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CITY OF KENAI
RESOLUTION NO. 78-50
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, REQUESTING
THAT THE DIVISION OF CORRECTIONS, STATE OF ALASKA, IMMEDIATELY LEASE
AND STAFF THE CITY OF KENAI JAIL FACILITY .
WHEREAS, there is presently no jail facility on the Kenai Peninsula in which Peninsula
residents can serve jail sentences handed down by courts in the area, and
WHEREAS, it is in the interests of the citizens of the City of Kenai and of the surrounding
area that there be a facility in the Kenai area in which sentences may be served, parti-
cularly short-term and work release sentences, and where prisoners may have local
counsel immediately available, and
WHEREAS, the City of Kenai has an excellent jail facility which is almost unused at
the present time, and
iNHEREAS, the City of Kenai. for the mutual benefit of the State, the City and the
citizens of this area is willing to lease its jail facility for use as a State facility.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Kenai, Alaska,
that the Division of Corrections oP the Department of Health and Social Services of
the State of Alaska is hereby urged to immediately lease and staff the City of Kenai
jail facility for short-term custody of prisoners on the Kenai Peninsula.
PASSED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, this 15th day of
September, 1976.
ATTEST:
Su C. Peter, City Clerk
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