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Assembly introduces $500,000 appropriation for Point Higgins Elementary diesel‑spill remediation after extended debate
Summary
The Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly gave first reading to an ordinance to appropriate up to $500,000 for remediation and long‑term monitoring tied to an Aug. 15 diesel spill at Point Higgins Elementary School after staff answered detailed line‑item questions about contractor costs; an amendment to cut the request to $150,000 failed.
The Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly introduced, on first reading, an ordinance to appropriate $500,000 for remediation, long‑term closure and monitoring related to an Aug. 15 diesel spill at Point Higgins Elementary School.
The legislation was moved for introduction by Assemblymember Matson and, after a clerical substitute, drew extensive questions from Assemblymember Arntzen and others about contractor line items and monitoring plans. Morgan Berry, public works director, said the Phase 1 contractual services figure (listed as $2,365,856) covers work performed between Aug. 22 and Nortek’s first demobilization on Oct. 17 and that some final invoices for soil remediation were received as late…
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