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Ballots, Ballots Everywhere
Voters going to the polls next Tuesday lat the special and
general municipal election and the Kodiak Independent School Dis
trict election will be handed a whole sheaf of ballots which, we trust,
won’t be as confusing as it sounds.
On the special election ballot there will be two proposals to vote
upon, and only property-tax paying voters are eligible to vote on
these: (1) is the issuance of $500,000 in general obligation bonds
for improvements of the construction of Pillar Creek Water Supply
facilities, and (2) is the issuance of general obligation bonds in the
amount of $130,000 to provide funds to construct the Leite and
Urdahl Addition Sewer System. A “yes” or “no” vote is required.
There will be another ballot entitled Proposition No. 2. on
which all eligible voters can cast ballots—and that is the sale of city
lands to Alaska Ice and Storage for $7,000 predicated on the con
struction and operation of a shrimp plant at that location.
All eligible voters will also select two candidates for city council
from a list of five and vote on whether or not a charter commisson
shall be elected and also select nine members to serve on that com
mission. Non-property tax paying voters can express their opinions
on these issues.
In addition voters will be handed a school ballot to select one
candidate from the list of two to serv^e a five-year term on the school
board.
In other words tax-paying voters will be handed five ballots,
and non-property owner voters will be given four.
Sounds downright complicated doesn’t it? But we trust it doesn’t
deter you from voting. Important decisions about the city’s future
rest in your hands when you vote, and if you don’t cast your ballot
you have no right to complain about the outcome.—B. M.
Facts About The Bond Election
(Guest Editorial—By City Manager Bill Poland)
The two bond proposals which are to be presented to the prop
erty owners at the Special Election on October, 1962. are the same
two proposals which were passed and approved by the property
owners at the election of March 27, 1962, with the wording regarding
bond retirement modified to meet requirements of bond attorneys.
The wording used in the March election for the bond proposal for
financing the Pillar Creek Water System and pipelines pledged
special funds for retirement of the bonds, namely the sales tax, if
approved by the voters at that election, or water utility receipts if
the sales tax was not approved. The sales tax in the amount of one
per cent was approved for that purpose at that election, and will be
used to retire the $500,000 Pillar Creek Water Bonds.
The wording used in the March election for the bond proposal for
financing the Leite and Urdahl Addition Sewer System pledged
special funds for bond retirement, namely, a special assessment ol
2/3 of the cost of construction against the property owners bene
fitted, and the 1/3 balance from sewer utility receipts.
General Obligation bonds are certificates of credit issued by the
City with the approval of the property owners, the full faith and
credit of the City being pledged toward their payment. Basically,
this means that the bonds are secured by taxation against all of the
property within the City, and any other available funds which the
Council may pledge to the retirement of the bonds.
The City Council, in the Sales Tax election of March 27, 1962,
pledged the use of l'/r sales tax to the retirement of the Pillar Creek
Water Supply and pipeline bonds, and a 2/3 special assessment
against the property owners benefitted and the 1/3 balance from
sewer utility receipts for retirement of Leite and Urdahl Addition
sewer bonds.
Regarding the pledge of special funds for bond retirement,
Chapter 167, Sec. 16-5-3, Session Laws of Alaska, states:
“The governing body of the municipality issuing the bonds shall
provide for the levy and collection of taxes in amounts sufficient
to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds as the same become
due, and may, in addition to payment from the levy and collection
of ad valorem taxes, provide for payment of said principal and
interest from such special funds or other revenues as the said
governing body may specifically pledge for such payments. Such
pledge of special funds or other revenues shall constitute a binding
obligatien, according to its terms, to continue the collection of such
special funds or revenues so long as the bonds or any of them, are
outstanding against the municipality, not withstanding any other
provision of law.”
The special fund provided by the 1% sales tax is entirely ade
quate to retire the $500,000 water bonds within ten years, at the
present rate of sales tax collections, and considering the rate of in
dustrial and population growth presently being experienced, the
bonds may be retired in substantially less time. It appears very un
likely that a recession or retrogression in industry and population
would assume such major proportions as to cause sales tax collec
tions to fall below bond retirement requirements.
The special funds provided by a special assessment of 2/3 of
the cost of construction against the property owners benefitted in
the Leite and Urdahl Additions are static, and will be assessed over
a period of twenty years on an annual basis of equal payments, as is
the 1/3 of the cost from the sewer utility fund.
