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Any public testimony regarding Ordinance #2023-06 should be given during this public hearing. A copy of Ordinance #2023-06 may be found under agenda item 14A.
Any public testimony regarding Ordinance #2023-07 should be given during this public hearing. A copy of Ordinance #2023-07 may be found under agenda item 14B.
Any public testimony regarding Ordinance #2023-08 should be given during this public hearing. A copy of Ordinance #2023-08 may be found under agenda item 14C.
Any public testimony regarding Ordinance #2023-09 should be given during this public hearing. A copy of Ordinance #2023-09 may be found under agenda item 14D.
Any public testimony regarding Ordinance #2023-10 should be given during this public hearing. A copy of Ordinance #2023-10 may be found under agenda item 14E.
Persons wishing to share their views on any item on today's agenda may do so at this time.
Persons with views on subjects not on today's agenda may share those views at this time.
Assembly Member and Housing Task Force Chair Kensinger will update the Assembly on the roll out of the Housing Needs Assessment Survey.
If adopted in three readings, Ordinance #2023-06 will change the FY 2024 sewer utility rate increase from 3% to 6%. An annual rate review of the utility indicates this increase is needed to keep up with increased costs and expenses to the Borough. The Assembly unanimously approved Ordinance #2023-06 in its first reading.
Adoption of Ordinance #2023-07 in three readings will: (1) update the live-aboard policy to allow no more than 10% of moorage spaces to be utilized by live-aboard vessels; (2) prohibit commercial use of the harbor facilities for rental of vessels for residential purposes; and (3) increase the penalty for speeding or excessive wake in the harbors from $50 to $200. Ordinance #2023-07 was unanimously approved in its first reading.
Ordinance #2023-08 will set the Petersburg Borough budget for FY 2024 if approved in three readings. After a motion to amend the Community Services budget to increase Mountain View Food Services from $25,000 to $43,000 using funds budgeted for Assembly compensation for attending regular meetings was withdrawn, and a motion to approve the same increase and figure out where the funds will come from to do so later failed, the Assembly unanimously approved Ordinance #2023-08 in its first reading as submitted.
If approved in three readings, Ordinance #2023-09 will repeal old traffic and parking code, update parking restrictions in current Borough code, allow for the harbor to enforce traffic and parking ordinances at Borough harbor facilities, and establish a $25 penalty for parking in violation in harbor facilities. The Assembly unanimously approved Ordinance #2023-09 in its first reading.
Ordinance #2023-10, if approved in three readings, will allow the Assembly to determine if it is in the best interest of the Borough to sell Borough-owned land at less than assessed value to federally recognized tribes, as well as to state and federal agencies and nonprofit entities. Ordinance #2023-10 was unanimously approved in its first reading.
If approved, Resolution #2023-08 will set the FY 2024 mill rate inside Service Area 1 at 10.84 mills and outside Service Area 1 at 4.2 mills.
The Borough's SEASWA Representative, Public Works Director Cotta, and Alternate Representative, Utility Director Hagerman, request a change in the Alternate Representative position by removing Utility Director Hagerman and appointing Sanitation Supervisor Aaron Marohl. Without objection of the Assembly, Mayor Jensen may appoint Supervisor Marohl to the SEASWA Alternate Representative position.