As the saying goes, one man’s trash is another’s treasure. Several people participating in the Borough’s salvaging program looked for keepers at Petersburg’s local dump last month.
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The Petersburg Borough Assembly on Monday (May 18) approved property tax rates for the next year, taking effect July 1. The increases are generally due to area-wide services becoming more expensive.
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Petersburg’s Borough Assembly tonight (May 18) will consider property tax rates for the next year, raising the marine passenger fee by $3, electric rate increases, sewer rate increases, raising the single-purchase sales tax cap, adding a new chapter to Petersburg’s zoning code about towers and wireless communication facilities, and the Borough’s next budget. The meeting happens at 6:00 p.m. and KFSK will broadcast it live.
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Petersburg’s Borough Assembly this week approved an updated version of a 5-year lease, allowing for certain small-scale seafood processing at the town’s Community Cold Storage facility. The Assembly also approved a 1-year extension of the Borough’s contract with Republic Services, which removes the municipality’s garbage from Mitkof Island.
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Petersburg’s Borough Assembly tonight will consider allowing limited small-scale seafood processing at the town’s Community Cold Storage facility. Also tonight, the Assembly will decide whether to extend the Borough’s contract with Republic Services, which removes the municipality’s garbage from the island.
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Petersburg’s Borough Assembly directed staff to start rewriting part of its zoning code so that it can be implemented beyond municipal limits. Officials say it’s a big project that will take several years, but a wide-ranging ordinance about communication towers will roll out as part of the process, and property outside of Petersburg’s town proper will be part of a temporary “holding district.”
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Petersburg will receive $8 million in federal funding to complete plans for upgrading the town’s wastewater treatment facility. The Borough must upgrade its wastewater treatment system to meet tighter water quality standards. Officials anticipate it will be an expensive project. Alaska’s U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski secured the funds for Petersburg in an appropriations bill that President Trump signed on Jan. 23.
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The Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska’s broadband venture, Tidal Network, is building three communications towers in Petersburg with money from a large federal grant. The project has received some community pushback, with some residents questioning the process.
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