Assembly roundup: rezoning, airport funds, opioid grants and sewer-rate hike approved

The Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly on May 5 approved a set of ordinances and routine items spanning land use, transportation infrastructure, public-health grants and utilities.

Key outcomes - Rezoning, White Rock Estates (Ordinance 20-64): The Assembly adopted ordinance 20-64 as amended to rezone a tract in White Rock Estates Phase 4 from Planned Unit Development (PUD) to PUD and Suburban Residential (RS), clarifying that the PUD portion will allow 20 dwellings and that an adjacent RS lot allows two units (22 total in the project area including RS). Motion to adopt by Assemblymember Arntzen; amendment substituting corrected exhibits passed unanimously; final vote recorded as 6-0.

- Airport terminal Phase 1 appropriation (Ordinance 20-67): The Assembly appropriated $32,881,974 for phase 1 of the Ketchikan International Airport terminal expansion. Funding sources include federal Airport Improvement Program grants (majority), a $1.8M Congressional grant, a $1M Bipartisan Infrastructure grant, an anticipated FFY26 federal grant, and local match funded by airport revenue bonds and airport reserves. Motion by Assemblymember Bailey; ordinance passed 6-0.

- Opioid…