The borough's 20x40 foot tent is erected on a parking area just outside the Alaska Airlines passenger exit gate at the James A. Johnson Airport.
A special Borough Assembly meeting to transfer employment of Petersburg Airport greeters and screeners to Petersburg Medical Center was cancelled on Jan. 29 following input from borough staff.
The Petersburg Municipal Employees Association allows the borough to hire temporary employees for up to six months, but some of the temporary borough employees greeting and screening incoming passengers at the airport passed that six month mark in early December, said Borough Clerk Debbie Thompson. At the time, the state was talking about requiring greeting, screening and testing facilities through the e...
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