Local Boundary Commission

Publications

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LBC Policy Papers

• The Need to Reform State Laws Concerning Borough Incorporation and Annexation
• LBC Chairman's Written Testimony Regarding SB 48 Before the Senate C&RA Committe - Date: 01/31/01

General Publications

• Borough Government in Alaska
• Municipalities in Alaska
• Backgrounds on Boroughs in Alaska (1mb)
• Local Government in Alaska - Updated 2001 (295 k)
• Model Borough Boundary Study, Revised June 1997 (2.4 MB)
• Map of Alaska, with borough boundaries (24" x 36" format) (1.8 MB)
• First Draft LBC By-Laws
• Second Draft LBC By-Laws

Historical Publications on Local Government

• Problems and Possibilities for Service Delivery and Government in the Alaska Unorganized Borough, September 1981. Because of the size of this publication, it has been broken into 7 separate sections for downloading:
• Section 1 - Cover through page 25
• Section 2 - Page 26 though 55
• Section 3 - Page 56 through 85
• Section 4 - Page 86 through 115
• Section 5 - Page 116 through 145
• Section 6 - Page 146 through 175
• Section 7 - Page 176 through 194
• Task Force on Governmental Roles - Final Report - July 10, 1992
• Local Government Symposium, Pioneer School House - Anchorage, Alaska, August 4-5, 1978

Home-Rule Municipalities in Alaska

• Home Rule Municipalities in Alaska (1.5 MB)
• Question and Answers Regarding Home-Rule Charter for City
• Procedures for Adoption of a Home-Rule Charter

Borough Incorporation in Alaska

• Methods by Which Borough Governments in Alaska May Be Incorporated
• Borough Classifications
• Borough Incorporation Procedure Flow Chart

City Incorporation in Alaska

• General Information Regarding City Incorporation

Annexations to Cities in Alaska

• General Information Regarding City Annexation
• Background on Annexations
• Planning and preparing for the annexation process
• Flow chart showing annexation process
• Alaska State Constitution sections relating to city annexations
• Statutes relating to the LBC and Commerce
• Regulatory standards, petition procedures, general provisions

Annexations to Boroughs in Alaska

• General Information Regarding Borough Annexation

Detachment from Municipalities in Alaska

• General Information Regarding Detachment from Cities
• General Information Regarding Detachment from Boroughs

Municipal Consolidation in Alaska

• General information Regarding Municipal Consolidation

Municipal Mergers in Alaska

• General information on Municipal Mergers

Municipal Dissolution in Alaska

• General Information on Municipal dissolution

Local Boundary Commission Annual Reports to the Legislature

• LBC Report to the 2012 Legislature
• LBC Report to the 2011 Legislature
• LBC Report to the 2010 Legislature
• LBC Report to the 2009 Legislature (10 mb)
  • Cover/Table of Contents
  • Chapter 1: Background
  • Chapter 2: Activities and Developments
  • Chapter 3: Public Policy Issues
  • Appendix A: Policy Issues and Concerns from the 2005 Local Boundary Commission Report to the First Session of the Twenty-Fourth Alaska State Legislature
  • Appendix B: Local Boundary Commission – A Resolution of the Local Boundary Commission Supporting Resolution No. 2117 of the Ketchikan Gateway Borough Regarding Discriminatory Education Funding
  • Appendix C: Ketchikan Gateway Borough Resolution No. 2117
• LBC Report to the 2007 Legislature (for broadband only - 16mb)
  • Cover / Table of Contents
  • Chapter 1 - Background
  • Chapter 2 - Activities and Developments During 2006
  • Chapter 3 - Policy Issues and Concerns
  • Appendices
• LBC Report to the 2006 Legislature
• LBC Report to the 2005 Legislature
• 2005 Executive Summary of the LBC Report to the 2005 Legislature
• LBC Report to the 2004 Legislature
• LBC Report to the 2003 Legislature
• Recommendation to the 2002 Legislature
• LBC Report to the 2002 Legislature
• LBC Report to the 2001 Legislature
• LBC Report to the 2000 Legislature
• LBC Report to the 1999 Legislature
• LBC Report to the 1998 Legislature

More Information

For more information about the Local Boundary Commission, contact:

Brent Williams
Division of Community & Regional Affairs
Department of Community, Commerce, and Economic Development
550 West 7th Ave., Suite 1770, Anchorage, AK 99501-3510
Phone: 269-4559 Fax: 269-4539
E-mail: brent.williams@alaska.gov