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Finance Committee advances consent items: Nikiski senior appropriation, plow purchase, $30 residential-exemption filing fee and restaurant endorsements
Summary
On the consent agenda the Finance Committee heard a $3,000 appropriation for Nikiski Senior Service Area due diligence, a plow purchase for the road service area, a $30 filing fee for residential-exemption appeals to the Board of Equalization, and recommended letters of non-objection for two restaurant endorsements at the Princess Lodge in Cooper Landing.
The Kenai Peninsula Borough Finance Committee handled multiple routine consent and administrative items.
A presenter said the Nikiski Senior Service Area would be appropriated about $3,000 to support due diligence audit procedures for Nikiski Senior, Inc. “It’s gonna cost approximately $3,000 and so we’re appropriating 3,000 from the Nikiski Senior Service Area Fund balance,” the presenter said. The committee was also informed that the Nikiski service-area board could not meet before the hearing and that the board’s next scheduled meeting is January 21; an amendment memo was provided for assembly consideration.
The committee reviewed an ordinance to appropriate funds from the road service area capital project fund to purchase and install a plow on a new vehicle for road inspectors; the mayor’s office indicated this covers the cost for the road inspectors.
On the fee schedule, staff explained a code change now allows residential-exemption appeals to be heard by the Board of Equalization rather than going directly to superior court, and the committee was asked to add a $30 filing fee to match the lowest existing Board of Equalization fee. “In the past, they weren’t allowed to go to the board of equalization. They were required to go straight to superior court, and that can be quite expensive for the taxpayer,” the presenter said, adding that matching the $30 lowest fee motivated the proposed amount.
The committee also reviewed a request (KPB7372) for a letter of non-objection to the Alcohol Beverage Control Board for two restaurant endorsements at the Princess Lodge in Cooper Landing. A clerk/finance representative said the department reviewed the applications and had no objections; committee members asked whether the Rafters Lounge functioned more as a lounge than a restaurant and were told both locations will offer food though exact menus were unclear.
All items were presented on the consent agenda; no recorded votes or final outcomes appear in the transcript.
The committee adjourned and noted the next meeting (Policies and Procedures Committee) would convene at 03:30.
