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Home My WebLink About2002-01-02 Council Minutesi AGENDA KENAI CITY COUNCIL - REGULAR MEETING JANUARY 2, 2002 7:00 P.M. KENAI CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS http: //www.ci.kenai.ak.us ITEM A: CALL TO ORDER 1. Pledge of Allegiance 2. Roll Call 3. Agenda Approval 4. Consent Agenda *All items listed with an asterisk (*) are considered to be routine and non- controversial by the council and will be approved by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a council member so requests, in which case the item will be removed from the consent agenda and considered in its normal sequence on the agenda as part of the General Orders. ITEM B: SCHEDULED PUBLIC COMMENTS (10 minutes) ITEM C: PUBLIC HEARINGS 1. Ordinance No. 1945-2001 -- Increasing Estimated Revenues and Appropriations in the Amount of $10,000 in the General Fund for Purchase of Furniture and Equipment for Downstairs Office Space at City Hall. 2. Ordinance No. 1946-2001 -- Increasing Estimated Revenues and Appropriations in the Fire Department by $82,800 for a Federal Grant. 3. Resolution No. 2002-1 -- Supporting the Kenai River Council on the Arts. ITEM D: COMMISSION/COMMITTEE REPORTS 1. Council on Aging 2. Airport Commission 3. Harbor Commission 4. Library Commission 5. Parks & Recreation Commission 6. Planning & Zoning Commission 7. Miscellaneous Commissions and Committees a. Beautification Committee b. Kenai Convention & Visitors Bureau Board C. Alaska Municipal League Report -1- 1. *Regular Meeting of December 19, 2001. 2. *Notes of December 13, 2001 Joint Work Session. ITEM F: CORRESPONDENCE ITEM G: OLD BUSINESS ITEM H: NEW BUSINESS 1. Bills to be Paid, Bills to be Ratified 2. Purchase Orders Exceeding $2,500 ITEM I: ADMINISTRATION REPORTS 1. Mayor 2. City Manager 3. Attorney 4. City Clerk 5. Finance Director 6. Public Works Managers 7. Airport Manager ITEM J: DISCUSSION 1. Citizens (five minutes) 2. Council EXECUTIVE SESSION -Evaluation of City Manager. ITEM K: ADJOURNMENT -2- KENAI CITY COUNCIL - REGULAR MEETING JANUARY 2, 2002 7:00 P.M. KENAI CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS http:1 /www.ci.kenai.ak.us MAYOR JOHN J. WILLIAMS, PRESIDING ITEM A: CALL TO ORDER Mayor Williams called the meeting to order at approximately 7:01 p.m. in the Council Chambers in the Kenai City Hall Building. A-1. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mayor Williams led those assembled in the Pledge of Allegiance. A-2. ROLL CALL Roll was taken by the City Clerk. Present were: Bannock, Jackman, Williams, Bookey, Swarner and Porter. � Absent was: Moore A-3, AGENDA APPROVAL There were no changes to the agenda. MOTION: Councilwoman Swarner MOVED for approval of the agenda as presented and Councilman Bookey SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED. A-4. CONSENT AGENDA There were no changes to the Consent Agenda. MOTION: Councilwoman Swarner MOVED for approval of the consent agenda as presented and Councilman Bookey SECONDED the motion. There were no obj ections. SO ORDERED. ITEM B: SCHEDULED PUBLIC COMMENTS -- None. 1 ITEM C: PUBLIC HEARINGS KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING JANUARY 2, 2002 PAGE 2 C-1. Ordinance No. 1945-2001 -- Increasing Estimated Revenues and Appropriations in the Amount of $10,000 in the General Fund for Purchase of Furniture and Equipment for Downstairs Office Space at City Hall. MOTION: Councilwoman Swarner MOVED for adoption of Ordinance No. 1945-2001 and Councilwoman Porter SECONDED the motion. There were no public comments. Councilwoman Porter requested a running account of costs and City Manager Snow stated she would provide the information. VOTE: Bannock Yes Jackman Yes Williams Yes Bookey Yes Swarner Yes Moore Absent Porter Yes MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. C-2. Ordinance No. 1946-2001 -- Increasing Estimated Revenues and Appropriations in the Fire Department by $82,800 for a Federal Grant. MOTION: Councilman Bookey MOVED for adoption of Ordinance No. 1946-2001 and Councilwoman Swarner SECONDED the motion. There were no public comments. Fire Chief Walden explained, with a ten percent match from the city, the funds would be used to purchase 16 air packs and 32 bottles. VOTE: Bannock Yes Jackman Yes Williams Yes Bookey es Swarner Yes Moore Absent Porter Yes MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. C-3. Resolution No. 2002-1 -- Supporting the Kenai River Council on the Arts. KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING JANUARY 2 2002 PAGE 3 MOTION: Councilwoman Swarner MOVED for approval of Resolution 2002-1 and requested UNANIMOUS CONSENT. Councilwoman Porter SECONDED the motion. There were no public comments. Councilman Bookey stated he supported the resolution and asked if it meant there would be