The city of Kodiak is offering its employees one-time bonuses in response to the rising cost of living and their work during the COVID-19 pandemic.Â
All current employees with the city who have worked since July 1, 2020, are eligible for the bonus. Part-time employees or those who began after July 1 will receive a prorated payment. Payments will be made during the upcoming pay period.Â
Full-time employees will receive $4,200. Part-time employees who work 10 hours per week will receive $1,050, while those who work 15 hours will get $1,575.00, 20 hours $2,100 and 29 hours $3,045. The total amount spent on the bonuses comes to about $485,000.
During a city council meeting last week, City Manager Mike Tvenge said that every employee âis a valued part of the organization.â
Schematic designs for the new fire station were presented to Kodiak City Council members on Tuesday, but councilors remain divided about where to put the building.
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Business has skyrocketed at the Kodiak Shipyard during the eight months since Highmark Marine Fabrication took over operations at the facility, the owner of the company said last week. Â
âNormally the city would haul 30 to 35 boats per year, and we ve hauled 28 boats in eight months,â said Cooper Curtis, the owner of the Kodiak-based marine service company.Â
With bookings already made through July, he said he expects to nearly double business by the end of the year.Â
Curtis said the company runs the shipyard at very little profit, but benefits from contracts with boat owners for work on their vessels. He hopes that if the company can secure funding for a paint shelter, the shipyard will be able to attract even more new business.Â
The Kodiak City Council is now seeking input from the community on where to put the new fire station after spending months looking at various locations around the city.Â
âIf we are potentially going to put a multimillion-dollar facility in an area we know has the potential to be impacted by a tsunami, it s incumbent upon us to let the community know that,â Councilor John Whiddon said last week.Â
The pre-design phase of the new fire station project began in October 2019. After more than a year spent looking at seven potential sites for the station â including considering response times to fires and studying tsunami inundation zone maps â the city narrowed the list down to three possible sites.Â