Minutes of the Work Session
Denali Borough Assembly
Anderson School
November
19, 2003
CALL TO ORDER Presiding Officer Jim Caswell called the work session to order at 6:30 pm. Mr. Caswell turned the Work Session and Public Hearing over to the Deputy Presiding Officer, Gerald Pollock.
ROLL CALL Assembly members present were: Jim Caswell, Sid Michaels, Bob Shelton, Dave Evans, Gerald Pollock, Baxter Mercer, Cynthia Trytko, and Teresa Hall. Mayor Talerico was also in attendance.
1.) Ordinance 03-18, an ordinance amending the Denali Borough budget
for fiscal year 2004.
Mayor TALERICO explained the
budgetary changes such as an adjustment to staff wages and equipment needs for
the office. MICHAELS noted that the amended budget is actually $38,770.00 less
than the original budget.
2.)
Mayor’s Annual Work Plan.
Mayor TALERICO explained a change
in the plan that would accommodate the influx of employees coming in February
to Anderson because of the Air National Guard and the Borough being willing to
work with the City of Anderson with disposal of Municipal property.
3.) Ordinance 03-03, Version C, an
ordinance amending the Denali Borough Code of Ordinances, Chapter 21,
pertaining to severance tax.
EVANS would like the ordinance to
be adopted tonight. CASWELL asked about the penalty amount and it was stated
that it should not exceed $10,000.
4.) Ordinance 03-08, Version C, an ordinance amending the Denali
Borough Code of Ordinances, Title IV, Chapter 24, titled Management of Borough
Real Property.
Neal LAUGMAN spoke to the issue
and explained that he added the changes that the Borough attorney suggested.
LAUGMAN asked that they amend by
substitution Version D during the regular meeting.
5.)
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.
HALL stated that she would speak
about all of the following ethics ordinances as a package.
HALL
reminded the Assembly the establishment of an Ethics Commission was defeated at
the last meeting. She commented on the fact that each of the ordinances
relating to ethics are a package. The appendix forms are a priority.
HALL spoke
about the Assembly acting as the Commission does a disservice to the community
because the Assembly should not be the judge and jury. The constituents should
preside on the Commission.
CASWELL
stated that the Ethics Commission ordinance was conceived from goof ball
complaints.
HALL stated that this is not a knee jerk reaction and that the ordinances are
needed and had they been in place earlier, it may have solved some early
problems.
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.
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.
8.) Ordinance 02-06, Version A, an ordinance
providing for an ethics commission and providing for disposal of alleged
violations.
9.) Ordinance 03-17, an ordinance establishing
land use regulations to conform to requirements of the National Flood Insurance
Program and providing for an effective date.
MICHAELS
spoke about this ordinance going to Healy prior to deciding what to do with it
because then it would have gone to all communities.
HALL concurred.
Mayor
TALERICO agreed and stated that he would recommend that this item get postponed
indefinitely since it seems the constituents have spoken against it.
HALL
suggested that instead of postponing indefinitely that it should be voted on.
ADJOURNMENT POLLOCK
declared the work session adjourned at 6:50 pm.
Date Approved: