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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    The Assembly met for a half-hour special meeting Thursday to distribute $42,833 to 10 nonprofit organizations.
    City Clerk Sara Peterson said today the vote on each of the awards was 6-0, with Mayor Matt Hunter, Bob Potrzuski, Kevin Knox, Aaron Bean, Aaron Swanson and Steven Eisenbeisz taking part. The seventh member, Tristan Guevin, has moved out of town.

    All but one organization that requested funding received some of the $45,000 set aside in the city budget for grants.
    The grants were available to all Sitka nonprofits in different categories. They submitted written applications justifying their funding, but were not invited to present testimony at the meeting.
    The awards:
Human Services ($25,000 available)
    – Brave Heart Volunteers $9,729 ($20,000 requested)
    – Sitka Counseling and Prevention Services $4,638 ($10,000 requested)
    – Southeast Alaska Independent Living $7,529 ($16,000 requested)
    – Salvation Army Alaska Sitka Corps $4,771 ($14,000)
Cultural & Educational Services ($10,000 available)
    – Alaska Arts Southeast $2,250 ($7,500 requested)
    – Betty Eliason Child Care Center $1,083 ($2,500 requested)
    – Greater Sitka Arts Council $2,333 ($7,500 requested)
    – Sitka Maritime Heritage Society $1,167 ($8,250)
    – The Island Institute Inc $2,333 ($5,000 requested)
Community Development ($10,000 available):
    – Sitka Community Land Trust $0 out of $10,000 requested.
    – Sitka Trail Works $7,000 out of $7,000 requested.
    The total amount requested was $107,750, and the total awarded was $42,833. The remaining funds from the budget allocation will be added to the $5,000 emergency fund, said Peterson.
    Each Assembly member submitted a list of preferences for the awards.
    The only debate Thursday was over funding for the Community Land Trust. CLT funding was on the lists Mayor Matt Hunter, Aaron Bean and Bob Potrzuski submitted at the outset, and during the discussion Aaron Swanson joined them for the fourth vote in favor.
    But then Bean changed his allocation in the Community Development category to give all funds to Sitka Trail Works and none to CLT.
    At the end of the discussion, CLT had just three Assembly members supporting funding for the organization, leaving it one short of the majority needed for a grant.
    Assembly member Bob Potrzuski, in his first grant-review process, said today he felt the meeting went well.
    “It’s a very efficient process, most of the work is done before the meeting, and everyone gets their input,” he said. He said he believes there was room for discussion and debate among Assembly members.
    “Compromise wasn’t exactly reached, but it was a good clean process,” Potrzuski said.
    Kevin Knox, also in his first go-round, said he found the process difficult for a few reasons.
    “One, we could be supporting some of these organizations a lot more,” he said. “And two, the politization of giving money makes it difficult.”
    He said he would have liked more parameters for evaluating the applications to help “elevate the ones that are worthy, and eliminate others. ... to help take the politics out.”

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20 YEARS AGO

March 2004

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.


50 YEARS AGO

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.

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