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Finance committee recommends assembly approve $100,000 shore‑power feasibility contract with KPFF
Summary
The committee voted to recommend the assembly award a shore-power feasibility and infrastructure needs assessment contract to KPFF Engineers for up to $100,000, after the manager described the project’s scope and the RFP scoring process.
The Skagway Municipality Finance Committee recommended that the assembly award a shore‑power feasibility and infrastructure needs assessment contract to KPFF Engineers for an amount not to exceed $100,000.
Manager Deech told the committee the work would update feasibility for shore‑power infrastructure connected to a Burrell Creek project and described an existing MOA with Burrell Creek Holdings. The municipality issued an RFP, received two proposals, and a scoring committee rated KPFF highest. The submitted fee proposal in the packet was for $100,000.
Chair moved that the committee recommend the assembly award the shore‑power feasibility and infrastructure needs assessment contract to KPFF Engineers "in an amount not to exceed a $100,000." The motion was seconded, members responded "Aye," and the committee carried the recommendation to the assembly.
Why it matters: shore‑power feasibility is an early step toward potential electrification of dock facilities, which could reduce dock-level emissions if a future project is developed and funded. Manager Deech noted related options—battery storage, incremental infrastructure, and other low- or zero-emission vessel technologies—that the feasibility study would evaluate alongside capacity estimates.
Next steps: the committee’s recommendation will be forwarded to the full assembly for final contract authorization and budget allocation in the upcoming fiscal-year budget process.
Quote: "I move that we recommend to the assembly awarding the shore power feasibility and infrastructure needs assessment contract to KPFF engineers in an amount not to exceed a $100,000," said the Chair.
