TRUCK FIRE – Firefighters knock down a fire in a Ford Explorer truck in Arrowhead Trailer Park in the 1200 block of Sawmill Creek Road Saturday evening. One person received fire-related injuries and was taken to the hospital, Sitka Fire Department Chief Craig Warren said, and the truck was considered a total loss. The cause of the fire is under investigation, Warren said. The fire hall received the call about the fire at 5:33 p.m., and one fire engine with eight firefighters and an ambulance were dispatched, he said. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
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Marko Dapcevich has amended his lawsuit against the city to add Mayor Matt Hunter as a defendant, “individually and in his capacity as mayor.”
Dapcevich filed his suit on March 30, naming “City and Borough of Sitka and Mark Gorman, administrator,” as defendants. In addition to adding Hunter as a defendant, the amended complaint adds the words “individually and in his capacity as administrator” after Gorman’s name.
In his lawsuit Dapcevich claims the parties violated the Sitka Home Rule Charter in the manner in which the bid was awarded for the multipurpose dock at the Gary Paxton Industrial Park.
The lawsuit asks the court to order the city to “promptly cancel and otherwise cease and desist from advancing” the dock until “the project takes place in conformity with the CBS Charter, including the provision related to the competitive bidding process and recollection of improperly spent funds as mandated by the Charter.”
The suit also asks for an award of damages in an amount to be calculated at trial, requiring Gorman and Hunter to reimburse the city as a result of their “failure to comply with the CBS Charter.”
Dapcevich is being represented by Joe Geldhof of Juneau.
The Assembly has hired an outside attorney, Michael Gatti of Anchorage, to represent the city.
In an April 21 email letter to City Attorney Brian Hanson, Geldhof noted that on April 7 he had telephoned Hanson to say Dapcevich would settle the suit if the city would cancel the dock contract and “move forward with the project using the competitive bid process mandated by the CBS Charter.”
“Implicit in Mr. Dapcevich’s offer to settle the dispute was the promise to amend the complaint and seek damages from individual officers of CBS ...” if the settlement was not accepted, Geldhof said.
“Accordingly, as promised, Mr. Dapcevich is now pursuing a remedy that will require the Municipal Manager, the Mayor, and perhaps other CBS Assembly members to pay damages incurred by the public as a result of their individual unwillingness to follow the CBS Charter,” Geldhof said.
He said Dapcevich’s earlier offer remains in effect, and if it is not accepted “Mr. Dapcevich is prepared to slug this matter out in court to the bitter end. . .”
Hanson told the Sentinel last week that he had advised the GPIP board that the city would “immediately initiate vigorous defense of allegations made in the complaint” and added, “We’re confident in our defense.”
An item is on Tuesday’s regular Assembly meeting agenda for “litigation update,” with a possible executive session.
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Businesses using the Centennial Hall parking lot testified Tuesday against a proposal to charge them rent in addition to the $200 annual permit fee. City Administrator Hugh Bevan made the proposal in response to the Assembly’s direction to Centennial Hall manager Don Kluting to try to close the $340,000 gap between building revenues and operational costs.
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March 1974
Alaska Native Brotherhood Grand President William S. Paul Sr. will be special guest and speaker at the local ANB, Alaska Native Sisterhood Founders Day program Monday at the ANB Hall.