Sitka Borough, Alaska

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Audits
Contracts
Lobbying
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Local taxes
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The City and Borough of Sitka is one of sixteen organized boroughs in Alaska. It is a unified city-borough located on the west side of Baranof Island in the Alexander Archipelago. As of 2005, the city-borough's estimated population was 8,986, making it Alaska's fourth-largest city by population.[1]

The borough is one of eight first-class boroughs in the state.

[edit] Website evaluation

Main article: Evaluation of Alaska borough websites

[edit] The good

  • The Assembly members and their contact information is posted[2].
  • Assembly meeting agendas, but not minutes, are posted[3].
  • Contact information for the Administrators is provided[4].
  • Building permit information is available[5].
  • A form for requesting public records is available[6].
  • Tax information is provided[7].

[edit] The bad

  • No budget or audit information is posted.
  • Contracts are not available online.
  • Lobbying affiliations are not listed

[edit] Taxes

This information is based on a report by the Alaska Office of the Assessor's 2008 report.[8]

Borough Class Property tax Sales tax Raw fish tax Liquor tax Bed tax Tobacco tax Other special taxes
Sitka Borough Unified home rule
5%/6% - - 6% 50 mill tax

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ↑ U.S. Census 2005 population estimates, Alaska
  2. ↑ Sitka Borough, Assembly
  3. ↑ Meetings
  4. ↑ Staff directory
  5. ↑ Building permits
  6. ↑ Public records
  7. ↑ Taxes
  8. ↑ Alaska Office of the Assessor, Table 1: Type of Taxation for each Municipality
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