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CITY OF KE NAI
ORDI NA NC E NO. 3045-20 18
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI , ALASKA, ACCEPT ING AND
APPROPRIATING A GRANT FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
PASSED THROUGH THE STATE OF ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AND VETERANS'
AFFAIRS FOR THE PURCHASE OF PORTABLE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT RADIOS
AND FOR THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF VIDEO SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS FOR
THE CITY'S PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING.
WHEREAS, the City of Kenai received a notice from the State of Alaska Department of Military
and Veterans' Affairs that it was awarded $120,350 for grant projects under the 2018 State
Homeland Security Program; and ,
WHEREAS, the projects that were awarded grant funding were a Public Safety Building Camera
Project for $65,000 and the purchase of Pol ice and Fire Portable radios for $55 ,350 ; and ,
WHEREAS, the public safety building is critical City infrastructure that houses the police
department, fire department, emergency dispatch center, and the City's data center and needs
the added protections of a security camera system ; and ,
WHEREAS, the portable public safety radios used by police and fire are reaching the end of their
maintenance life, and this grant will replace approximately twenty percent of the portable radios ;
and ,
WHEREAS , the grant does not require a monetary match from the City.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNC IL OF THE CITY OF KENAI , ALASKA,
as follows:
Secti on 1. That the Ci t y Manager is au t horized to accept a grant from the U.S . Department of
Homeland Secu rity passed through the State of Alaska Department of Military and Veterans '
Affairs for the purchase of portable police and fire radios and for the purchase and installation of
video surveillance cameras for the City's Public Safety Building .
Section 2. That the estimated revenues and appropriations be increased as follows :
Public Safety Capital Project Fund:
Increase Estimated Revenues -
Federal Grants
Increase Appropriations -
Machinery and Equipment
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$120 .350
$1 2 0.350
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Section 3. That the City Manager is authorized to execute any required grant documents and
expend the funds in accordance with grant provisions and conditions .
Section 4. Severability: That if any part or provision of this ordinance or application thereof to
any person or circumstances is adjudged invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction , such
judgment shall be confined in its operation to the part, provision, or application d irectly involved
in all controversy in which this judgment shall have been rendered , and shall not affect or impair
the validity of the remainder of this title or application thereof to other persons or circumstances.
The City Council hereby declares that it would have enacted the remainder of this ordinance even
without such part, provision, or application .
Section 5. Effective Date: That pursuant to KMC 1.15.0?0(f), this ordinance shall take effect
upon adoption .
ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, this 7th day of November,
2018.
ATTEST:
Introduced: October 17, 2018
Enacted : November 7, 2018
Effective: November 7, 2018
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MEMORANDUM
TO:
THROUGH:
FROM:
DATE:
SUBJECT:
Mayor Brian Gabriel and Kenai City Council
Paul Ostrander, City Manager
David Ross , Police Chief
October 5, 2018
Ordinance No. 3045-2018 -Ordinance accepting and appropriating a
grant from the Department of Homeland Security
Grants were applied for by the police and fire departments, under the 2018 Homeland Security
Program, and two of those grant requests were funded. The City received notice of award of a
$65,000 grant for a security camera system to cover the public safety building that houses the
police department, the fire department, the dispatch center, and the City's data center. The City
also received notice of award of a $55,350 grant to purchase replacement radios for the police
and fire department. The portable radios currently in use are nearing the end of their maintenance
life , and this grant will replace approximately twenty percent of the public safety portable radios .
The grant does not require a monetary match by the City.
I am respectfully requesting consideration of the ordinance accepting and appropriating those
grant funds for the purpose they were intended.