financial support from the city in the future. Councilwoman Swarner explained she didn't believe so and the resolution was showing council's support for the group to find their own funding. VOTE: There were no objections. SO ORDERED, ITEM D: COMMISSION/ COMMITTEE REPORTS D-1. Council on Aging -- Councilwoman Swarner reported a meeting would be held on January 3 at 10:00 a.m. D-2. Airport Commission -- Councilwoman Jackman reported the minutes of the last meeting were included in the packet. D-3. Harbor Commission -- Councilman Bookey reported the next meeting was scheduled for Monday, January 7, 2002. D-4. Library Commission -- It was noted the January meeting had been cancelled to due falling on January 1. The next meeting was scheduled for February 5 at 6:00 p.m. in the Library. D-5. Parks & Recreation Commission -- Councilwoman Porter reported the next meeting was scheduled for January 3. A schedule of time booked, hours used, revenue and expenses be prepared and kept for the multi -purpose facility. D-6. Planning & Zoning Commission -- No report. D-7. Miscellaneous Commissions and Committees D-7a. Beautification Committee -- Swarner noted the next meeting was scheduled for Tuesday, January 8, 2002. D-7b, Kenai Convention & Visitors Bureau Board -- No report. � D-7c. Alaska Municipal League Report -- No report. � KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING JANUARY 2, 2002 PAGE 4 ITEM E: MINUTES E-1. Regular Meeting of December 19, 2001 -- Approved by consent agenda. E-2. Notes of December 13, 2001 Joint Work Session -- Approved by consent agenda. ITEM F: CORRESPONDENCE -- None. ITEM G. OLD BUSINESS -- None. ITEM H: NEW BUSINESS H-1. Bills to be Paid, Bills to be Ratified MOTION: Councilwoman Swarner MOVED to approve the bills and Councilman Bookey SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED, H-2, Purchase Orders Exceeding $2,500 MOTION: Councilwoman Swarner MOVED to approve the purchase orders exceeding $2,500 and Councilman Bookey SECONDED the motion. Swarner asked how long it took to use up $25,000 in fuel and Public Works Manager Kornelis stated he could furnish her with a rundown of expenses. VOTE: There were no objections. SO ORDERED, ITEM I: ADMINISTRATION REPORTS I-1. Mayor -- Mayor Williams reminded council of the work session with area legislators on Friday, January 4 at 8:00 a.m. at City Hall. I-2. City Manager -- City Manager Snow reported she and Finance Director Semmens met with Sean Anderson in regard to the development of the Five Iron Heights property. She noted, Anderson assured them he was collecting the required paperwork necessary to acquire a bond and would have the information to administration by January 10. When asked, Snow reported the property had been appraised on October 13 and did not have an expiration date included on it. KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING JANUARY 2, 2002 PAGE 5 I-3. Attorney -- Attorney Graves reported he would be out of the office January 3 and 4. City Clerk -- No report. I-5. Finance Director -- No report. I-6. Public Works Managers -- No reports. I-?. Airport Manager -- No report. ITEM J: DISCUSSION J-1. Citizens -- None. J-2. Council Bookey -- No comments. Swarner -- Requested another council member or someone from staff to attend the January 15 meeting regarding the development of the Kustatan properties as she would not be available to attend. It was noted someone from administration would attend if Councilwoman Jackman could not. Porter -- No comments. Bannock -- No comments. Jackman -- No comments. Williams -- Reminded council of the meeting on Wednesday, January 9 with representatives from the National Guard and of the work session prior to the January 16 council meeting to hear a presentation from representatives of the Central Peninsula General Hospital regarding future needs of the hospital. EXECUTIVE SESSION - Evaluation of City Manager. MOTION: Councilwoman Swarner MOVED for council to adjourn into executive session to discuss matters that might affect the reputation of personnel/city manager of the City of Kenai and asked the council meet first and then request the city manager to join them. There were no objections. SO ORDERED, ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION: 7:19 P.M. BACK TO ORDER: 9:54 P.M. Mayor Williams reported council held a brief and productive executive session in which the evaluation of the city manager took place. Councilwoman Swarner KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING JANUARY 2, 2002 .� PAGE 6 reiterated comments of the Mayor and_ added, council provided the city manager direction -on which to proceed with projects in her evaluation. ITEM K: ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at approximately 9 : 5 5 p.m. Minutes transcribed and prepared by: Carol L. Freas, City Clerk 1