City Decides To Give Nome Property Owners More Time Before Abatement Action Is Taken
The Council decided to give all four property owners until July 1st to make required changes to their buildings, and if they don’t, the City will step in. Other business the Council passed included an ordinance to extend the deadline for paying Nome property taxes by more than two weeks.
In Public Hearing, Nome City Council to Discuss “Nuisance” Properties
New business on the Council’s agenda includes hosting a public hearing on a resolution to declare certain buildings in city limits as fire or health hazards, and/or public nuisances. If this resolution is passed, then the City of Nome could be authorized to demolish at least four properties.
2017 NSEDC Community Benefit Share Funds Distributed During Nome City Council Meeting
The Nome Community Center got four separate awards, worth a total of $43,500, to use for the XYZ Senior Center, Camp Crave, the Boys & Girls Club, and the Food Bank. Each requesting entity walked away with at least $1,500, except for the Nome Public Schools’ Bridge Club, who received no funding.
City Council to Dole Out 2017 NSEDC Community Benefit Share Funds During Regular Meeting
20 entities have submitted funding proposals to receive part of the $150,000 in NSEDC money, which will be the sole focus of a City Council work session at 5pm tonight.
City Council May Finally Resolve Debate: Should Sex Offenders Be Housed at Seaside?
AMCC’s superintendent, Sandra Martinson, explained during the last City Council meeting that the plan is for sex offenders to serve most of their sentence in a jail or other facility before being transferred to Seaside for treatment. The regular City Council meeting begins Monday at 7pm in City Hall.
City Council Will Continue Discussion on Housing Sex Offenders at Seaside During Work Session
During their 5:30pm work session, the Council plans to discuss updating the Nome Code of Ordinances to allow sex offenders who are actively receiving treatment to be housed at permitted correctional facilities in Nome. The Council would have to pass an ordinance, currently in the first reading phase, to make this change.
Nome City Council Approves Fuel Contracts, Project Bids, and New Emergency Services Technician
The City of Nome will pay Crowley $3.37 per gallon for unleaded vehicle fuel and $2.95 for diesel, but Bonanza will provide equipment fuel and heating oil. Also, the City Council approved a resolution to employ Quinten Johnson as the emergency services technician.
Zoning and Junk Motor Vehicle Ordinances Pass Following Thorough Amendments
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.
Zoning Map, Junk Motor Vehicles, Fines All To Be Finalized By City Council
The City Council could amend Title 5 and Title 18 of the Code of ordinances to update the definition of a junk motor vehicle, then set monetary penalties for the storage of junk motor vehicles in zoning districts other than the Industrial zone.
Older Draft of Nome’s Junk Motor Vehicle Ordinance Fails — But Two Newer Ones Move On
The Nome City Council passed an ordinance to amend Title 5 and Title 18 with an updated definition of a junk motor vehicle. They also voted in favor of prohibiting the storage of junk motor vehicles in all zoning districts except the industrial one, and implementing fines for any violations. Both ordinances now go to the second reading phase.