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Page 18 Community Directory - January 2008
Ketchikan Gateway Borough
(KETCH-ih-kan)
344 Front Street, Ketchikan, AK 99901
Phone: 907-228-6625 | Fax: 907-247-6625 | Internet URL: http://www.borough.ketchikan.ak.us
E-mail: boro_clerk@borough.ketchikan.ak.us | Find Term-end and employee info online: see inside cover
Borough Classification: 2nd Class Borough
Population: 13,174 (2006 DCCED Certified Population Estimates)
Year Incorporated: 1963
Manager Form of Government: Yes
Municipal Elections: 1st Tuesday in October
Assembly Meets: 1st & 3rd Mondays
Sales Tax: 2.5%
Property Tax: 6.8 mills areawide (0.9 mills non-areawide)
Special Taxes: 4% Accommodations Tax
Mayor: Joe Williams
Mayor’s Term: 2008
Administrator/Manager Name: Dan Bockhorst
Clerk Name: Harriett Edwards, CMC
Municipal Utilities:
Municipal Powers:
Water, Sewer, Sewage Treatment Facility, Airport, Fire & Fire Halls,
Parks & Recreation, Swimming Pool, Schools, Animal Control, Planning,
Economic Development, Child Care, Roads, Transit
Areawide: Education, Airport, Transit, Planning & Land Use, Animal
Protection, Recreation, Taxation, Economic Development, Hours
of Licensed Premises. Non-Areawide: Fireworks Control, Drug
Paraphernalia Control, Library, Refuse, Water, Sewer and Solid Waste.
Service Areas: Fire, Roads, Water
School District Name: Ketchikan Gateway Schools
ARDOR: Southeast Conference
CDQ Group:
Regional Health Corporation: Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium
Regional Native Non-Profit
Corporation:
Regional ANCSA Native
Corporation:
Village ANCSA Native
Corporation(s):
Village Council(s):
DCRA Regional Office: Juneau
NFIP Participant: Yes
Central Council Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska
Sealaska Corporation
ACMP Coastal Resource District: Ketchikan Gateway Borough
PCE Subsidy:
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