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A procedural issue turned contentious at Mondays city council meeting in Petersburg as a couple of the councilors questioned some of their fellow members adherence to Democratic principles. Matt Lichtenstein has a closer look at the discussion.

It looks like the Petersburg City Council will set a policy prescribing the hours that most department heads have to work. The issue occupied much of the Council’s regular meeting, Monday. They also discussed plans to require that hourly workers punch in and out of work electronically.

Petersburg is moving ahead with a 1.3 million dollar fix for the problematic cabin creek water pipeline. The City Council , Monday, approved a more detailed version of the design and gave credit to the employee who helped refine the concept.

Petersburg and Wrangell’s political fight over new hydro-power development at ruth lake near Petersburg came up at a meeting of the Thomas Bay Power Authority last week. The Authority is made up of representatives from both towns which have cooperated for decades to manage the existing hydro-plant they share at Tyee lake near Wrangell. During Thursday’s meeting, couple of commissioners expressed hope that leaders in both towns could still find a way to work cooperatively on Ruth lake near Petersburg.

Southeast’s commercial Dungeness crab fishery will look a little different this year following decisions by the state’s Board of Fish in January. The board approved a change to the season timing for districts 1 and 2 near Ketchikan.