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CI7'Y OF KENAJ
BOX 580
KENAI, ALASKA
99611
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RESOLUTION 74-13
A RESOLUTION OPPOSING KENAI PENINSULA BOROl1GH ORDINANCE N0. 74-3, AND
REQUESTING THAT THIS ORDINANCE BE DEFEATED.
WHEREAS, a Special Committee of the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly has
introduced Ordinance 74-3, An Ordinance to Increase Reimbursement for
, Official Travel and Per Diem Expenses in Line with Inflationary Increases,
which would result in substantial increases in the present compensation
~ for such, and
~ WNEREl~S, there has been no factual study and/or evidence presented to the
taxpayers of the Kenai Peninsula Borough which substantiated the need for
the increases in per diem and travel expenses, yet such increases are ~
proposed, and .
WHEREAS, evi~ence ~hows that the present per diem and travel does, in fact,
exceeds the actual needs of Borough personnel on a reasonable and conser-
vative budget, and
• WHEREAS, many taxpayers in the Kenai Peninsula Borough must themselves •
live on a vary conservative budget in order to meet their living needs
and pay their taxes, and ~
WHEREAS, it is the Kenai Peninsula Borough Taxpayers who will have to pay ~
for these increased allowances,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Council of the City of Kenai, Alaska
is opposed to the proposed ordinance 74-3 of the Kenai Peninsula Borough,
that such legislation is fiscally irresponsible and would cause unnecessary
burden to the taxpayers of the Kenai Peninsula Borough.
Passed this ~ __ day of L , 1974.
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~ ~ HN F. STE NBECK, MAYOR
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