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Kenai council agrees to return with ballot language after debate over two-question special election
Summary
After a lengthy discussion, the Kenai City Council instructed staff to draft two related ballot propositions for a special election: one to set the 2026 election date and another to allow future changes by ordinance. Council sought wording that preserves cost-saving alignment with the borough while avoiding drafting conflicts in the charter.
The Kenai City Council spent the bulk of its Jan. 7 meeting debating how to phrase two proposed special-election propositions that would change the city—lection date.
City Clerk explained the dilemma: as drafted there are two possible questions that could amend the same charter section in different ways, creating a legal conflict if both passed. "I realized the conflict of having 2 questions amending the same section of the charter differently," the clerk said, asking the council which propositions it wanted placed before voters.
Council members who spoke repeatedly framed the issue as a choice between…
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