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Kenai adopts MOU with Watershed Forum; forum asks council to restore lab funding to $5,000
Summary
The Kenai City Council on a unanimous voice vote adopted a memorandum of understanding with the Kenai Watershed Forum to continue cooperative water-quality monitoring of the Kenai River.
The Kenai City Council on a unanimous voice vote adopted a memorandum of understanding with the Kenai Watershed Forum to continue cooperative water-quality monitoring of the Kenai River.
Benjamin Meyer, research coordinator at the Kenai Watershed Forum, told the council the memorandum “is a non binding document” that signals organizations value the monitoring program and lists cooperating partners. Meyer said the program tests bacteria, metals and hydrocarbons at about 22 sites twice each year and that laboratory analysis is the largest recurring cost.
“The cooperative model has worked really well for 24 years,” Meyer said, adding that continuing to pool resources is less expensive than hiring consultants. Trent Dodson, executive director of the Watershed Forum, also addressed the council in support of the MOU.
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