City and Borough Assembly

Name: City and Borough Assembly — Sitka, AK
Start: 2025-02-04
End: 2025-02-04
Location: Sitka, AK

Regular Meeting

Sitka, AK · February 4, 2025

Minutes

ASSEMBLY CHAMBERS CITY AND BOROUGH OF SITKA 330 Harbor Drive Sitka, AK (907)747-1811 Minutes - Final City and Borough Assembly Mayor Steven Eisenbeisz, Deputy Mayor Timothy Pike, Vice Deputy Mayor JJ Carlson, Kevin Mosher, Scott Saline, Chris Ystad, Thor Christianson Municipal Administrator: John Leach Municipal Attorney: Rachel Jones Municipal Clerk: Sara Peterson Tuesday, February 4, 2025 6:00 PM Assembly Chambers SPECIAL MEETING I. CALL TO ORDER II. FLAG SALUTE III. RECITAL OF LANDS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT IV. ROLL CALL Present: 6 - Christianson, Mosher, Ystad, Pike, Carlson, and Saline Absent: 1 - Eisenbeisz V. CORRESPONDENCE/AGENDA CHANGES No changes. VI. PERSONS TO BE HEARD None. VII. NEW BUSINESS: A 25-017 Preliminary Discussion / Direction for the FY2026 Municipal Budget with focus on the Enterprise Funds (Assembly action may be taken) Municipal Administrator John Leach stated the purpose of the meeting was to review enterprise funds and proposed rate adjustments. Finance Director Melissa Haley reviewed universal challenges for funds supported by ratepayers, the budget development process, resource proposal requests for enterprise funds, the assumptions behind rate recommendations, and a review of each enterprise fund and the recommended rate recommendations. The Assembly reached consensus to CITY AND BOROUGH OF SITKA Page 1 City and Borough Assembly Minutes - Final February 4, 2025 move forward with the recommendations as presented. B 25-018 Discussion/ Direction/ Decision, if desired, of the FY2026 Draft Administrator's Budget as it relates to the General Fund, Enterprise Funds, Internal Service Funds, and other Funds (Assembly action may be taken) Assembly Members Saline, Carlson, and Ystad provided an overview of their requests, which included a full-time refrigerant position, visitor industry data collection, and a port district. Consensus of the Assembly was to proceed with incorporating the submitted requests into the draft general fund and enterprise fund budgets. The draft budgets are scheduled for discussion on February 27 and March 12. VIII. PERSONS TO BE HEARD: None. IX. ADJOURNMENT A motion was made by Carlson to ADJOURN. Hearing no objections, the meeting ADJOURNED at 8:30 p.m. ATTEST: ______________________ Sara Peterson, MMC Municipal Clerk CITY AND BOROUGH OF SITKA Page 2

Agenda

ASSEMBLY CHAMBERS CITY AND BOROUGH OF SITKA 330 Harbor Drive Sitka, AK (907)747-1811 Meeting Agenda City and Borough Assembly Mayor Steven Eisenbeisz, Deputy Mayor Timothy Pike, Vice Deputy Mayor JJ Carlson, Kevin Mosher, Scott Saline, Chris Ystad, Thor Christianson Municipal Administrator: John Leach Municipal Attorney: Rachel Jones Municipal Clerk: Sara Peterson Tuesday, February 4, 2025 6:00 PM Assembly Chambers SPECIAL MEETING I. CALL TO ORDER II. FLAG SALUTE III. RECITAL OF LANDS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT IV. ROLL CALL V. CORRESPONDENCE/AGENDA CHANGES VI. PERSONS TO BE HEARD Public participation on any item off the agenda. All public testimony is not to exceed 3 minutes for any individual, unless the mayor imposes other time constraints at the beginning of the agenda item. VII. NEW BUSINESS: A 25-017 Preliminary Discussion / Direction for the FY2026 Municipal Budget with focus on the Enterprise Funds (Assembly action may be taken) Attachments: Budget Meeting 3 FY2026 Utilities and Harbor Direction Operating RP's Project Charters and Resource proposals for FY2026 capital projects CITY AND BOROUGH OF SITKA Page 1 Printed on 2/3/2025 City and Borough Assembly Meeting Agenda February 4, 2025 B 25-018 Discussion/ Direction/ Decision, if desired, of the FY2026 Draft Administrator's Budget as it relates to the General Fund, Enterprise Funds, Internal Service Funds, and other Funds (Assembly action may be taken) Attachments: Item B Catch-All Carlson_CBS RP FY26 Visitor Data Collection. Saline_Resource Proposal Request Ystad_Resource proposal Port Director VIII. PERSONS TO BE HEARD: Public participation on any item on or off the agenda. Not to exceed 3 minutes for any individual. IX. ADJOURNMENT Note: Detailed information on these agenda items can be found on the City website at https://sitka.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx or by contacting the Municipal Clerk's Office at City Hall, 100 Lincoln Street or 907.747.1811. A hard copy of the Assembly packet is available at the Sitka Public Library. Regular and Special Assembly meetings are livestreamed through the City's website and YouTube channel, and aired live on KCAW FM 104.7. To receive Assembly agenda notifications, sign up with GovDelivery on the City website. Sara Peterson, MMC, Municipal Clerk Publish: January 31 CITY AND BOROUGH OF SITKA Page 2 Printed on 2/3/2025

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