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The first hour of the regular Ketchikan City Council meeting was filled with public comment Thursday evening, with community members supporting a motion on the agenda to commission a totem pole to honor Alaska Native civil rights activist Elizabeth Peratrovich; speaking to the council s effort to urge legislators to resume the Ocean Ranger shipboard monitoring program; and a representative from Petro Marine Services offering information about the company s pricing structure as it takes over Crowley Fuels in Southeast Alaska.
The second hour was taken up with a discussion about whether a COVID-19 program authorized under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act — the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act — should be extended for city employees through June 2021, and the first portion of a presentation about the resumption of the cruise industry in Alaska by representatives from Royal Caribbean International. ....

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