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CITY OF KENAI
ORDINANCE NO. 3264-2021
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, ACCEPTING AND
APPROPRIATING ASSET FORFEITURE FUNDS PROVIDED TO THE CITY OF KENAI
THROUGH THE STATE OF ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
WHEREAS, the Kenai Police Department works cooperatively with the State of Alaska
Department of Public Safety and participates in the regional drug task force (SCAN) with
enforcement efforts that directly impact the City of Kenai and surrounding areas; and,
WHEREAS, In August of this year the Kenai Police Department received two asset forfeiture
sharing checks totaling $28,889.31 from the State of Alaska Department of Public Safety, related
to drug cases where assets or cash were forfeited; and,
WHEREAS, the Kenai Police Department intends to use those funds as they were intended, for
the furtherance of the administration of justice, through the purchase of law enforcement
equipment.
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 asset forfeiture funds from the
Alaska Department of Public Safety and to use those funds for the purchase of law enforcement
equipment.
Section 2. That the estimated revenues and appropriations be increased as follows:
General Fund
Increase Estimated Revenues —
Asset Forfeiture checks from the State of Alaska $2 $31
Increase Appropriations —
Police — Small Tools
Police — Machinery and Equipment
$18,817.83
10,071.48
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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.
Ordinance No. 3264-2021
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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 61day of January, 2022.
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Approved by Finance:
B.R NA GABRIEL SR., MAYOR
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Introduced: December 15, 2021
Enacted: January 5, 2022
Effective: January 5, 2022
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MEMORANDUM
TO: Mayor Brian Gabriel and Kenai City Council
THROUGH: Paul Ostrander, City Manager
FROM: David Ross, Police Chief
DATE: December 3, 2021
SUBJECT: Ordinance No. 3264-2021, Accepting Drug Forfeiture Funds
The Kenai Police Department received $28,889.31 in asset forfeiture sharing funds from the State
of Alaska Department of Public Safety. Those funds were shared with the Kenai Police
Department after being forfeited to the State in connection with criminal drug cases, for which the
Kenai Police Department participated in the investigation. Funds forfeited in this manner are
intended to be used in furtherance of the administration of justice.
I am respectfully requesting consideration of the ordinance appropriating $28,889.31 into the
General Fund Accounts: Police- Small Tools - $18,817.83 and Police — Machinery & Equipment
- $10,071.48 accounts to pay for law enforcement equipment. The primary purchases made with
these funds are anticipated to be, an updated video recording system for police interview rooms,
and video camera systems for some new police vehicles.