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Votes at a glance: Sept. 2 Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly — grants, claims, consent calendar and liquor-license protest
Summary
Key assembly votes included adoption of Ordinance 20-83 ($332,000 EPA grant), acceptance of claims totaling $2,656,471.34, approval of the consent calendar (including a $440,500 contract award) and a protest of Salmon Falls Resort’s liquor-license renewal over unpaid sales tax.
At its Sept. 2 meeting the Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly recorded several formal votes, including an appropriation of federal grant funds, acceptance of claims, passage of the consent calendar and a quorum decision to protest a liquor-license renewal. Roll-call outcomes and key details follow.
Ordinance adoption — South Tongass generators - Motion: Adopt Ordinance 20-83, appropriating $332,000 from the EPA Drinking Water Infrastructure Resilience and Sustainability Program for the South Tongass Water System Generators Project. - Moved by: Miss Arntzen; Second: Bailey. - Outcome: Passed, 7-0. - Note: Staff said the project is intended to be 100% EPA grant-funded and not to affect South End ratepayers.
Acceptance of claims - Motion: Approve presented claims totaling $2,656,471.34 and acknowledge interim financial statements for May and June 2025. - Moved by: Miss Bowling; Second: (record shows second). - Outcome: Passed, 7-0.
Consent calendar (single motion) - Motion: Approve consent calendar items as listed in the meeting packet. - Outcome: Passed, 7-0. - Items included (summary): approval of Aug. 18 minutes; introduction of Ordinance 20-84 (editorial updates to KGBC Titles 1 and 2) and Ordinance 20-85 (procedure for planning approval of deed split lots); introduction of Ordinance 20-87 appropriating $50,000 from nationwide opioid settlement proceeds for distribution by grants; Resolution 3139 (best-interest finding for acquisition of USS 2402 Lot 11 near Mountain Point Water Treatment Plant); award of contract to Copper Ridge LLC for Romaine and Roosevelt Water Main replacement project ($440,500); assembly review of alcohol license renewal for Cape Fox Tours LLC; and the voter information guide for the 2025 regular borough election.
Liquor-license protest - Motion: Protest renewal of alcohol license number 714SF (Salmon Falls Resort) due to delinquent sales tax and notify AMCO; urge AMCO to withhold renewal until taxes are paid. - Moved by: Keith Otis; Second: Commissioner Thompson. - Outcome: Passed, 7-0. - Note: Finance staff reported unpaid sales tax and a lien; the applicant did not appear at the hearing. The clerk will notify AMCO. The applicant may appeal the assembly’s decision to superior court within 30 days.
Other - The assembly recessed into an executive session on compliance with a settlement in Superior Court case IKE-25-00217-CI and took no official action when it returned to open session.
This summary records motions and outcomes as read into the assembly record on Sept. 2. For motions adopted by roll call, the assembly used the stated yes/no/aye votes; clerks will file findings and forward required notices to state agencies where applicable.
