A special Assembly meeting will be held at 12 p.m. on Tuesday, August 6 remotely via Zoom. The agenda includes the following resolution:

Resolution 3071: A Resolution of the City and Borough of Juneau Declaring a Local Emergency in Response to the August 2024 Glacier Outburst Flood and a Request for State and Federal Assistance.

The full agenda packet is available at juneau-ak.municodemeetings.com/bc-assembly/page/special-assembly-meeting-no-2024-19.

Zoom link: https://juneau.zoom.us/j/91515424903 

Dial-in: 1-253-215-8782

Meeting ID: 915 1542 4903

The Systemic Racism Review Committee meeting scheduled for 12 p.m. on Tuesday, August 6 has been cancelled. The SRRC will next meet on Tuesday, August 20.

For the complete CBJ meetings calendar, see juneau.org/calendar.

Following a nationwide search, the City and Borough of Juneau Assembly has narrowed the pool of candidates for the City Attorney position to three finalists. They will complete an assessment exercise and interview with the Assembly on July 24 and 25, 2024.

The finalists are (in alphabetical order):

Rebecca Convery (see resume)

Ms. Convery is currently employed as Associate Deputy General Counsel for the United States Army Office of General Counsel in Washington, DC.  Her previous employment includes working as an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Alaska and as a City or County Attorney for communities in Montana.  Ms. Convery has a JD from the University of Montana School of Law and an LLM from the University of Florida Levin College of Law.  After graduating law school, she served as a Law Clerk for Justice John Warner of the Montana Supreme Court.

Megan Costello (see resume)

Ms. Costello is currently an Owner/Attorney for the Foghorn Law Office in Douglas, where she represents cities across Southeast Alaska in addition to providing other legal services.  Her prior legal experience includes working for the City and Borough of Juneau as an Assistant Municipal Attorney, where she served as the Chief Legal Officer at Bartlett Regional Hospital.  Ms. Costello received her JD from Lewis and Clark Law School and served as a Judicial Clerk for the Dillingham Superior Court after graduation from law school.  Ms. Costello grew up in Kodiak and has lived in Juneau since 2013.

Emily Wright (see resume)

Ms. Wright is currently employed as an Assistant Municipal Attorney for the City and Borough of Juneau.  Her prior experience includes working for the Alaska Court System and the State of Alaska, Departments of Law and Administration.  Ms. Wright has a MA in Teaching from the University of Alaska Southeast and a JD from the University of Colorado Law School.  She served as a Law Clerk for the Denver District Court after law school.  Ms. Wright has lived in Juneau most recently since 2011.

Members of the local bar, members of CBJ boards and commissions that work with the City Attorney, and the general public are invited to two different events that are part of the Assembly’s selection process and will be able to submit comment cards that will be reviewed by the Assembly.

Wednesday, July 24, 5:15 p.m. – City Attorney finalists will participate in assessment exercises with the Assembly in the City Hall Assembly Chambers. The event will also be streamed over Zoom at juneau.zoom.us/j/87388927735. The exercises should be completed by approximately 6:15 p.m.

Thursday, July 25, 5:15 p.m. – Special Assembly meeting to interview City Attorney finalists, including portions of each interview in Executive Session. Interviews will take place in the City Hall Assembly Chambers and be streamed over Zoom at juneau.zoom.us/j/85125938847 (dial-in info).

There will be three interviews, each starting in open public session, at 5:15 p.m., 6:30 p.m. and 7:45 p.m. Approximately halfway through each interview, the Assembly will recess into Executive Session for the remainder of the interviews. The Assembly will then return into open session for the next interview. Following all interviews, they may recess into Executive Session for deliberations. There will be a break of approximately 15 minutes in between each interview to allow for room/in-person transitions.

The City and Borough of Juneau Full Assembly sitting as the Assembly Human Resources Committee held Empowered Board interviews on July 1 & 2, 2024. At a Special Assembly Meeting held Tuesday, July 2, 2024, via Zoom Webinar, they made the following appointments to the Docks & Harbors Board, Airport Board, and the Eaglecrest Board.

Docks & Harbors Board

For the Docks and Harbors Board the Assembly reappointed James ‘Jim’ Becker, and Matthew Leither and appointed Nicholas Orr all to full terms beginning immediately (July 1, 2024) and ending June 30, 2027.  The Assembly also appointed Clayton Hamilton and Thomas ‘Tyler’ Emerson to the Docks and Harbors Board both to unexpired terms beginning immediately and ending June 30, 2026.

Airport Board

The Assembly reappointed Danial Spencer to the Airport Board public seat and appointed Charles Williams to the Airport Board tenant seat, for terms beginning immediately (July 1, 2024), and ending June 30, 2027.

Eaglecrest Board

For the Eaglecrest Board the Assembly reappointed Michael Satre and Hannah Shively to full terms beginning immediately (July 1, 2024) and ending June 30, 2027.  The Assembly also appointed Brandon Cullum to an unexpired term beginning immediately and ending June 30, 2025.

The Assembly would like to thank outgoing Docks & Harbors Board member Paul Grant and outgoing Airport Board member Al Clough for their service. The Assembly thanks all those individuals who are willing to serve and have submitted applications for consideration.

Interested in serving your community?  CBJ has several boards, commissions, and committees with vacant seats: Systemic Racism Review Committee, Juneau Commission on Aging, Douglas Advisory Board, Historic Resources Advisory Committee, Juneau Commission on Sustainability, Juneau Human Rights Commission, Utility Advisory Committee, and Sales Tax Appeal Board to name a few.

A current list of CBJ board vacancies along with application forms are on the website at: https://juneau.org/clerk/boards-committees.

For additional information, please contact the Municipal Clerk’s Office at 586-5278 or via email at [email protected].