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Ki;NAI
CITY OF KENAI
ORDI NANCE NO. 3183-2021
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI , ALASKA, INCREASING
ESTI MATED REVENUES AND APPROPRIATIONS IN THE GENERAL FUND -POLICE
DEPARTMENT , AND ACCEPTING A GRANT FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION PASSED THROUGH THE STATE OF ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC FACILITIES FOR TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT OVERTIME
EXPENDITURES.
WHEREAS, the Kenai Police Department joins with other law enforcement agencies statewide to
support Alaska Highway Safety Office (AHSO) traffic safety programs to reduce fatalities and
injuries on roadways ; and ,
WHEREAS, AHSO traffic-related overtime funds require no local match and allow the Department
to provide specific traffic safety patrols; and ,
WHEREAS , actual AHSO overtime expenditures for traffic safety patrols totaled $5 ,214 .68 from
November 16, 2020 through January 1, 2021 ; and,
WHEREAS, overtime for these additional traffic safety patrols was not budgeted and the
department is requesting appropriation into the overtime budget equal to the amount of the AHSO
grant funding received .
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 these grant funds in the amount of
$5 ,214 .68 and to expend those funds pursuant to all grant terms and conditions and to fulfill the
purpose and intent of this ordinance .
Section 2. That the estimated revenues and appropriations be increased as follows:
General Fund:
Increase Estimated Revenues -
Federal Grants -Police
Increase Appropriations -
Poli ce -Overtime
$5 .214.68
$5,214.68
Section 3. Severability: That if any part or provision of this ordinance or appl ication thereof to
any person or circumstances is adjudged invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction , such
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judgment shall be confined in its ope ration 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 perso ns o r circumstances .
The C ity 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 171t1 day of February,
2021.
BRIAN GABRIEL SR., MAYOR
Introduced: February 3, 2021
Enacted : February 17 , 2021
Effective : February 17, 2021
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City of Kena i I 210 ~i dalgo Ave, Kenai. AK 99611 -77941907.283.7535 I www.kenai .cily
MEMORANDUM
TO:
THROUGH:
FROM :
DATE:
SUBJECT:
Mayor Brian Gabriel and Ken ai City Council
Paul Ostrander, City Manager
David Ross, Police Ch ief
January 20, 2021
Ordinance No. 3183-2021 , Accepting AHSO Grant Funds
The Kenai Police Department continues to participate in traffic enforcement overtime patrols,
reimbursed to the City of Kenai through a grant by the Alaska Highway Safety Office (AHSO).
Actual overtime costs for traffic enforcement between November 16, 2020 and January 1, 2021
that qualified for AHSO reimbursement, was $5,214.68.
AHSO overtime reimbursements are deposited into the general fund. I would respectfully
req uest consideration of the ordinance accepting and appropriating the grant amount to the
poli ce overtime account.