Regular Borough Election

Calendar Date:
Tuesday, October 2, 2018 - 8:00am to 8:00pm

CITY AND BOROUGH OF WRANGELL, ALASKA

NOTICE OF REGULAR ELECTION

 

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on the 2nd day of October 2018, there will be held in the City and Borough of Wrangell, Alaska, a Regular Election for the purpose of voting on the following City Offices and Proposition.

            Mayor:                        One – (2 Year Term)

            Assembly:                   Two – (3 Year Terms)

            Port Commission:       Two  – (3 Year Terms)

            School Board:             Two  – (3 Year Terms)

            School Board              One – (1 Year Unexpired Term until 10-2019)

            Hospital Board:           Two – (4 Year Terms)

            Hospital Board:          One  – (1 Year Unexpired Term until 2019)

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PROPOSITION NO. 1

 Ratification of Ordinance 948

Section 5-14 of the Borough Charter and Section 5.10.035.A of the Wrangell Municipal Code require that any ordinance which provides for “the sale or lease of any Borough property, real or personal, or the sale or lease or other disposal of any interest therein, the value of which property, lease or interest is more than $1 Million,” be ratified by a majority of voters who vote on the question.  Ordinance 948, enacted by the Assembly on August 28, 2018, provides authority to the Mayor to enter into an agreement (including a lease and a deed amendment) with Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) to lease the Wrangell Medical Center and operate it for approximately four years and to build a new hospital adjacent to the AICS Clinic, on the AICS Clinic property and adjacent property conveyed to SEARHC by the Borough.  The value of the entire transaction is approximately $1.618 Million.  Shall Ordinance 948 be ratified?