City and Borough of Wrangell

Borough Assembly Meeting

AGENDA September

13, 2016 – 7:00 p.m.                          Location: Assembly Chambers, City Hall

1. CALL TO ORDER

a. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE led by Assembly Member Becky Rooney

b.     INVOCATION to be given by a member of the Baha’i Faith

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 & 7a

6. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

*a. Minutes of the Public Hearing and the Regular Assembly meetings held August 23, 2016; minutes of the Special Assembly meeting held September 6, 2016

7. COMMUNICATIONS

a. Minutes of the Regular School Board meeting held June 20, 2016 & the Special School Board meeting held July 6, 2016

8. BOROUGH MANAGER’S REPORT

a. Treated Water update

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

11. PERSONS TO BE HEARD

12. UNFINISHED BUSINESS

a. 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 (second reading – as amended)

b. 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 (second reading) City and Borough of Wrangell September 13, 2016

c. Approval of the revised Local Contractor’s List (postponed from the Regular Assembly meeting held August 23, 2016) d. Discussion and possible action regarding scrap metal removal options in Wrangell (added at the request of Assembly Member Rooney-postponed from the Regular Assembly meeting held August 23, 2016)

13. NEW BUSINESS

a. PROPOSED ORDINANCE No. 924: AN ORDINANCE of the City and Borough of Wrangell, Alaska, authorizing the issuance of a sewer revenue bond in the principal amount of $91,000 to finance a portion of the cost of acquiring, constructing and installing certain additions and betterments to and extensions of the Borough’s sewer system; fixing the date, form, terms, maturities and covenants of the bond; reserving the right of the Borough to issue future revenue bonds with a lien on revenues on a parity with the bond upon compliance with certain conditions; and providing for the sale of the bond to the United States Department of Agriculture, Rural Development (first reading)

b. PROPOSED ORDINANCE No. 925: AN ORDINANCE OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE CITY AND BOROUGH OF WRANGELL, ALASKA, AMENDING SECTION 18.04.040, BUILDING PERMITS – COMPLIANCE WITH ORDINANCES, OF THE WRANGELL MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO BUILDING PERMITS (first reading)

c. PROPOSED RESOLUTION No. 09-16-1350: A RESOLUTION OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE CITY AND BOROUGH OF WRANGELL, ALASKA, DESIGNATING CANVASS BOARD DUTIES TO THREE ASSEMBLY MEMBERS FOR CANVASSING THE RESULTS OF THE REGULAR ELECTION TO BE HELD OCTOBER 4, 2016 d. PROPOSED RESOLUTION No. 09-16-1351: A RESOLUTION OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE CITY AND BOROUGH OF WRANGELL, ALASKA, AUTHORIZING THE CONVEYANCE OF PUBLIC LAND, LOT 5, BLOCK     38, USS 1119, PLAT 2015-6, WRANGELL TOWNSITE, BY QUITCLAIM DEED, TO LAURIE A. BROWN

e. Approval to hold a Special Assembly Meeting on Monday, October 10, 2016 at 11:30 a.m. to Certify the results of the Regular Borough Election

f. Discussion and possible action regarding the potential for Statewide Internet Sales Tax (added at the request of Assembly Member Decker at the last Assembly Meeting)

g. Authorization to proceed with the Property Tax Foreclosures for tax years 2012 through 2015

h. Approval of a fee proposal from CRW Engineering Group’s for a Preliminary Engineering Report for the Water Treatment Plant Improvement project

i. Approval of change orders to BW Enterprises for the Barge Ramp Concrete Paving project

14. ATTORNEY’S FILE – None

15. EXECUTIVE SESSION – None

16. ADJOURNMENT