Ketchikan public meetings in 2024
11 substantive meetings from 2024, with official agendas or minutes and plain-English summaries.
City Council Chambers
The Port & Harbors Advisory Board will meet to review the 2025 cruise ship schedule and the Director's report. The board will also discuss a parking concern raised by Board Member Carruth.
- 2025 Cruise Ship Schedule
- Parking concern from Board Member Carruth
- Port & Harbors Director’s Report
The Port & Harbors Advisory Board unanimously approved a motion to request actual costs the City of Ketchikan pays from the general fund to support cruise ship operations and to develop a mechanism to recover those funds. The board also approved an extended absence for Board Member Youngblood and accepted the October minutes. No other substantive decisions were made.
- Approved motion to request actual general fund costs for cruise ship support and develop recovery mechanism (unanimous)
- Approved Board Member Youngblood's extended absence request (unanimous)
- Accepted minutes of October 8, 2024 meeting (unanimous)
City Council Chambers
The Ketchikan Port & Harbors Advisory Board is meeting to review a Cruise Passenger Cost Study, discuss a citizen complaint email, and consider a board member's extended absence request. The board will also introduce new members and hear the Director's Report.
- Review of Cruise Passenger Cost Study
- Citizen complaint email regarding port/harbor matters
- Board member extended absence request
- Introduction of new board members
- Board member request letter
City Council Chambers
The Port & Harbors Advisory Board is holding a regular meeting with standard procedural items. The only substantive action is an election to fill the Vice Chairman position. The board will also hear a report from the Port & Harbors Director.
- Election for Vice Chairman of the board
- Port & Harbors Director’s report
City Council Chambers
The Port & Harbors Advisory Board is holding its regular meeting with a procedural agenda. Items include discussion of loading zone maps, a financial spreadsheet, a recommendation memo, and the charter loading zone. The meeting also includes a director's report and public comment period.
- Loading Zone Maps
- Financial Spreadsheet
- Recommendation Memo
- Charter Loading Zone
The Port & Harbors Advisory Board held a routine meeting with no substantive policy decisions. They unanimously approved the June 11 meeting minutes, rescheduled the July 9 regular meeting to July 16, and discussed a public inquiry about access to a loading zone during cruise ship operations. The board also selected Eric Lunde as Pro Tempore Chairman.
- Approved June 11, 2024 meeting minutes (unanimous)
- Rescheduled July 9, 2024 meeting to July 16, 2024 (unanimous)
- Nominated Eric Lunde as Pro Tempore Chairman (unanimous)
City Council Chambers
The Port & Harbors Advisory Board will meet to consider a new charter loading zone as part of new business. The agenda also includes review of loading zone maps, a financial spreadsheet, and a recommendation memo under communications. The board will hear public comment and receive a director’s report.
- Discussion on charter loading zone as new business
- Review of loading zone maps
- Review of financial spreadsheet
- Review of recommendation memo
- Port & Harbors Director’s report
City Council Chambers
The Port & Harbors Advisory Board will discuss a letter from Thruster and administrative updates. The board is considering moving the July 9, 2024, regular meeting to either July 2 or July 16, 2024.
- Rescheduling of the July 9, 2024, PHAB meeting to July 2 or July 16, 2024
- Review of a letter from Thruster
City Council Chambers
The Port & Harbors Advisory Board is holding its regular May 7, 2024 meeting. The agenda is largely procedural, consisting of standard items like roll call, approval of minutes, and board comments. No substantive decisions, proposals, or public hearings are listed; the main content is the Port & Harbors Director’s report.
- Port & Harbors Director’s Report
City Council Chambers
The Ketchikan Port & Harbors Advisory Board is holding a regular meeting with mostly routine business. The board will consider changing the date of its May 2024 meeting and will hear the Port & Harbors Director's report. The agenda includes no public hearings, contracts, or major policy decisions.
- Introduction of new board member Michael Youngblood
- Date change for Port & Harbors May 2024 meeting
- Port & Harbors Director's report
City Council Chambers
The Port & Harbors Advisory Board is holding a regular meeting with a purely procedural agenda. There are no communications, unfinished business items, or new business items listed for discussion or decision. The meeting consists of standard items like roll call, approval of minutes, and the director's report.
- No communications listed
- No unfinished business listed
- No new business listed
City Council Chambers
The Ketchikan Port & Harbors Advisory Board is meeting to discuss several port-related items, including a potential closure of the port on the Fourth of July, a breakwater project at Bar Harbor, an Army Corps application, and a port rate study. The agenda also includes communications from the DNR and Chamber of Commerce, and public comment.
- Discussion on closing the port on the 4th of July
- Bar Harbor breakwater project
- EC Phillips Army Corps application
- Port rate study
- DNR support letter and Chamber of Commerce email
City Council Chambers
The Port & Harbors Advisory Board is holding a regular meeting with standard procedural items including approval of minutes, public comments, and the annual election of officers. The board will also receive the Port & Harbors Director's report and discuss future agenda items.
- Annual election of officers
- Port & Harbors Director's report
- Approval of minutes
- Persons to be heard (public comments)
- Future agenda items