City Establishes New Tax Program
The City of Kodiak, in cotnpli
once with state law, is this year
establishing an up-to-date tax pro
gram. The best available prop
erty evaluator was employed dur
ing the past year to survey the
entire City, and a 100 per cent val
uation was established for all pro
perty and improvements.
Many pieces of property were
found to be improperly valued,
due to inaccurate measurements,
some were not on the tax rolls,
under the name of the real owners,
mpny improvements were not list
ed, and values change from year
to year, and if not corrected about
once in five years, some proper
ties will be paying more than its
fair share of the taxes.
About April 1st, the tax notices
will be mailed to each property
owner.
Personal Property tax forms are
now in iihe mail and must be re
turned by January 15th, so that
the City Assessor’s office can have
proper information for these
aotices.
It will be necessary, in order to
he fair to those who complete and
return these forms, to assess all
other personal property on the
fallowing basis:
Furniture and furnishings in
3 bedroom house $2500.00
Furniture and furnishings in
2 bedroom house $2000.00
Furniture and furnishings in
1 bedroom hbuse 1500.00
Furniture and furnishings in
2 room house $1000.00
This evaluation will include on
ly regular furniture, furnishings
and personal effects. Such items
as Ham Radio sets, boats, automo
biles, euc. will be in addi’ion to
the above figures.
Since the present established
values of business buildings do
not include shelving, counters and
special lighting fixtures, fc’iv e
must be included in the business
returns, in addition to the inven
tory as of January 1st.
FISHING AND HUNTING
LICENSES NOW ON SALE
Licenses for sport fishing, hunt
ing, and tirappng can now be ob
tained at Knudscn’s by residents,
non-residents ad aliens.
This is not a program to raise
taxes, as the City Council cannot
set the mill rate until the returns
are in and the budget approved.
If the nex(t yearly budget is not
larger than last year, the mill rate
will be reduced. It should be no
ted that the prime purpose of this
reevaluation program is to comply
with State law by levying taxes on
a basis which is equitable to all
taxpayers.
Aliens Must
Register Now
Each alien who is in the United
States on January 1, 1960, must
report his current address to the
Commissioner of Immigration and
Naturalization within the period
Jan. 1 through Jan. 31, 1960.
The address report cards are
available at the Kodiak post office.
In no case is the alien to mail the
card in. It must be filled in and
turned in at the post office. AJ1
information must be furnished as
asked, including the alien’s letter
and registration number. Parents
or legal guardians must furnish
the cards for minor children.
The registration law provides a
fine not to exceed $200 or im
prisonment not to exceed 30 days,
and applies to aliens residing per
manently in the United States and
lihor* adrrtitted temporarily, as
visitors, transients, students, etc,
Jaycee Tree Burn
Set For January 8
The Christmas Tree bum orig
inally scheduled for January 2,
but cancelled because of rain, will
be held tonight,January 8, at
Mission Lake.
Lighting ceremonies at 6 pm
will be followed by a skating party,
with free hot dogs provided for
the kiddies. The public is invit
ed to attend.
ONE ARREST MADE
Only one arrest was made during
the week ending December 30.
Tim Tutiakoff was charged with
being intoxicated and released on
$25 bail which was forfeited.
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State Licenses
Now On Sale
State hunting, trapping and
sport fishing license have been
shipped to license distributors
throughout the state and should be
available for purchase by ithe pub
lic within a day or two. C.L. Ander
son, Commissioner of the Alaska
Department of Fish and Game
made known today. 1
The licenses will be valid from ;
January 1, 1960 to December 31, '
1960.
161 license officers located in !
115 towns from Hyder on the Port- '
land Canal north Ho Barrow, and j
from the Canadian Boundary west
to Adak in the Aleutians, will 1
handle the sales.
Copies of the 1960 game and *
sport fish regulations, now being
printed, will be ready for release 1
to the public shortly.
Farewell Party
For MoElettis’
A farewell party honoring Rev.
MoWetili, pastor of the Community
Baptist Church,, and his family
will be held Sunday, January 10,
from 3 to 5 pm at the Social Room
Community Baptist Church.
