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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000-05-17 Council MinutesAGENDA KENAI CITY COUNCIL - REGULAR MEETING MAY 179 2000 7:00 P.M. KENAI CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS http://www.cl'.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. 1860-2000 -- Repealing KMC 5.05, Entitled "Peddlers" and KMC 5.30, Entitled "Transient and Itinerant Merchants" and Replacing Them with a New KMC 5.05 Entitled "Peddlers and Transient Merchants." 2. Ordinance No. 1861-2000 -- Replacing the Tables Referred to in the Personnel Regulations (Title 23) to Establish a New Salary Structure by Grade and New Hourly Rates for Part -Time Employees. 3. Ordinance No. 1862-2000 -- Amending Various Sections of Title 4 and Title 14 of the Kenai Municipal Code to Clarify and Correct Inconsistencies. 4. Resolution No. 2000-20 -- Transferring $1,569 in the General Fund for Roof Repairs at the Recreation Center. 5. Resolution No. 2000-21 -- Transferring $1,600 in the Airport Terminal Enterprise Fund for Communications. 6. Resolution No. 2000-22 -- Awarding the Bid to Hansen's Roofing for the Kenai Recreation Center Building Roof Repairs -2000 for the Total Amount of $37,500. 7. Resolution No. 2000-23 -- Extending the Banking Services Agreement with National Bank of Alaska. 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. Historic District Board C. Kenai Visitors 8v Convention Bureau Board d. Alaska Municipal League Report 1. *Regular Meeting of May 3, 2000. 1IMMW r* [��lT?1?T�'Qp�1NT1T�'.N[`�'i. . ITEM G: OLD BUSINESS ITEM H: NEW BUSINESS 1. Bills to be Paid, Bills to be Ratified 2. Purchase Orders Exceeding $2,500 3. *Ordinance No. 1863-2000 -- Adopting the Annual Budget for the Fiscal Year Commencing July 1, 2000 and Ending June 30, 2001. 4. *Ordinance No. 1864-2000 -- Prohibiting the Keeping of Livestock on Certain Lots within the City of Kenai. 5. Approval -- Special Use Permits -- Dottie Fischer, Alaska's Best Travel a. Kenai Airport Terminal Space 36A b. Kenai Airport Terminal Space 21 6. Approval -- Special Use Permit -- Reann Pitts, Automated Teller Machine (ATM) at Kenai Airport. 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 - None Scheduled ITEM K: ADJOURNMENT KENAI CITY COUNCIL - REGULAR MEETING May 17, 2000 7:00 P.M. KENAI CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS http: / /www.ci.kenai.ak.us MAYOR JOHN J. WILLIAMS, PRESIDING ITEM A: CALL TO ORDER Mayor Williams called the meeting to order at 7: 03 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 The Acting City Clerk took roll. Present were Williams, Bookey, Swarner, Porter, Bannock, Moore and Frazer. A-3., AGENDA APPROVAL Mayor Williams requested the following change to the agenda: POSTPONE: Item C-3, Ordinance No. 1862-2000 (Amending Various Sections of Title 4 and Title 14 of the Kenai Municipal Code to Clarify and Correct Inconsistencies) to hold the public hearing on June 21, 2000. Mayor Williams stated he believed the public needed more time to review these changes and to give their comments to the council members. He asked that the public hearing on this ordinance be postponed until the June 21, 2000 meeting. MOTION: Councilwoman Swarner MOVED for approval of the agenda as amended and Councilman Frazer SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED. A-4, CONSENT AGENDA Mayor Williams requested the following change to the Consent Agenda: CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES MAY 17, 2000 PAGE 2 POSTPONE: Item H-4, Ordinance No. 1864-2000 (Prohibiting the Keeping of Livestock on Certain Lots within the City of Kenai) to be introduced at the June 7, 2000 meeting. Mayor Williams stated he felt the public needed more time to consider the changes being proposed and asked that this ordinance be postponed for introduction at the June 7, 2000 meeting. MOTION: Councilwoman Swarner MOVED for approval of the consent agenda as amended and Councilman Moore SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED. ITEM B: SCHEDULED PUBLIC COMMENTS (10 minutes) B-1. None. ITEM C: PUBLIC HEARINGS C-1. Ordinance No. 1860-2000 -- Repealing KMC 5.05, Entitled "Peddlers" and KMC 5.30, Entitled "Transient and Itinerant Merchants," and Replacing Them with a New KMC 5.05 Entitled "Peddlers and Transient Merchants." MOTION: Councilwoman Swarner MOVED for adoption of Ordinance No. 1860-2000 and Councilwoman Porter SECONDED the motion. No public comment. VOTE: Williams Yes Moore Yes Frazer Yes Bookey Yes Porter Yes Swarner Yes Bannock Yes MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. C-2. Ordinance No. 1861-2000 -- Replacing the Tables Referred to in the Personnel Regulations (Title 23) to Establish a New Salary Structure by Grade and New Hourly Rates for Part -Time Employees. MOTION: CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES MAY 17, 2000 PAGE 3 Councilwoman Swarner MOVED for adoption of Ordinance No. 1861-2000 and Councilwoman Porter SECONDED the motion. No public comment. Councilman Bannock stated that, while it's difficult to say "no" to good employees, he could not justify a pay increase in a year with budget shortfalls and declining revenues. Councilman Bookey agreed, stating the employees are doing a great job but he could not support a pay increase at this time. City Manager Ross reported that City employees, in effect, took a decrease last year because they are now paying more for medical benefits. Further, he stated for