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Votes at a glance: Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly, Sept. 15, 2025
Summary
Summary of ordinances, resolutions, claims and consent-calendar actions the assembly voted on Sept. 15, 2025, with outcomes and key details.
The Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly on Sept. 15, 2025, considered multiple ordinances, a resolution, claims and the consent calendar. Below are the items voted on and their outcomes as recorded by roll call.
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.
