Votes at a glance: ordinances and resolutions the Juneau assembly approved or referred
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Summary
The assembly adopted several items by unanimous consent (consent agenda; Ordinance 2025-40(b) Title 49; Ordinance 2025-43 lease to Juneau Animal Rescue; Ordinance 2024-01(b,c) supplemental appropriation; Resolution 4034 easement) and referred the Downtown Douglas/West Juneau area plan to committee.
At the meeting the City and Borough of Juneau assembly approved multiple items by unanimous consent and referred one item for additional committee review.
Key outcomes
• Consent agenda: Adopted as amended by the acting manager (motion by Mister Kelly).
• Ordinance 2025-40(b) (Title 49 rewrite, second wave): Adopted by unanimous consent after staff confirmed planning commission amendments were integrated.
• Ordinance 2025-43 (lease of ~8 acres near 10020 Crazy Horse Drive to Juneau Animal Rescue): Adopted by unanimous consent. Acting manager said market rent is ~$3,000 per month; proposed lease rate is $10 per year for 35 years. Kevin Ritchie (JAR board) told the assembly the request is for about 8 acres for JAR and about 5 acres for the food bank; he described the site as wet and potentially costly to develop.
• Ordinance 2024-01(b,c) (supplemental FY25 operating appropriation): Adopted by unanimous consent. Acting manager said the ordinance appropriates $1,316,554 for FY25 operating costs including $1,300,000 for risk management health claims, $14,000 transfer from the pandemic fund, $2,500 for downtown parking cameras, and a $1,500 interfund transfer to correct accounting entries.
• Ordinance 2025-42 (Downtown Douglas/West Juneau area plan): Referred to the next committee of the whole for further discussion at the assembly’s request (motion by Miss Hall).
• Resolution 4034 (extension of driveway and utility easement on Mendenhall Peninsula — Lot 3 US Survey 3816): Adopted by unanimous consent. Acting manager said fair market value was determined to be approximately $4,014.08; committee review recommended approval.
Votes and procedure: Most approvals were by unanimous consent; the transcript does not record roll-call tallies for these items. Where members initially objected to procedural moves (for example, suspending rules to permit JAR testimony), objections were removed and motions adopted.
What to watch: The lease to Juneau Animal Rescue involves long-term below-market conveyance ($10/year for 35 years) and site-development concerns (wet soils, cost). Telephone Hill remains a high-profile public concern though no assembly action on demolition occurred at this meeting.
