Ketchikan assembly starts process for home-rule charter

Despite reservations from some Assembly members, a resolution calling for the formation of a home-rule charter committee was approved Monday by the Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly.
The Assembly’s vote kicks off the process for creating a charter committee, but doesn’t guarantee that the process will be completed.
The borough still needs to find at least seven people interested in drafting a charter.
The committee must be elected by a vote of the public.
Nominating petitions will b