“A cordial invitation to every
one in the community is extend
ed”, said Willtom Stone, Superin
tendant of the Baptist Mission,
,Rev. MoEetti and his family
will be leaving shortly for new du
ties Outside.
PTA WILL MEET JANUARY 14
The January meeting of the Ko
diak PTA will be held Thursday,
January 14. in the gymnasium of
the Kodiak High School.
LICENSES ARE AVAILABLE
FOR COMMERCIAL FISHERMEN
Commercial f-shing licenses for
vessels, tear ai d persona are now
available at the office of the Alas
ka Dept, of Fish and Game, it was
announced by that office this week.
Water Problem Discussed I
At City Council Meeting *
City May Get
Aid From State
JUNEAU UP)—Gov. William Egan
6aid no formal application for *•
mergecicy State funds has been
received from Kodiak, hard hit by
water shortage, hut told at a news
conference it is expected that Ko
diak City Manager Poland will re
quest State aid in financing re
pairs to the water system.
The Governor said a relatively
small amount of State aid might toe
avaLable if requeued, it would
come from a $200,000 disaster ap
priation by the last Legislature,
from wv * h ro allocations so far
have beem mode. He said the
bulk of this, however, is expected
to go Ho fishing communities and
smaller villages facing economic
hardships. Determination of
such payments may be made with
in the next few weeks.
Bears To Battle
Seward Seahawks
The Kodiak High School Bears
will battle the experienced and
fast Seward High School Seahawks
In a two game series beginning at
3:15 tongiht (F'riday), with the
second game scheduled for the
same time tommorow night
(Saturday).
In two 'previous games the Bears
ost to Seward by high scores, and
me out to avenge these defeats
m their home grounds. Seward
ilso (boasks wins over the strong
3ast Anchorage team and seem to
)e on their way to their best
eason in years. The team is
veil balanced with speed, height,
[ood shots and experience. The
3ears will counter (them with hus
le and a desire to win, and plan
o capiltiloze on their homo court
ind crowd advantage.
Probable starters for the Bears
vill be Olsen and Shugak as guards
du minings at center with Jackin
;ky and Souter as forwards.
Admission for adults is $1.00,
students, 50c. Holders of sea
son tickets, half price.
A special meeting of the City
Council was called to order by
Mayor Merrill Coon at 4 pm on
December 31 to discuss the water
shortage, (the reason therefore, and
to airthciri/Pe procedures for re-;
pairs to the. reservoir.
All members of the- council were
present at roll call. Also present,
■were John Argetsinger, Chief EJn. .
ginee, Al^ta Public Works, John
Grover Sender Engineer of HubbeU
and Waller Engineering Corp, and
Robert M. La Follette, Attorney f
at Law and law partner of City
Attoney Rusrsell Arnett.
City Manager Bill Poland stated
('.•hat the concrete foundation had
not been keyed to tedvoc-k in the
failure area and that the wafer
had escaped through a space 6 in.
to 1 ft. deep and 10 ft. to 15 ft.
in length.
Discussion as to the placing of
responsibility followed, but neg
ligence or failure to meet specifi
cations was not determinable at
the time. Grover stated that the
plans called for concrete-te-bed
rock or undisturbed glacial till, bat
the as-built plan could show some
allowed deviations.
It was stressed that while the
reasons and responsibility were im
portant, restitution of service
was of very immediate concern.
The Council declared that a state
-of emergency existed.
The City Manager was author
ized to formally make application
for emergency or disaster funds,
and to begin repair construction
with Sales Tax Funds.
Grover gave preliminary sug
gestions as to 'repair of the reser
voir in such a manner as to pre
vent recurrence of trouble. Coun
cil approval was given Grover to
call his office for authority to
assist in the emergency.
Attorney Lb Follette discussed
the legal side of the matter and
asked the council if they wished to
further pursue the invesigation of
responsibility and liability as to
possible faulty engineering or
construction, but no definite ac
tion was authorized.
The meeting was adjourned at
5:25 pm.
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Leslie Selig points to the spot w here the road crossing the drain
age ditch was washed out duringthe recent emptying of the city
reservoir.