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Community Directory - January 2008 Page 55
Barrow
(BARE-row); a.k.a. Ukpeagvik
P.O. Box 629, Barrow, AK 99723
Phone: 907-852-5211 | Fax: 907-852-5871 | Internet URL: http://www.cityofbarrow.org/ |
Email: jane.nelson@cityofbarrow.org | Find Term-end and employee info online: see inside cover
City Classification: 1st Class City
Population: 4,065 (2006 DCCED Certified Population Estimates)
Year Incorporated: 1958
Manager Form of Government: No
Municipal Elections: 1st Tuesday in October
Council Meets: Fourth Thursday
Sales Tax: None
Property Tax: 18.5 mills (Borough)
Special Taxes:
Municipal Utilities:
5% Hotel Room tax; 3% Alcohol Use tax; $1 Tobacco & 12% on
Smokeless Tobacco Products
Bingo/Gaming, Bingo Hall, Community Center, Piuraagvik
Building, Ipalook Roller Rink, Ice Rink, Teen Center, Recreation
Center, City Housing, City Hall, Little Dribblers, Taxis, Summer
Youth Employment, Gravel Sales. A cooperative operates the piped
water, piped sewer and electric system. The North Slope Borough
provides the refuse collection, landfill, local transit, police and
volunteer fire/EMS, and library.
Mayor: Michael D. Stotts
Mayor’s Term: 2010
Administrator/Manager Name:
Clerk Name: Jane Nelson
School District Name: North Slope Borough Schools
ARDOR: None
CDQ Group:
Regional Health Corporation: North Slope Reg. Health Corp.
Regional Native Non-Profit
Corporation:
Regional ANCSA Native
Corporation:
Village ANCSA Native
Corporation(s):
Village Council(s):
DCRA Regional Office: Fairbanks
NFIP Participant:
Arctic Slope Native Assoc., Ltd.
Arctic Slope Regional Corp.
Ukpeagvik Inupiat Corporation
ACMP Coastal Resource District: North Slope Borough
PCE Subsidy: No
Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope (IRA) Native Village of
Barrow Inupiat Traditional Government
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