The Sitka City and Borough Assembly held its regular meeting on September 23, 2025, at 6:00 PM in Assembly Chambers. The meeting covered special reports from the Sitka Tribe of Alaska and the School District, approval of a consent agenda, appointments to boards and commissions, second reading of supplemental appropriations, and new business including police vehicle funding, a collective bargaining agreement with IBEW Local 1547, annual nonprofit grant awards, a lease agreement with Pacific Jewel Marine, and a $3.2 million transfer to the Public Infrastructure Sinking Fund. All votes were unanimous (6-0) with one member absent.
Thank you for joining us this evening on our regularly scheduled meeting of Tuesday, September 23rd, 2025. Please join me for a flag salute. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. The Assembly of the City and Borough of Sitka would like to respectfully acknowledge the traditional first people of Sheetka. With gratitude, we proceed on Clinkit Ani. Sarah Rollcall, please. Mayor Eisenbeis. Present. Mr. Pike. Here. Ms. Carlson. Here. Mr. Yes Dad. Here. Mr. Christensen. Here. Mr. Mosier. Here. And Mr. Celine is absent this evening. Great. Thank you. Any correspondence or agenda changes. No ceremonial matters this evening, so we'll move on to special reports. Our first scheduled report tonight, Sika Tribe of Alaska. Yeti Kuka. Welcome. Thank you. Good evening. Thank you. For our report, we just have a few updates regarding measures that were passed at our recent meeting as well as a few other various and sundry things. At our last meeting, the tribal council approved the addition of two advisory and two voting seats to add to the Health and Human Services Committee. Four citizens were also appointed to these new seats. And thank you to our citizens for expressing interest in participating in any and all of our committees. Also, a an agreement for the limited waiver of sovereign immunity for the construction of a tribal community garden was passed. A recommendation to oppose the rescinding of the roadless rule. Also a letter to Flinget and Haida regarding consultation on K-12 education in Sitka, as well as a similar letter to the Department of Education and Early Development regarding the Sitka's school district mandate to consult both STA and TNH. We also passed for the Sheet Kukwan Nakahiti Community House to be a polling location for our upcoming tribal council elections to be held on November 11th. Our 2024 federal financial audit was completed, and the council accepted and authorized staff to submit that audit to the federal clearing house on September 17th. And I'm happy to report that the tribe had no findings. As a leader in traditional food security and cultural stewardship, our tribe seeks to expand access to garden space, educational resources and local food systems to promote food sovereignty and economic resilience for generations to come. The garden will house 50 raised beds, 23 for the tribe to grow produce for distribution, two for students in the Sitka Native Education Program, and 25 available to tribal citizens. Senator Burt Steadman, his financial aid Rose Foley, and staff member Margot Leonberg join Lisa and Melanie and Doug for a tour of the STA Child Advocacy Center. In May of this year, the legislature approved 5.5 million dollars in funding for child advocacy centers in Alaska.