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Posts Tagged ‘City Manager Tom Moran’

City Council Passes FY 2019 Budgets; Deficit is Projected at $1.6 Million

By Davis Hovey | June 12, 2018
Mayor Beneville, sitting at a desk, signs resolutions while City Clerk Hammond, standing next to him, looks on.

The six present councilmen voted unanimously last night to approve the amended general fund budget as well as the other six fiscal year 2019 City budgets. Those include funds to renovate the Anvil City Science Academy bathrooms, upgrade some of the City’s boilers, and adopt the Port of Nome’s $1,762,969.00 budget.

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City Council Elects to Not Vacate Right-Of-Way, Moves Fiscal Year 2019 Budgets Forward

By Davis Hovey | May 30, 2018
Two NPD officers take their oaths of office, led by City Clerk Bryant Hammond, during a regular City Council meeting. Photo Credit: Davis Hovey, KNOM (2018)

Before concluding Tuesday night’s meeting, the Council approved a resolution to increase the mill rate from ten to 11 for this calendar year (2018) and authorized the lease of municipal property to the Federal Aviation Administration for an eight-year period. One ordinance that didn’t pass would have vacated the right-of-way in block 96 of Tobuk Alley.

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City Council Passes All Business, Including Agreement to Have Nome’s Cemetery Surveyed

By Davis Hovey | February 13, 2018
The Nome Cemetery. Photo: Laura Kraegel, KNOM.

All four present councilmen voted in favor of the nearly $68,000 ground-penetrating radar survey agreement. The only other piece of business on the Council’s agenda also passed unanimously. Through a resolution, the Council declared February as School Board recognition month in Nome.

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Nome City Council and School Board To Go Over First NPS Budget Draft for FY’19

By Davis Hovey | February 12, 2018
Photo: Jenn Ruckel, KNOM.

During a 5:15pm work session tonight, the City Council is scheduled to go over NPS’s first draft of their nearly $7-million budget. Potential revisions to the 2018 Port Tariffs for over-side fueling transfers is also a topic of discussion for the work session.

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Remains of Polaris Hotel Demolished, Being Removed; Report on Cause of Fire Still Unreleased

By Davis Hovey | December 1, 2017
What remains of the Polaris is being demolished and removed by Q Trucking. Photo Credit: Davis Hovey, KNOM (2017)

According to the City, Q Trucking was awarded the contract to demolish, remove, and haul away the Polaris wreckage by December 26th. In terms of what originally caused the Polaris Hotel to burn down, the investigation into the fire has essentially concluded, but Papasadora says the report is still being put together by the various entities involved.

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Zoning and Junk Motor Vehicle Ordinances Pass Following Thorough Amendments

By Davis Hovey | October 10, 2017
With new members Adam Martinson and Doug Johnson sworn into office, the 2017 City Council poses together.

With new members sworn in, the Nome City Council rezoned multiple blocks of property during Monday’s regular meeting — and refined the City’s definition of “junk motor vehicles” and the fines related to abandoning junked cars in particular zones.

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For Now, Nome’s Junked Cars to Remain Where They Lay, City Council Decides

By Davis Hovey | August 29, 2017
A close-up view of two adjacent junked cars in Nome, Alaska

During last night’s City Council meeting, the one piece of unfinished business on the agenda was an ordinance to prohibit storing junk motor vehicles in any zoning district except for the Industrial District. After two separate votes to amend the ordinance, the motion was ultimately tabled until September 25th.

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Alcohol Related Ordinances Postponed, City Manager’s Contract Unofficially Renewed

By Davis Hovey | July 25, 2017
Papers in Nome City Council chambers

Councilman Stan Anderson requested that an ordinance limiting the hours of liquor sales and an ordinance for a ten percent excise tax on alcohol be kicked off the agenda. The Council unanimously approved, with the intention to bring them back after holding a work session on August 14th.

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City of Nome Lowers Fee for Surrendering Pets; Council Deliberates on Fill Material

By Davis Hovey | July 11, 2017
Mayor Beneville, sitting at a desk, signs resolutions while City Clerk Hammond, standing next to him, looks on.

Unwanted animals in Nome can now be surrendered to Animal Control for $40. The animals must be more than ten weeks old, and the owner must have proof of all current vaccinations and provide an affidavit that the animal is not aggressive.

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Ambulance Service Agreement Reached Between NSHC and City of Nome

By Davis Hovey | April 26, 2017
Nome's Public Safety Building in April 2014, where the Nome Volunteer Ambulance Department is currently housed. Photo: Matthew F. Smith, KNOM file.

Nome’s ambulance department has a new arrangement with Norton Sound Health Corporation, a result of meetings and compromise between the NSHC administration and the City of Nome. It goes into effect May 1.

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