City and Borough of Wrangell

Borough Assembly Meeting

AGENDA

August 23, 2016 – 7:00 p.m.            Location: Assembly Chambers, City Hall

1. CALL TO ORDER

a. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE led by Assembly Member David Powell

b. INVOCATION to be given by Nettie Covalt with the Presbyterian Church

c. CEREMONIAL MATTERS – Community Presentations, Proclamations, Certificates of Service, Guest Introductions

2. ROLL CALL

3. AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA

4. CONFLICT OF INTEREST

5. CONSENT AGENDA

a. Item (*) 6a and 7a

6. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

*a. Minutes of the Public Hearing and the Regular Assembly meetings           held July 26, 2016.

7. COMMUNICATIONS

a. SE Senior Services’ Fourth Qtr. report (April 1st, 2016 thru June 30th,     2016)

8. BOROUGH MANAGER’S REPORT

a. Treated Water update

b. Robert Rang, Wrangell Medical Center’s CEO, – End of year financials       and update on WMC operations

9. BOROUGH CLERK’S FILE

10. MAYOR/ASSEMBLY REPORTS AND APPOINTMENTS

a. Reports by Assembly Members

b. Appointment to fill the vacancies on various City Boards, Committees,     and Commissions c. Appointment to fill the vacancy on the Wrangell             Medical Center Hospital Board, Unexpired term until October 2016

11. PERSONS TO BE HEARD

12. UNFINISHED BUSINESS

a. PROPOSED ORDINANCE No. 920: AN ORDINANCE OF THE                   ASSEMBLY OF THE CITY AND BOROUGH OF WRANGELL, ALASKA,       AMENDING SECTION 18.04.080, SECTION 107.2 AMENDED –                   PERMIT FEES, OF THE WRANGELL MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING         TO BUILDING PERMIT FEES (second reading)

b. PROPOSED ORDINANCE No. 921: AN ORDINANCE OF THE                   ASSEMBLY OF THE CITY AND BOROUGH OF WRANGELL, ALASKA,       AMENDING SECTION 5.08.060, TAXFREE DAYS, OF THE                           WRANGELL MUNICIPAL CODE, TO PROVIDE THAT THE City and           Borough of Wrangell August 23, 2016 ASSEMBLY MAY APPROVE ONE       SALES TAX-FREE DAY EACH FISCAL YEAR (second reading)

c. PROPOSED ORDINANCE No. 922 (am) : AN ORDINANCE OF THE         ASSEMBLY OF THE CITY AND BOROUGH OF WRANGELL, ALASKA,       AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF CHAPTER 15.16, CEMETERY, OF     THE WRANGELL MUNICIPAL CODE, RELATING TO CEMETERY             FEES (first reading – as amended)

d. Approval of the revised Local Contractor’s List

e. Discussion of the Memo from Robert Rang, WMC CEO regarding the         TruBridge Contract for Billing Services action plan

13. NEW BUSINESS

a. PROPOSED ORDINANCE No. 923: AN ORDINANCE OF THE                   ASSEMBLY OF THE CITY AND BOROUGH OF WRANGELL, ALASKA,       AMENDING SECTION 2.24.040, ABSENTEE VOTING BY MAIL, OF           THE WRANGELL MUNICIPAL CODE, RELATING TO THE                           PROCEDURES FOR ABSENTEE VOTING BY MAIL (first reading)

b. PROPOSED RESOLUTION No. 08-16-1348: A RESOLUTION OF THE     ASSEMBLY OF THE CITY AND BOROUGH OF WRANGELL, ALASKA,       AMENDING THE ASSESSMENT VALUE FOR TAX YEAR 2016 FOR           JAMES & BETTY ABBOTT, LOT 17 , USS 3403, DUE TO A MANIFEST         CLERICAL ERROR

c. PROPOSED RESOLUTION No. 08-16-1349: A RESOLUTION OF THE     ASSEMBLY OF THE CITY AND BOROUGH OF WRANGELL, ALASKA,       AMENDING THE ASSESSMENT VALUE FOR TAX YEAR 2016 FOR           ROYCE & SHERRI COWAN, SPACE 15 BLOOMS TRAILER PARK, DUE     TO A MANIFEST CLERICAL ERROR

d. Discussion and possible action regarding scrap metal removal options       in Wrangell (added at the request of Assembly Member Rooney)

e. Approval to store the Chugach Ranger Boat at the Wrangell Nolan             Museum

f. Site selection for a new Cemetery

g. Approval to move forward with an application for a Housing                       Assistance Grant for the Wrangell Medical Center

14. ATTORNEY’S FILE

a. Summary Report was provided to the Assembly

15. EXECUTIVE SESSION

a. Options for disposing of the Belt Freezer Facility

b. Options for the Six Mile Mill Site Property

c. Discussion of Union negotiations and arbitration proceeding with the       union

16. ADJOURNMENT