Kenai council enacts grants, contracts, staffing change and adds senior‑housing feasibility funding to CIP

The Kenai City Council convened Jan. 15 and adopted a series of ordinances and resolutions covering grant appropriations for the Kenai Senior Center, an airport restaurant concession, capital transfers for dock float replacement and ramp repairs, a new part‑time police administrative position, contract awards and an amended capital improvement plan that adds a senior‑housing feasibility study.

Nut graf: The council approved multiple consent and action items in a single session. Several measures carried by unanimous or recorded roll‑call votes, and the council amended its proposed FY26–30 Capital Improvement Plan to add a $300,000 feasibility study for senior housing (fiscal 2029), to be funded with $200,000 in grants and $100,000 in general funds.

Votes at a glance (key actions adopted Jan. 15) - Ordinance 3446‑2024: Accept and appropriate grant from Alaska Food Coalition to Kenai Senior Center (shelving, supplies). Motion to enact moved by Vice Mayor Nackstedt; roll call yielded 7 yes; outcome: enacted. - Ordinance 3447‑2025: Accept and appropriate grant from State of Alaska Division of Senior & Disability Services for Kenai Senior Center disaster emergency planning and supplies (short procurement timeline; 6‑month spend window). Motion to introduce and enact carried; outcome: enacted (7 yes). - Resolution 2025‑01: Authorize city manager to enter restaurant concession agreement for Kenai Municipal Airport (new concession to take effect March 1; anticipated opening by April 1). Adopted by unanimous consent. - Resolution 2025‑02: Budget transfer to municipal roadway improvements capital project fund; reallocate remaining balances from completed projects to fund city dock float replacement and concrete ramp repairs. Adopted by unanimous consent. Staff said float replacement bidding and purchase will start within a month; concrete ramp work likely deferred until after dip‑netting season. - Resolution 2025‑03: Amend authorized staffing table to add one part‑time Administrative Assistant I in the Police Department (primarily evidence/electronic file handling). Adopted by unanimous consent. Finance noted FY25 funds available; estimated FY26 cost ~$21,040. - Resolution 2025‑04: Adopt goals to guide preparation of FY26 annual budget. Adopted by unanimous consent. - Resolution 2025‑05: Authorize contract award for Microsoft Enterprise Agreements; council later reconsidered and amended the contract amount from $33,375.92 to $36,375.92 before final adoption. Adopted as amended by unanimous consent. - Resolution 2025‑06: Adopt FY26–30 Capital Improvement Plan; council amended the CIP to add a general‑fund project in fiscal 2029 for a senior‑housing feasibility study in the amount of $300,000, to be funded…