Borough Consultants
The Borough staff is five people strong. Rather than hire additional full time employees, the Assembly has chosen to hire individuals with specialized skills on contract.
Lamar Cotten, Consultant
Lamar Cotten is a consultant providing strategic planning and management services . He has worked for a series of cities, boroughs, tribes and CDQ organizations throughout the state. Including borough manager for Lake and Peninsula Borough from 2008-13, borough administrator for Aleutians East Borough from 1987-91, and city administrator for the City of Sand Point from 1984-87, and as city manager for the City of King Cove from 1984-86. Mr. Cotten was rural development manager and deputy commissioner of the Dept. of Community and Regional Affairs from 1995-2002. He currently serves as the chairman of the state Local Boundary Commission. Mr. Cotten has a master’s degree in urban and regional planning from the University of Oregon and a bachelor’s degree in political science from Northern Arizona University. He is a military veteran and a former VISTA volunteer.
