Votes at a glance: Petersburg Assembly actions March 3, 2025

Below are the formal actions the Petersburg Borough Assembly took on March 3, 2025, drawn from the meeting record. Vote tallies and mover/second are included when recorded in the meeting transcript.

1) Rockies Marine Inc. lease renewal (consent agenda) - Action: Renew Rockies Marine Inc.'s Thailand's lease through 03/05/2030 at an annual rate of $4,572. - Motion: Move to approve this lease renewal. (consent) - Mover: Member St. Gregor. Second: Member Newman. - Vote: Unanimous approval; roll call recorded as Jay: Yes; Scott: Yes; James: Yes; Donna: Yes; Bob: Yes; Rob: Yes.

2) Ordinance 2025-01: Rezone Lot 13B (Plant 2008-15), partial ID 01-147, 1020 Sandy Beach Road (third and final reading) - Action: Amend official zoning map for Service Area 1 to rezone parcel from rural residential to single-family residential. - Motion: Approve ordinance 2025-01 in third reading. - Mover: Member Newman. Second: Member Schwartz. - Vote: Approved (roll call recorded; motion passes 6-0 per transcript).

3) Ordinance 2025-02: FY2025 budget adjustments (third and final reading) - Action: Multiple budget adjustments including adding a Homeland Security cyber grant ($26,736); correcting motor pool payroll ($82,595 increase); increase power and lights inventory budget ($85,000); increase heat-pump rebate program budget ($15,000); increase motor pool travel and training budget ($8,697). - Motion: Move to approve ordinance 2025-02 in its entirety. - Mover: Member St. Gregor. Second: unspecified in record (motion seconded). - Vote: Approved by roll call (yes votes recorded); motion carries.

4) Resolution 2025-03: Temporary lease of tidelands at Skow Bay turnaround to Andrew Rutherford - Action: Authorize temporary lease of 5,000 sq ft of borough tidelands at Pascall Bay/Skow Bay turnaround for demolition and rebuild of a floating airplane hangar; lease terminates no later than June 30 (applicant agreed timeline). - Motion: Move to approve resolution 2025-03 as written. - Mover: Member Newman. Second: Member St. Gregor. - Vote: Approved 6-0 (roll call recorded: Donna: Yes; Rob: Yes; Scott: Yes; James: Yes; Jay: Yes; Bob: Yes). - Notes: Assembly clarified timeline; applicant stated project can meet borough timeline.

5) Resolution 2025-04: Sale of borough-owned property (outcry auction) and amendment to assessed value - Action: Authorize public outcry auction for Lot 16, Block 2, Rangle Narrows (partial ID 02-283-130) and Lot 13B (Plant 2008-15, partial ID 01-147) with auction suggested for 04/21/2025 at 5 p.m.; assembly amended assessed value of parcel 02-283-130 from $20,100 to $23,700 (and minimum bid accordingly). - Motion: Move to hold an outcry auction on 04/21/2025 at 5 p.m.; amendment to change assessed value. - Mover (main motion): Member St. Gregor. Second: Member ? (consent record shows a second). Amendment mover: member cast by clerk as a motion and seconded. - Votes: Amendment to assessed value approved 6-0. Main motion for auction approved unanimously (transcript roll call recorded with yes votes).

6) Resolution 2025-05: Adopt Visitor Industry Management Plan - Action: Adopt the Visitor Industry Management Plan drafted by the Visitor Industry Working Group as guidance for borough tourism and harbor operations. - Motion: Move to adopt resolution 2025-05. - Mover: Member St. Gregor. Second: Member Newman. - Vote: Approved 6-0 (roll call recorded).

7) Letter to federal delegation (assembly motion) - Action: Approve and send the drafted letter to Senator Murkowski, Senator Sullivan and Representative Begich regarding federal spending reduction plans; attach borough federal funding list and include NOAA in the letter per amendments. - Motion: Move to approve this letter (with amendments to attach federal funding list and add NOAA reference). - Mover: Member St. Gregor. Second: Member Lynn (and subsequent amendment seconds recorded). - Vote: Approved 6-0 following amendments.

Notes on votes and process: All recorded formal actions passed unanimously as shown in the transcript from the March 3 meeting. Where roll-call names were read aloud in the transcript, those names were recorded verbatim. If the transcript omitted a formal mover/second for a specific motion, the article records the mover and records "second" when spoken; where the clerk read the roll the yes votes are recorded as in the transcript.

Ending: These items represent the formal ordinance and resolution outcomes from the March 3 assembly meeting. Several nonbinding discussion items (fish-box tax, marine passenger fee, sales-tax cap) were discussed but not acted upon at this meeting.