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Date of Meeting: February 14, 2024
Meeting Location: Council Building, Zoom
Website: chickalooncc.com
Email: info@chickalooncc.com
Prepared By: Cassie Johnson

 

CHICKALOON COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES

DATE : February 14, 2024

 

Officers:  Kalee Bowen (acting Chair), Angye Leavitt (acting Vice-Chair) John J Vessey (Member at Large), Janie Vessey (Treasurer) – not present, and Cassie Johnson (Secretary)

 

Meeting called to order at: 7:00pm

Zoom link ID: Meeting ID: 589 406 0352 Passcode: T3v2Yv

Pledge of Allegiance:  Quinn Johnson

Approval of Agenda as posted:  1st by Austin Bowen, 2nd by Wesley Daniels

 

1. Review Minutes from Last Meeting (1/10/24): Read by Cassie
   1. Approval of Minutes: 1st by Austin Bowen, 2nd by Wesley Daniels

 

• Announcements and Guest Speakers:

1. 1. 1.  Donna Anthony updated on break-in incident and suspicious vehicle that was spotted. The vehicle has history in CA, WA and Anchorage. There are drugs, weapons and burglary associated as well.  Tribal police have been driving by routinely to help out, but if anything new comes up, Troopers need to be notified first.
      2. Kendra spoke about information from Fish and Wildlife Commission: For anyone that wants to attend the Mat-Su Borough Fish & Wildlife Commission meetings, or read what they plan to (or have already) discussed, the link is through the Borough website.  The agenda for each meeting will also have the Teams link for attending virtually. https://matsugov.us/boards/fishcommission
      3. There is a meeting for the Cook Inlet FinFish in Anchorage on February 23rd-March 5th. If anyone needs more information on this you can contact Main DiSalvo at 907-861-7865. “It Takes Fish to Make Fish”, that the Commission developed, can be accessed on the front page of the borough website:https://matsugov.us/ Or here: https://my.visme.co/view/6xk0ez83-bof-2024#s1
   2. Reports and Correspondence:
      1. Treasurer’s Report: Read by Kalee
      2. Road Service Area (RSA 31): Working on rewriting contracts and changing requirements for plowing borough roads.
      3. CAP: Nothing new to report. The money available comes from the state for the betterment of the community. The amount has been around $16000 for the last 5 years and is based on the population of the community.
      4. Fire Department: There were 2 recent fires, 1 was a house, 1 was a shop. Both were total losses. The fire department is limited to being on the ground and remaining outside.  They are looking for volunteers. Meetings are usually the 3rd Friday of every month and trainings are on the 4th Saturday of every month.  Smoke detector program is ongoing, so they will come and install smoke detectors and CO2 monitors for anyone in the community.  Recently applied for a Forestry Grant, which will help with more Wildland equipment if approved.
      5. Crime Watch: A Chickaloon resident/homeowner was caught on camera trying to break into another home.  Police were notified. There were also unknown individuals walking Fish Lake Rd (around mile 3) and coming off of private property.  They disappeared before a community member was able to approach them.  There were also footprints (not from the owner or friends) found on a vacant property, meaning someone was trespassing.  Keep a watchful eye out on your property and your neighbors. If you have an emergency, call 911.  The Chickaloon police are also available at (907) 745-0700 and can help when needed.
   3. Public Comment:
      1. Kendra informed us that Chickaloon Village will not be using the $250,000 for public water access granted to them and can be made available to us if we choose to take this project on.  The money would go towards the cost of digging and placing a well, building a well house, and then maintenance as necessary.

• Old Business: 

1. 1. 1. Continued discussion on the battery backup system/automatic power system for the Community Center including prices, feasibility and future needs.
      2. UPS cannot support the Toyo and there is nothing on the market that can that is affordable at this time. We have the backup generator in the connex. We need someone to check it over to make sure its still working properly and we can depend on it for long term power outages.

• New Business: 

1. 1. Wesley: replacement costs of accessories for our 3 AED systems. 1 at CC building, 1 at PO, 1 on fire truck $214.84 pads + $198 Batteries + Misc parts = $546.27 Total. Wesley made a motion to buy the parts, Austin seconded the motion, all in favor. 02.24.1

 

Attendees: Austin Bowen, Jim Ramsay, Tim Roe, Wesley Daniels, Talitha Daniels, Kendra Zamzow, Hugh Keogh, David VanCleve, Kyle Culver, Cindy Hotz, John Tallman, Chris Vancleve, Quinn Johnson

 

Zoom: Kim

Meeting adjourned: 7:45pm 1st by Austin, 2nd by Quinn

 

 

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Status: Approved

President: Kalee Bowen

Secretary: Cassie Johnson

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NOTE: ALL MEETINGS ARE HELD AT THE CHICKALOON COMMUNITY CENTER ON THE 2ND WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH AT 7:00 PM; LOCATED AT MILE 76 GLENN HWY, CHICKALOON, AK. 99674.ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK OR HAVE A ITEM PUT ON THE AGENDA NEEDS TO CONTACT THE COUNCIL BY EMAIL: INFO@CHICKALOONCC.COM OR MAIL TO: PO BOX 1145, CHICKALOON, AK. 99674-1145. ALL MUST BE RECEIVED TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO THE MEETING. This deadline complies with the Mat-Su Borough Clerk’s Office advertising requirements.