Votes at a glance: Assembly passes ordinances and resolutions on consent agenda

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly approved its amended agenda and consent agenda for the Feb. 4, 2025 meeting and enacted or set for public hearing several ordinances and resolutions. Items on the consent agenda were approved by unanimous consent where noted; contested items were recorded by roll call.

Votes and key details:

- Ordinance 20-24-19-25 — Accept and appropriate grant funds from Southern Region Emergency Medical Services Inc. on behalf of Bear Creek Fire Service Area (FY2023 Alaska Code Blue grant). Added to consent agenda by motion and approved by unanimous consent. Purpose: purchase and upfit of an ambulance; administration indicated previous appropriation of $250,000 and an additional $45,000 to cover total upfit costs (approx. $289,000). (sponsor: mayor)

- Ordinance 20-24-19-26 — Accept and appropriate funds from the Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant program toward a building automation system for Port Graham School. Added to consent agenda and approved by unanimous consent. Project purpose: remote monitoring and improved HVAC efficiency at Port Graham School. (sponsor: mayor)

- Ordinance 20-24-19-27 (as amended) — Appropriating funds ($208,817) from general fund balance for design and associated costs for repairs to Kenai Central High School vocational education facility; amendment set the appropriation amount and account. Motion to amend and add to consent passed with no objections; ordinance approved on consent. (sponsor: mayor)

- Ordinance 20-25-02 — Authorizing disposal of real property in Kenai to resolve title matters from an erroneous 1977 tax foreclosure deed. Added to consent and approved by unanimous consent; staff said corrected title will be conveyed to Mary Sturman. (sponsor: mayor)

- Ordinance 20-25-01 — Amend KPB Chapter 5.19 (uniform remote seller sales tax code) to align with Alaska Remote Seller Sales Tax Commission updates (removes $200 transaction limit). Enacted by unanimous consent.

- Ordinance 20-25-012 — Sole-source excavator purchase for Homer Transfer Facility (Doosan 140). Added to consent and approved; administration said purchase is cost-effective compared with continued rental. (sponsor: mayor)

- Resolution 20-25-011 — Requesting congressional funds for redesign of Central Peninsula Landfill solid waste handling and recycling project. Approved; designated as borough FY2026 congressional spending request. (sponsor: mayor)

- Ordinance 20-24-19-28 — Scope-of-work change and reallocation of fisheries business tax ARPA funds in the amount of $934.04 to close out grant funding. Set for hearing Feb. 25. (sponsor: mayor)

- KPB 6585 — Petition to vacate entirety of Farmworld Circle right-of-way in Bridge Creek Cooperative Subdivision; planning report recommended consent; item placed on consent agenda and set for hearing.

- KPB 6594 — Confirm appointments to the Board of Equalization: Michelle Glaives (Seat A) and Bentley Hamilton (Alternate A), terms expiring 12/31/2027; added to consent and confirmed. Clerk noted a prior agenda typo correcting the term expiration to 2027.

- Ordinance 20-24-35 — Adoption of FEMA flood insurance study and associated Flood Insurance Rate Maps for the borough (47 miles of Kenai River; effective Feb. 28, 2025). Brought forward from a prior meeting; assembly adopted the ordinance unanimously following public outreach and planning commission recommendation.

Procedure notes: The assembly approved the amended agenda and consent agenda by unanimous consent after several items were added to the consent list. Items added to the consent agenda were discussed briefly on the record before approval; there was no public testimony on many consent items. Items that required public hearings will be scheduled according to the ordinance language and posted agendas.