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Assembly approves final budget for FY22
Posted by Katherine Rose | May 27, 2021
After a process that spanned months, the Sitka Assembly set its final budget for next year. When the group met on Tuesday (5-25-21), it approved a general fund budget of just over $29 million dollars for fiscal year ‘22.
To say it was a challenging budget season would be an understatement. For months it was unclear whether Sitka would see cruise ship traffic this summer. City staff projected the loss of a 2021 cruise season would leave the city short by just over $6 million in sales tax revenue, so staff budgeted conservatively. With recent announcements that cruise ships could return to Sitka as early as July, the picture might be a little brighter, but the budget remains unchanged.
Assembly votes to accept $1M donation from international cruise company
Posted by Katherine Rose | Apr 28, 2021
The 4000 passenger Norwegian Bliss prepares to disembark from Juneau on June 5, 2018. Sitka doesn’t receive Norwegian Cruise Line’s biggest mega ships, but does see smaller ships from its subsidiary companies regularly. (KTOO/Adelyn Baxter)
The city may receive a $1 million donation from an international cruise line, which the company says comes with “no strings attached.”
When the Sitka Assembly met on Tuesday (4-27-21), it voted to accept the donation. But it held off on deciding how to spend the funds.
City Administrator John Leach told the assembly that Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. is offering the City of Sitka $1 million to ease the economic effects of the ongoing cruise suspension in Alaska.
Posted by KCAW News | Feb 19, 2021
This Saturday, Sitkans will gather for the No More Stolen Sisters 5K Run/Walk to raise awareness about missing and murdered Indigenous women. Organizers Crystal Duncan and Franklin Eccher joined KCAW’s Erin Fulton to discuss the event. Listen here:
The event begins at 10:30 a.m. at the Crescent Harbor Shelter. There is no registration required or fee to participate. Participants are asked to wear red if possible, the official color of the MMIW campaign.
Learn more about the MMIW Movement here .
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City fast tracks plan to sell hospital building
Posted by Katherine Rose | Jan 15, 2021
Photo taken in the former Sitka Community Hospital hallway- the building is currently being leased by SEARHC to house long-term care. (KCAW/Kwong)
The city is moving forward with plans to sell the former Sitka Community Hospital building. And the public may get a chance to weigh in during the municipal election next October. But in order for that to happen, the city has to move quickly.
Last fall, the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium approached the city, interested in purchasing the former Sitka Community Hospital Building. In 2019, SEARHC bought the city-owned hospital business, and opted to lease the building where it continues to house long-term care. But now Sitka’s primary health provider is growing, with a $300 million dollar hospital expansion project planned over the next five years, and they need the space.