Petersburg’s borough assembly tonight will be taking the first of three votes on changes to this year’s borough budget. Those changes include some of the funding for the proposed renovation of the police station and municipal building.
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The population of the Petersburg borough dropped last year. That’s according to an annual estimate put out by the Alaska Department of Labor, which uses Permanent Fund applications to come up with the estimates. The state says the number of people in the Petersburg borough in 2015 was 3,199, down from 3,222 the year before.
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Should there be zoning throughout Petersburg’s new borough? What are some of the biggest needs for land in the downtown area? Those were a few of the topics debated by Petersburg’s planning and zoning commission this month as it poured through a draft comprehensive plan for the community. The document makes recommendations for land use and public facilities.
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School administrators in Petersburg are floating the idea of adding one more day a month off from school for students next year. It’s a proposal to help teachers catch up with required training and the district is hoping to hear feedback on the plan.
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Local painter Doris Olsen tonight opens up her second in a series of monthly mini art shows based on a theme. This month the show is called “Seaweed Swirl” and it features nine paintings of bull kelp in different color schemes.
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