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Borough Mayor Peter Micciche says the ordinances are a response to the actions of an individual who harassed employees at multiple borough offices and made unreasonable records requests.
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Residents of Cooper Landing protested the lease of a one-acre parcel to a company that will batch concrete for the Cooper Landing Bypass project. After the Borough Assembly approved the lease, residents called on the mayor to veto it, but he declined to do so on Tuesday, saying he'd meet with residents to discuss safety.
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In a board meeting Monday and joint session with the Borough Assembly Tuesday, school board members continued to discuss a tentative budget that accounts for no increased funding from the state. “We’re hopeful that this isn’t the budget that’s gonna last,” Board Vice President Jason Tauriainen said.
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Borough Mayor Peter Micciche, who authored the ordinances, says they're a response to one individual who has harassed borough employees and made unreasonable records requests.
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A company will use the site to batch concrete for the Cooper Landing bypass and Juneau Creek Bridge projects, but nearby residents say they're concerned about the safety of trucks accessing the site, which is located on a rural road near Cooper Landing Emergency Services.
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The mayor’s office has been gathering community input on the current website, which they say is hard to navigate. On Tuesday, the Borough Assembly approved a $90,000 contract for the work.
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Kachemak Selo has been waiting on a new school for more than a decade, and in 2016 the school district received millions in DEED grant money to do that. On Tuesday, the Borough Assembly voted to transfer that grant to the state's Department of Commerce to remove match and design requirements.
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The borough will host a public outcry auction in May, and a secondary online auction in August for unsold properties.
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Borough Maintenance Director Tom Nelson said just two months into the season, invoices for school district snow removal already totaled 54% of the full snow removal budget.
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A 1,000-acre borough-managed parcel near Cooper Landing has been the subject of a master plan study. Based on that study's recommendation, the borough classified the parcel as a site for resource development and recreation.