On Nome City Council’s Docket: Police, Port, Town Hall for Sexual Abuse Discussions
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Monday night’s Nome City Council meeting commenced with two oaths of office.
Regional Projects Slated to Receive Funding from Capital Budget, Including Nome’s Deep Draft Port
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According to the breakdown of projects funded by the new budget, $1.6 million is intended to support the design of an Arctic Deep Draft Port in Nome. The 2018 Capital Budget also awarded Wales $650,000 and almost $100,000 to Koyuk for water system heat recovery projects. Another significant monetary award designated for Western Alaska was given to Mountain Village, so the community can benefit from St. Mary’s wind energy project.
Nome Port Commission Approves Capital Improvements Plan, Reviews Deep Draft Port Designs
![Garth Howlett, senior engineer at PND Engineers, presents options for a deep draft port to the Nome Port Commission.](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/IMG_6400-1200x900.jpg)
The Nome Port Commission voted last night to approve a Capital Improvements Plan and considered several designs for a deep draft port.
Nome Port Commission Considers Deep Draft Port, Snake River Moorage
![Chairman Jim West signs papers presented by Harbormaster Lucas Stotts at the end of a meeting of the Nome Port Commission.](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/FullSizeRender-2-1200x900.jpg)
The Port Commission voted to pay $22,000 for cost estimates and renderings for a deep draft port expansion and to apply for a federal grant to develop the Snake River Basin for small vessel moorage.