked parcels by requiring legal access arrangements on plats.

The ordinance takes effect following the assembly’s adoption on Sept. 15.","Ordinance 20-85 amending Title 17 passed, creating a process to plat deed-split parcels without requiring adjoining owners to join, plus special notice and protections for remnant parcels.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6471716,"Borough says emergency response to Point Higgins Elementary diesel spill wound down; cleanup to continue",274,108000,382000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5777659-f5c63732ff3effc7b1d7589535326acb&start=108&end=382","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5777659-f5c63732ff3effc7b1d7589535326acb/thumbnail_108000.jpg","/articles/6471716/Ketchikan-Gateway-Borough/Alaska/Borough-says-emergency-response-to-Point-Higgins-Elementary-diesel-spill-wound-down-cleanup-to-continue","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6471716-bfa7f638a1eea5c30ba03cd09eb1aa23/orig.mp4?Expires=1771062707&Signature=aCJVQP-TSlbe84ti~O3lC06GX6WEetFGW1J1I4zrWifFq8Jgtvtn8IzqHij~KAa60PR3L~hfDJGb5F3WKQHknxjNo29V9mtYmeZ5FlPbOUOE3WqmXrOLWEEHntnI9ZyrxKkSijcOqvW~YsReuKCZtjd3ygDdwqy1f4Y7qtAc5nrw5FEmTWa98VtCJCX55lK8s1dCAHq94JaRRNkcuf2EcMDOE3JondybPFLqyDnwMzH8thaRaHEowoDo9LRK6LgJfcf8bX-MapLphtUSZ5XkcTOsmRwRmDFxsPzeWPwK894e9LhuCQ9XZ9Syj6iKLTXHQCnG1OffBqxgeGI0rkneUA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly heard an update Sept. 15 that the immediate emergency response to a diesel fuel spill at Point Higgins Elementary School has ended and cleanup work is continuing under contractor oversight.

Emergency manager Steve Radeen told the assembly that the borough’s response phase is finished and the site has been turned over to Nortek (Nortech/Nortek Engineering) for remediation. “We had our final meeting, as far as the emergency response portion of this goes, and it's been turned over to Nortek for cleanup,” Radeen said.

Nortek project manager Jason Ginter described the current work as excavation of diesel-contaminated soils, loading that material into containers and shipping it off-site for disposal. “At this point … the emergency response action is over, and we're down to excavating out the diesel contaminated soils and getting that loaded into containers and then shipped out for disposal,” Ginter said. He added the team has been conducting indoor air sampling at the school; those sampling units were being pulled the evening of Sept. 15 and sent to a laboratory, with results expected by the end of the week or early the following week.

Public works staff and Nortek said they will continue excavation until screening and laboratory analysis show the contamination is removed. Radeen and Ginter said crews already removed contaminated soil by hand from two downstream private properties and plan to resample downstream areas after the bulk of work on borough property is completed; more material may need removal where the discharge reached a water course.

The presentation included details on handling recovered liquids and contaminated materials. Ginter said sorbent pads that collected recoverable oil have been processed at Full Cycle in Ward Cove, where crews “squeeze the pads through a wringer” to measure recovered gallons. Through Sept. 4, the team had recovered about 620 gallons of liquid. Contaminated soils are being shipped to Seattle and then to Roosevelt, Washington, for disposal in a special-waste landfill.

Assembly members asked whether the spill affected private properties and about mitigation and disposal. Radeen and Ginter described the downstream removals already completed and said the borough will resample and remove any further contaminated material that testing shows is present. Assembly members also thanked staff for providing daily updates during the response.

The assembly’s consent calendar later approved several emergency contracts related to the spill response, including awards to Alaska Commercial Divers Inc., Burnett Construction LLC, Full Cycle, and Nortek Inc., as listed in the consent calendar that passed Sept. 15. The consent calendar vote carried on a single roll call with six affirmative votes.

The borough said it will continue to post recordings of the meeting and provide updates as cleanup proceeds. Laboratory results and subsequent sampling will determine whether additional excavation or actions are needed.","Assembly received an update that emergency response at Point Higgins Elementary School is complete and cleanup has moved to excavation and disposal; air sampling and removal of contaminated soil ongoing and some downstream private properties already had contaminated soil removed.","actionData","errors"]

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Votes at a glance: Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly, Sept. 15, 2025

Assembly reappropriates $50,000 in opioid-settlement funds; approves $25,000 grant to Ketchikan Wellness Coalition

Assembly approves ordinance allowing planning approval path for deed-split lots

Borough says emergency response to Point Higgins Elementary diesel spill wound down; cleanup to continue