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Employee Relations Board

01/26/15

The City and Borough of Sitka is looking for volunteers to fill two positions on the Employee Relations Board: one to be appointed by the Assembly that represents the City and Borough of Sitka and one to be appointed by the Employee Relations Board that serves as a Chair for the Board. Submit a letter of interest and application to the Municipal Clerk’s Office, 100 Lincoln Street, Room 306, 3^rd floor. Click here to download an application: Board/Commission Application or pick one up at the Municipal Clerk's Office. Applications and letters of interest must be received no later than 5:00pm on Tuesday, February 17. For more information, contact Sara Peterson at 747-1811.

Notice of Vacancy on the Employee Relations Board

01/26/15

Pursuant to Ordinance 2005-30, collective bargaining is now allowed for municipal employees and Sitka Community Hospital employees. The same ordinance requires an Employee Relations Board be established consisting of three members: employee representative, assembly representative, and one representative selected by the employee and assembly representatives. This is a notice of vacancy for the employee representative position on this board.

 

The employee representative is not required by ordinance to be an employee of the City and Borough of Sitka. If you are interested in being the employee representative, or wish to nominate someone else for this position, please submit a completed Declaration of Candidacy form signed by the candidate to the Municipal Clerk. A Declaration of Candidacy form may be obtained either from the Municipal Clerk’s Office at City Hall, 100 Lincoln Street, Room 306, 3^rd floor or you can download it here: Declaration of Candidacy – go to Municipal Clerk/Forms/Declaration of Candidacy.

 

Declaration of Candidacy forms need to be completed and received by the Municipal Clerk’s Office no later than 5pm on February 17 for the nominee to appear on the ballot. The Employee Relations Board seat entitled: “Employee Representative” shall be filed by secret ballot. Voting by all current Sitka Community Hospital employees and employees of the City and Borough of Sitka will occur adjacent to the Municipal Clerk’s Office from February 24-26 between the hours of 8:00am and 5:00pm. If you cannot vote in person, absentee voting will be available by arrangement with the Municipal Clerk. Ballots will be counted on Friday, February 27 to determine who is elected to this seat.

New Citizen Web Request Form Online

1/13/15

The city is now introducing a web feature which citizens can use online to initiate commonly requested work items from city crews. The feature is a customer interface page. It allows citizens to initiate requests in a variety of areas. It works like this: a customer clicks on the following link:

 

City of Sitka iWork Request Web Page

 

This brings up the Citizen Request Page. It is a simple form with a drop-down menu for topics, and fields to enter basic information. When the customer clicks “submit request,” an email work order is automatically generated that goes to the city staff member associated with that request category. 

 

Requests to fill potholes go to Streets, to fix streetlights go to the Electric Dept., etc. When you submit the request a ‘request number’ displays; you can check the status of that request by clicking on the “check request” button and entering the request number.

Heat Pump Rebate Program

1/5/15

The City of Sitka Electric Department Heat Pump Rebate Program is a program for residential customers who purchase a new Energy Star-approved heat pump for their primary residence on or after December 29 are invited to apply for the $750 rebate. Applications will be available at the Electric Department office at 105 Jarvis Street, and at City Hall, on the counter outside the first floor City Hall Utility Office.

 

For more information please go to

http://cityofsitka.com/government/departments/electric/documents/HeatPumpRebate.htm

Float Homes in Sitka

1/5/15

The Sitka General Code was revised to accommodate Float Homes in Sitka’s Harbors. Two slips are available for building. Please contact Stan Eliason, Harbormaster at 747-3439 if you are interested in building a float home. See the Float home poster for more information by clicking here: CBS Float Home Poster

Utility Customer Service Hours at City Hall

12/2/14

Effective December 1st, Utility Customer Service hours at City Hall will be 10:00am to 4:00pm Monday through Friday.

Public Works Contractor Resources Page

10/23/14

Public Works has a new "contractor Resources" page. You can find information on Bids and RFP's, there is Building Department Resources, information about water and sewer utility connection and more! http://cityofsitka.com/government/departments/publicworks/contractorresources.html

Road System Master Plan

9/4/14

With regards to Sitka's roads and the history, inventory, costs and funding please see the report done by Public Works by clicking here: Public Works Road System Master Planning & Funding Strategies

Local Vendor Quote Sign Up

04/17/14

Volunteers Needed for the Strategic Planning Commission

06/17/14

A newly reenacted commission, the Strategic Planning Commission will assist the Assembly in developing, planning, and implementing strategic and planning priorities as determined by the Assembly. This newly formed commission will focus on strategic planning for the city. Click here to download an application. Click here to see the full version of the Ordinance that reenacted this commission.

Volunteer with the City and Borough of Sitka

10/13/14

Volunteer positions are available with various Municipal Boards, Commissions, and Committees. Interested persons are asked to submit a letter of interest and board application to the Municipal Clerk's Office (click here to download an application). To see the current vacancies please click on the following link: Vacancies

Employee Newsletter

1/5/15

You can find a copy of the latest CBS Connection here.