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Kodiak Island Borough, KANA staff travel to six villages to help elders and disabled veterans file property tax-exemption paperwork
Summary
Borough assessor staff and Kodiak Area Native Association elder services visited six remote villages in November to assist seniors and disabled veterans with confidential property tax-exemption applications; assessing staff said FY26 budget includes remote travel for one employee to continue the service.
The Kodiak Island Borough Assessor's Office and Kodiak Area Native Association (KANA) elder services traveled to six remote villages in November to assist seniors and disabled veterans in filing confidential real property tax-exemption applications, assessor Seema Groot told the assembly on Feb. 27.
Groot said the teams visited Akiak, Karluk, Larsen Bay, Old Harbor, Uyak (referred to as "Inky" in the presentation), and Port Lions and that staff returned with a high rate of completed applications: in five villages they retrieved more than 60% of expected applications and in three villages more than 80%.
The outreach aimed to overcome…
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