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CITY OF KENAI
ORDINANCE NO. 3178-2021
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, ACCEPTING AND
APPROPRIATING A COVID CARES ACT FOR OLDER ADULTS AND THEIR CAREGIVERS
2021 GRANT PASSED THROUGH THE STATE OF ALASKA FOR KENAI SENIOR CENTER
EXPENDITURES IN SUPPORT OF ITS RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 PUBLIC HEALTH
EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS,the first coronavirus patient in Alaska was diagnosed in Anchorage on March 12,
2020, and other positive diagnoses have since occurred on the Kenai Peninsula; and,
WHEREAS, Governor Mike Dunleavy issued a Declaration of Public Health Disaster
Emergency on March 11, 2020, and the President of the United States issued a Proclamation
Declaring a National Emergency on March 13,2020; and,
WHEREAS,the United States Department of Health and Human Services announced on April 21,
2020, nearly $1 Billion in CARES Acts Grants to Support Older Adults and People with Disabilities
in the community during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency; and,
WHEREAS, the State of Alaska, Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Senior
and Disabilities Services requested proposals from current Senior and Disabilities Services
grantees who service Older Alaskans and their Caregivers to provide services through the COVID
Relief for Older Adults and their Caregivers program for the State of Alaska in FY21; and,
WHEREAS, the Kenai Senior Center is a long-standing grantee of the Title III funding through the
State of Alaska, Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Senior and Disabilities
Services; and,
WHEREAS, the Kenai Senior Center has applied and been awarded a grant for $39,230.83 for
services offered beginning January 1, 2021 —June 30, 2021; and,
WHEREAS, acceptance of these funds is in the best interest of the City, its business and its
residents.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA,
as follows:
Section 1. That the City Manager is authorized to accept a grant in the amount of $39,230.83
from the United States Department of Health and Human Services passed through the State of
Alaska, Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Senior and Disabilities Services for
Kenai Senior Center expenditures in support of its response to the COVID-19 Public Health
Emergency.
Ordinance No. 3178-2021
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Section 2. That the estimated revenues and appropriations be increased as follows:
Senior Citizen Fund:
Increase Estimated Revenues —
Federal Grants $Mx=
Increase Appropriations — Home Meals:
Salaries
$ 8,212.83
Medicare
119.00
Social Security
509.00
Unemployment Insurance
82.00
Workers Compensation
308.00
Operating & Repair Supplies
14,000.00
Machinery & Equipment
16.000.00
Section 3. 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 directly 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 4. Effective Date: That pursuant to KMC 1.15.070(f), this ordinance shall take effect
immediately upon enactment.
ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, this 201 day of January, 2021.
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Jamie Heinz, CNIC, City Clerk
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BRIAN GABRIEL SR., MAYOR
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Introduced: January 6, 2021
Enacted: January 20, 2021
Effective: January 20, 2021
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MEMORANDUM
TO:
Mayor Gabriel and Council Members
THROUGH:
Paul Ostrander, City Manager
FROM:
Kathy Romain, Senior Center Director
DATE:
December 28, 2020
SUBJECT:
Ordinance No. 3178-2021
The State of Alaska, Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Senior and Disabilities
Services requested proposals from current Senior and Disabilities Services (Title 111) grantees to
provide services through the COVID Relief for Older Adults and their Caregivers program. The
intent of this grant is to provide disaster assistance related to relief services for Coronavirus
mitigation and/or health and safety services needed, and for grant funds to ensure the health and
safety of older adults and their caregivers during the COVID-19 public health emergency.
The funding from this grant is to be utilized from January 1, 2021 — June 30, 2021. The Kenai
Senior Center's application requested funding for a temporary part-time meal driver, a new kitchen
range/oven for the Center and supplies to provide approximately 200 emergency kits for Kenai -
area seniors.
On December 16, 2020, we received notification of our award for the full amount of $39,230.83.
Your support for the Ordinance No. 3178-2021 is greatly appreciated.