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Assembly reviews FY2026 department budgets; IT, community development and parks among items discussed

2963332 · April 11, 2025
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Summary

The Kodiak Island Borough work session included a department-level review of the FY2026 proposed budgets for information technology, community development, parks and recreation, emergency preparedness, assessing and related special funds.

The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly took a first look April 10 at proposed FY2026 budgets for a range of general-fund departments and one special-revenue fund, with department heads and staff summarizing principal changes and answering assembly questions.

Information Technology director Fred (last name not provided) told the assembly the IT budget reflects routine salary steps plus key one-time capital needs. Fred said a main capital request is for enterprise storage replacement and a backup server: “The current one is end of life this summer in June… they run about $50,000,” he said, referring to centralized virtual-server storage. He also described maintenance agreements (for software subscriptions and ongoing support) and a rise in…

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