Oct 17, 2026 · 17 min · 9 segments
On this week's episode of host Katherine Irving, only three of the four new Borough Assembly members were sworn in at a meeting yesterday, a Kodiak corrections officer is convicted of sexual assault…
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Three out of four new Kodiak Island Borough Assembly members were sworn in last night after this month's municipal election results were certified.
According to borough documents, Williamson was not sworn in because he has contracts with the Kodiak Island Borough through his general contracting business, Aim Maintenance.
According to borough documents, Aim Maintenance won contracts for the maintenance of Road Service Area Number One, Bayview, and Monashka in 2025 that don't expire until March of next year.
Williamson was open about his business with the borough during the assembly candidates forum on September 8th.
He said he'd been doing business with the borough for 13 years, and that he didn't think those contracts would create a conflict of interest.
I don't see any conflict that way.
Otherwise, I mean, it's really easy to recuse myself.
But according to borough code, assembly members cannot be, quote, "A party to a personal services contract with the borough," end quote.
That includes owning 50% or more of a company that has a contract or agreement that provides any service to the borough.
If he doesn't make a decision by then, Borough Clerk Nova Javier says the seat will be declared vacant, and the assembly will have to fill it.
We need to advertise it and then, um, accept applications, and then it will be an assembly appointment for a one-year seat.
Williamson was not present at Thursday's meeting and did not immediately respond to KMXT's request for comment.
There were three three-year seats and one one-year seat on the Borough Assembly up for grabs this year.
Williamson was initially leading the fourth-placed candidate, Caleb Callahan, by just six votes for the third three-year Borough Assembly term last week.
He pulled away to a 15-vote lead in the final certified results, which the borough posted on Wednesday.
Mark Anthony Viscocho and Scott Arndt won the other three-year seats with 757 and 632 votes respectively.
Alexander Sweeney was the only candidate still seeking the one-year Borough Assembly seat and received 32 more votes than the withdrawn Caroline Roberts.
This year's municipal election had a more sparse voter turnout than last year, with just 15% of registered voters in the Kodiak Island Borough casting their ballots, compared to 21% in 2025.
And for transparency, Borough Mayor Jared Griffin is also the general manager at KMXT.
Per KMXT's policy, he does not have any editorial influence over news stories and doesn't review them before they air.
Three out of four new Kodiak Island Borough Assembly members were sworn in last night after this month's municipal election results were certified.
According to borough documents, Williamson was not sworn in because he has contracts with the Kodiak Island Borough through his general contracting business, Aim Maintenance.
According to borough documents, Aim Maintenance won contracts for the maintenance of Road Service Area Number One, Bayview, and Monashka in 2025 that don't expire until March of next year.
Williamson was open about his business with the borough during the assembly candidates forum on September 8th.
He said he'd been doing business with the borough for 13 years, and that he didn't think those contracts would create a conflict of interest.
I don't see any conflict that way.
Otherwise, I mean, it's really easy to recuse myself.
But according to borough code, assembly members cannot be, quote, "A party to a personal services contract with the borough," end quote.
That includes owning 50% or more of a company that has a contract or agreement that provides any service to the borough.
If he doesn't make a decision by then, Borough Clerk Nova Javier says the seat will be declared vacant, and the assembly will have to fill it.
We need to advertise it and then, um, accept applications, and then it will be an assembly appointment for a one-year seat.
Williamson was not present at Thursday's meeting and did not immediately respond to KMXT's request for comment.
There were three three-year seats and one one-year seat on the Borough Assembly up for grabs this year.
Williamson was initially leading the fourth-placed candidate, Caleb Callahan, by just six votes for the third three-year Borough Assembly term last week.
He pulled away to a 15-vote lead in the final certified results, which the borough posted on Wednesday.
Mark Anthony Viscocho and Scott Arndt won the other three-year seats with 757 and 632 votes respectively.
Alexander Sweeney was the only candidate still seeking the one-year Borough Assembly seat and received 32 more votes than the withdrawn Caroline Roberts.
This year's municipal election had a more sparse voter turnout than last year, with just 15% of registered voters in the Kodiak Island Borough casting their ballots, compared to 21% in 2025.
And for transparency, Borough Mayor Jared Griffin is also the general manager at KMXT.
Per KMXT's policy, he does not have any editorial influence over news stories and doesn't review them before they air.
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