City Council Elects to Not Vacate Right-Of-Way, Moves Fiscal Year 2019 Budgets Forward
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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.
Seeking to ‘Rebuild’, Nome Chamber Hires New Director
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Chamber of Commerce President Ken Hughes called new executive director Paul Kosto “a great choice to help the Chamber of Commerce rebuild itself into what it has yet to be.”