Edward Athey

The Capital and Major Maintenance Plan for the City of Unalaska outlines anticipated projects and expenditures over a ten-year period (FY25-FY34). This plan formalizes the process for identifying and completing capital and major maintenance projects to effectively and efficiently meet community needs. Key strategic areas include upgrading electrical distribution and generation systems, maintaining and improving public works facilities like roofs and roads, enhancing port infrastructure through dredging and resurfacing, modernizing solid waste management, and developing water and wastewater systems. The plan details investments to ensure long-term infrastructure reliability and support community development.

This document presents the draft FY27-36 Capital and Major Maintenance Plan (CMMP) for the City of Unalaska. It outlines proposed projects and funding priorities, focusing on maintaining and extending the life of existing infrastructure, addressing deferred maintenance, and planning for future facility needs. Key priorities include roof repairs and facilities maintenance, ports maintenance, aquatics center repair/replacement, Captains Bay Road paving and utility extensions, and Tom Madsen Airport terminal and air service improvements. The plan aims to prevent recurring backlogs and ensure the continued safe and reliable operation of city assets over the next decade.

The meeting focused on the election of the Chair and Vice Chair, along with a public hearing and subsequent approval of a conditional use permit for a healthcare clinic on Bayview Avenue. Additionally, the commission reviewed and approved a resolution concerning the 2025 Annual Report.

This document outlines a multi-jurisdictional hazard mitigation plan for the City of Unalaska and the Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska. Its primary purpose is to reduce long-term risks to property and human life from various natural and technological hazards. The plan identifies existing hazards, establishes comprehensive mitigation goals and objectives, and details specific action items across categories such as earthquakes, tsunamis, wildfires, severe weather, flooding, and infrastructure vulnerabilities. The strategic direction aims to enhance community resilience, protect residents and assets, and ensure continued eligibility for federal mitigation funding.

The council discussed the reduction of rates for accepting scrap metal and junk vehicles at the landfill, and reviewed amendments to city ordinances concerning the Deputy City Manager position title and the renaming of the Unalaska Department of Public Safety to the Unalaska Police Department. Additionally, the council addressed a Master Service Agreement for the Unalaska Lake Culvert Replacement Project and received presentations on police officer recruitment, capital and major maintenance plans, and property tax mill rates. Other topics included city financial summaries, updates on storm damage documentation, and a briefing on city manager recruitment efforts.