Recent information from the Congressional delegation in Wash
ington, D.C., indicates Kodiak may be eligible for a 50-50 Federal
grant for both the water supply project and the sewer project under
the “Public Works Acceleration Act” signed into law by the Presi
dent a few days ago. The standards for eligibility have not been set
as yet, but such a grant would reduce the amount of both bond
issues by approximately fifty per cent.
Hospital News
BIRTHS
Sept. 21—To Mr. and Mrs. Ray
mond Kvalheim .daughter, Ingrid
Suzanne, 9 pounds, 14Vi> ounces.
. Sept. 24—To Mr. and Mrs. Xavi
er Challick, son, James George, 7
pounds, 12 ounces.
ADMISSIONS
Wilma Christenson, Mrs. Alex
andra Madsen, Phyllis Haakenson,
George Shangin, Debra Kapelni
■ koff. Alberta Boskofsky, Mrs. Mil
dred Sylling, Marlene Ellison,
Steven Fenner, Eugene Read,
George Naumoff, Richard Marriott,
Herman Kewan, Mrs. Ruth Vest.
DISCHARGES
Walter Burdick, Peggy Simeon
off and son, Mrs. Raymond Kval
heim and daughter, Wilma Chris
tenson, Phyllis Haakenson, George
Shanagin, Debra Kapelnikoff, Mrs.
Mildred Sylling, Marlene Ellison,
Steven Fenner, George Naumoff.
Russian Fleet
(continued Irom page 1)
but were not able to see what they
were catching.
LAZY FISHING
“I don’t see any sense whatever
to this situation. I think we should
gear up to compete on the same
terms with them. As long as the
fishery is going to be depleted
anyway, I think we should be the
ones to do it,” he said emphatical
ly.
Andrich’s brother, Nick, who is
engineer on the 87-foot Merganser
pointed out that “they weren’t fish
ing industriously ... at leas the
three stern trawlers weren’t . . .
if they were Americans they would
be losing money.”
In addition to the fishing ves
sels there was also a huge tanker,
about 130,000 barrel capacity size
and “one vessel of about 12,000
tons that had the appearance of a
transport or passenger vessel.”
Kodiak On March
(continued from page 1)
Ray Martin, Sr., manager of PNA
reported the airlines carried 3,987
passengers at the airport in Au
gust, 2,525 outgoing.
Climaxing the optimistic horizon
was an estimate by John Ault,
State Planning Commissioner, that
the city will need three elementary
schools and one new junior high in
the near future and to prepare for
a population of 10,400 in 1980.
Ault also said that sales per capita
will jump from $1,500 this year to
$1,800 in 1980 or from $5 million
to $17 million to business firms
and that the business area will re
quire five times its present 13
acres of ground and residential re
quirements will explode on the
same ratio. He predicted another
small boat harbor would also be
needed.
Want To Apply
For Ferry Job?
Port Captain G. W. Mangan of
the Alaskan Ferry System will be
in Kodiak, Tuesday at the State
Employment Office, next to the
PNA office to accept applications
for employment for ferry positions.
Persons interested in making ap
plication should do so on tha date.
MEN WANTED
To Train for Welding
In the Heliarc Field
Don’t let age, lack of education
or experience prevent you from
earning higher wages.
Visuweld-Tig :
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Submerged Arc Welding
Complete Training and
Placement Service
Field Consultant in Kodiak Fri
day and Saturday Only.
Call 486—2374
Scheduled For Orbit Flight Soon
Astronaut Walter Schirra, Jr., wears his space suit as he goes
through a training maneuver for his space flight scheduled for six
orbits of the earth. The flight, originally scheduled for today, has
been postponed until Oct. 3 or later due to valve trouble in his
Mercury space capsule.—(NASA Photo via AP Wirephoto)
Two Old Timjers
Have Birthdays
Two former Kodiak residents,
Charles P. Lynn and Don Simeon
off, will be celebrating birthdays
at the Alaska Pioneers’ Home in
Sitka in October.
Lynn was born Oct. 14, 1887,
while Simeonoff’s birth date was
Oct. 26, 1883.
Both men would undoubtedly ap
preciate hearing from friends on
their birthdays.
FRIENDS OF KODIAK
My name appears on the Chart
er Committee ballot. Would ap
preciate your vote. If elected I
will do my best to serve you
well. George Cornelius.
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