Minutes of the Work Session
Denali Borough Assembly
Tri-Valley Community Center
August
13, 2003
CALL TO ORDER Presiding Officer Jim Caswell called the work session to order at 6:30PM.
ROLL CALL Assembly members present were: Gerald Pollock, Jim Caswell, Robert Shelton, Cynthia Trytko, Baxter Mercer, Neal Laugman, and Sid Michaels. Absent and excused were Teresa Hall and David Evans. Mayor Talerico was also present.
1.) Ordinance 03-03, Version A, an ordinance amending the Denali
Borough Code of Ordinances, Chapter 21, pertaining to severance tax.
CASWELL stated that he agrees with
EVANS that if someone is in violation that the mayor has the authority to
decide on the severity of the violation and in the most extreme case, the
maximum could be up to 10 time the amount of the taxes due.
LAUGMAN spoke is in favor of this
amendment. He stated that people need
to understand that there are consequences.
TRYTKO asked if there would be no
set fine and that the administrator would have the authority to set that fine
on a case-by-case basis. She asked if
that would set us up for favoritism.
MICHAELS stated that leaving it up to one person might leave it open for
accusations, but the mayor could bring it to the Assembly.
TRYTKO stated that not everybody
does that on purpose, she asked how you determine who is in violation.
CASWELL spoke against the Permit
process stating that he will not ask for permission to operate a business.
MICHAELS stated he would amend
during the regular meeting to change it to Registration.
2.) Ordinance 03-08, Version C, an ordinance amending the Denali
Borough Code of Ordinances, Title IV Chapter 24, titled Management of Borough
Real Property.
LAUGMAN stated that the Assembly
would need to work on the annual lease rate at the Regular meeting.
3.) Ordinance 03-09, Version C, an ordinance establishing a 2%
general sales tax within the Denali Borough.
MICHAELS stated that he worked
with HALL and that he would like to amend by substitution, Version D at the
Regular meeting. MICHAELS went over the proposed changes for both HALL and
Eileen Armstrong’s suggestions.
MICHAELS stated that residents of Anderson expressed concerns at the
Northern District Open House about paying an additional tax on electricity and
telecommunications tax.
MERCER spoke in favor of a 2%
general sales tax on everything unless it is already taxed.
LAUGMAN spoke in favor with a few
exclusions.
4.) Ordinance 03-12, Version A, an ordinance amending the Code by
addition of Title 5, Chapter 36, titled a Code of Ethics for the Denali Borough
Mayor, Assembly and Borough employees.
This ordinance was not discussed
because of time constraints.
5.) Ordinance 03-13, Version A, an ordinance
amending the Code by the addition of Title 5, Chapter 37, creating an Ethics
Commission.
This ordinance was not discussed
because of time constraints.
6.) Ordinance 03-14, Version A, an ordinance
amending the Code by the addition of Title 5, Chapter 38, creating the Denali
Borough Ethics Commission Policies and Procedures.
This ordinance was not discussed
because of time constraints.
7.) Ordinance 03-15, Version A, an ordinance amending the Code,
Appendix of Forms P, Q, R, S, T, U, and V, pertaining the Code of Ethics.
This ordinance was not discussed
because of time constraints.
8.)
Ordinance 02-06, Version A, An ordinance providing for an ethics commission and
providing for disposition of alleged violations.
This ordinance was not discussed
because of time constraints.
ADJOURNMENT CASWELL
declared the work session adjourned at 6:59 pm.
Date Approved:
September 10, 2003