Who gets what? Assembly considers public services and service areas

Two issues related to public services and service areas surfaced at Monday’s regular assembly meeting.

Assembly member Bob Lynn introduced a motion to table an ordinance, on its second reading, to transfer traffic codes from the former City of Petersburg into official Borough code.

Lynn’s request to table the motion stems from a murky understanding of the role of police in enforcing the code. If adopted as is, the traffic code would bring the previous regulations pertaining to the then-City (now Service Area 1) borough-wide.

“This particular ordinance pushes it (traffic code) borough-wide for...