Amending the Carl E. Moses Small Boat Harbor rate schedule is at the top of this evening's City Council agenda.  

Discussion of the schedule last meeting ended without agreement on several key issues.  In a work session tonight, Councilors will address whether to raise the moorage rate by 15 percent, how to deal with multiple vessels under the same ownership, and how to administer use of the drive-down float.  

Council meeting tonight will open with the swearing in of new Council member Zoya Johnson and the re-swearing of incumbent Dennis Robinson. 

The main items of business for the rest of the meeting are setting rental rates for the City’s new 8-plex and a fee schedule for the Carl E. Moses Small Boat Harbor.

The City’s newly constructed housing unit opens to residents on December 1st. Council will set rental rates and policies for the eight apartments, four of which are reserved for teachers and two for public safety personnel.  The proposed rental rates are $1,300 per month for the 2-bedroom units and $1,600 for the 3-bedroom units.

The main business at Council meeting last night was certifying the election results.  Zoya Johnson won the only contested race of the election. 

The newly elected officials will be sworn in during the next Council meeting on October 25th.

Mayor Shirley Marquardt gave a brief update on the recent lobbying trip she and several Council members took to Washington, D.C.  While in the nation’s capital they met with Alaska’s congressional delegation and senior officials from the Coast Guard and Army Corps of Engineers.

Tonight, city council will gather to receive a report from the canvassing committee and certify the municipal election results.  Zoya Johnson beat incumbent Katherine McGlashan by 8 percentage points in the only contested race of the election.

Council will also recognize Domestic Violence Awareness Month after a flag ceremony by the Scouts. 

There is only one item on the Consent Agenda.  Council will consider a resolution that would confirm Erin Williamson Reinders appointment to the Iliuliuk Clinic Board.

Absentee and contested ballots have been counted in the local election and although the results won’t be official until City Council certifies the election on Tuesday, the numbers are in. 

In the close race for City Council Seat E, Zoya Johnson opened up an 8-point lead over incumbent Katherine McGlashan with a total of 239 votes to McGlashan’s 220. 

Dennis Robinson held on to unopposed city council seat B with a total of 378 votes.

The preliminary results for the local election are in, and one race is too close to call.

Zoya Johnson, the executive director of the Museum of the Aleutians and a former city council member, currently has a 3-percent edge on incumbent Katherine McGlashan in the race for City Council Seat E.

Johnson received 224 votes, and 208 ballots were cast for McGlashan. There are still 30 votes that need to be counted however – 24 absentee, and six contested. Those will be processed on Friday by a canvassing committee. They will meet in city hall council chambers at 10:30am, and official results are expected later in the day.

Today, Unalaskans hit the polls to vote in the local election.

There’s only one contested race this year. Incumbent Katherine McGlashan and former council member Zoya Johnson are competing for city council seat E. Meanwhile, Dennis Robinson is running for seat B with no opponent. School board members Daniel Masoni and Sonia Handforth-Kome also face no competition.

Amy Vanostenbridge stopped by city hall to vote this morning. She says that there are a few factors she was weighing while she cast her ballot.

Infrastructure was the hot topic at last night’s city council meeting.

An ordinance that would fund the Fender System Repair Project at the City Dock and adjust the budget for the new city employee 8-plex housing unit passed four to one. Council Member Dennis Robinson opposed the measure on the principle that the city should not be involved in the housing business and that the cost of the project was too high. Council Member Katherine McGlashan disagreed with Robinson, arguing that there was value in attracting public sector workers like teachers to the town and pointing out that much of the project was covered by a state grant.

City Council will convene tonight for a monster meeting on road regulations and the development of a new wastewater treatment plant.

The meeting will both begin and end in executive session. Council will meet at 6pm to discuss pending environmental litigation behind closed doors. They will receive an hour-long update on the Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency’s lawsuit over wastewater discharge. The second executive session is for City Manager Chris Hladick’s annual performance evaluation.