The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly on May 20 handled a package of routine and administrative items by unanimous consent and enacted a separate ordinance updating borough code on the use of public funds for ballot propositions.

What passed by consent: During the agenda approval process the assembly unanimously added several items to the consent agenda, including:
- Ordinance 20‑24‑19‑36, appropriating commercial passenger vessel tax proceeds from the State of Alaska to the cities of Seward and Homer; the assembly added the ordinance to the consent agenda by unanimous consent and later approved the consent agenda.
- Ordinance 20‑24‑19‑37, appropriating funds from the South Peninsula Hospital Service Area Capital Project Fund for critical hospital construction and infrastructure repairs; added by unanimous consent.
- Ordinance 20‑25‑09, authorizing and appropriating a land affordability program; added to the consent agenda by unanimous consent and placed on the consent agenda for action.
- Resolution 20‑25‑022, authorizing a lease agreement with Skyline Towers LLC for continued use of the Kachemak Emergency Service Area emergency communications site; included on the consent agenda.
- Several land‑use items: KPB 6907 (petitions to vacate a 100‑foot section line easement in Cooper Landing) and KPB 6908 (vacation of a portion of Earl Wind Road and associated utility easements in the Sterling area) were placed on the consent agenda after planning commission approval.

Action on the consent agenda: With no public testimony raised during the consent‑agenda public comment period, Vice President Cooper requested unanimous approval of the agenda and consent agenda as amended; no objections were raised and the consent agenda passed.

Separate ordinance enacted: The assembly also considered and enacted ordinance 20‑25‑07, which amends KPB 4.10.1000 (borough code) relating to use of public funds on ballot propositions to mirror the state law. Assemblymember Cox explained the change as a clarification to avoid exceptions and to require an ordinance and assembly approval whenever public funds are to be used for ballot propositions.

Why this matters: The consent agenda items move funding and administrative approvals forward without separate roll‑call debate, while the ordinance to align borough code with state law clarifies the rules governing when public money may be used in ballot proposition campaigns.

Procedure and attribution: The clerk read titles of the consent items into the record; multiple additions were made by motions from committee chairs and were approved by unanimous consent. Assembly action on ordinance 20‑25‑07 was taken following a brief committee report and no public testimony.