comparison, the City of Soldotna and the Borough are giving employees a 2% increase this year; Unocal gave a 3% increase; and Tesoro, 4%. Mayor Williams pointed out that the current inflation rate in the nation is 4.5% and the City already pays far below what British Petroleum and North Slope employees make. He stated, if the City of Kenai doesn't keep up, it wouldn't be long before its employees would be underpaid for their skill levels and they may start leaving for higher paying jobs. Councilwoman Porter said she would support this ordinance because employees are being asked to do more work and because an increase would be good for morale. She said this increase was not excessive and she would support it. The increase in medical costs and insurance was discussed briefly. Finance Director Larry Semmens reported that a 14% increase had been budgeted for those costs, but he had not yet received a quote from Blue Cross. Councilman Moore said he didn't think the City should accept medical rate increases as a "cost of doing business." The private sector drops or greatly reduces benefits when they become too costly, he said. Councilman Bannock suggested an alternative to not giving a COLA was to not give any pay increases, including the normal step increases. Councilman Frazer said a 1.5% increase was very small and that he would support it. VOTE: Williams Yes Moore Yes Frazer Yes Bookey No Porter Yes Swarner Yes Bannock No MOTION PASSED. C-3. Ordinance No. 1862-2000 -- Amending Various Sections of Title 4 and Title 14 of the Kenai Municipal Code to Clarify and Correct Inconsistencies. Public hearing postponed to June 21, 2000 meeting. CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES MAY 171 2000 PAGE 4 C-4. Resolution No. 2000-20 -- Transferring $1,569 in the General Fund for Roof Repairs at the Recreation Center. MOTION: Councilwoman Swarner MOVED for approval of Resolution No. 2000-20 and requested UNANIMOUS CONSENT., Councilman Bookey SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED. C-5. Resolution No. 2000-21 -- Transferring $1,600 in the Airport Terminal Enterprise Fund for Communications. MOTION: Councilwoman Swarner MOVED for approval of Resolution No. 2000-21 and requested UNANIMOUS CONSENT. Councilman Moore SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED. C-6. Resolution No. 2000-22 -- Awarding the Bid to Hansen's Roofing for the Kenai Recreation Center Building Roof Repairs -2000 for the Total Amount of $371500. MOTION: Councilwoman Swarner MOVED for approval of Resolution No. 2000-22 and requested UNANIMOUS CONSENT. (No second to the motion.) Councilman Frazer asked what the engineer's estimate of the job had been. Jack La Shot, Public Works Manager, answered $30,000 and that the job had been re -bid because the original bids came in around $80,000. Changes were made to the specs, he said, and lower bids came in the second time. There were no objections. SO ORDERED. C-7. Resolution No. 2000-23 -- Extending the Banking Services Agreement with National Bank of Alaska. MOTION: Councilwoman Porter MOVED for approval of Resolution No. 2000-23. Councilwoman Swarner SECONDED the motion and requested UNANIMOUS CONSENT. CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES MAY 171 2000 PAGE 5 No public comment. Mayor Williams said he would not support the resolution. He said the city has used the same bank for ten years, and there are other banks in town that might be interested. VOTE: Williams No Moore Yes Frazer Yes Bookey Yes Porter Yes Swarner Yes Bannock Yes MOTION PASSED. ITEM D: COMMISSION / COMMITTEE REPORTS D-1. Council on Aging -Councilwoman Porter announced a BBQ to raise funds to be held on May 31. The money goes to an endowment fund. She has tickets. D-2. Airport Commission - Councilwoman Swarner reported the last meeting was on May 11, 2000. She also said the Collings Foundation would be bringing their vintage aircraft to Kenai on June 23, 24 and 25. Participation is requested of the City Council, City employees and community members. Housing is needed for two six -man crews. Anyone interested in helping should contact Henry Knackstedt or Becky Cronkhite, Airport Manager. Also, the carpet at the airport will be cleaned on May 21, 22 and 23 during the night. D-3. Harbor Commission - Councilman Bookey reported the last meeting was on May 8, 2000. Ten thousand tickets have been ordered for the boat launch and for parking on Spruce Street. Cook Inlet Keepers in Homer donated 500 tide books, which are available to the public. Councilman Bookey said there had been. some discussion about changing the wharfage from $.07/lb to $.04/lb. and a motion was made by the Commission to have Administration look into it. City Manager Ross stated that Keith Kornelis had brought that issue to him, and Ross had asked him to do a survey of private operators at the lower end of the Kenai River to find out their rates so the City doesn't use a rate below that of private industry. Teresa Werner-Quade's resignation has been tendered effective after the June 12 meeting, Bookey reported. Council directed the Clerk to send a letter of appreciation to her for her eight years of service. D-4. Library Commission - Councilman Moore reported that the next meeting would be held on June 6, 2000. CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES MAY 171 2000 PAGE 6 D-5. Parks & Recreation Commission - Councilwoman Porter reported she attended the last meeting at the request of Councilman Frazer. She said the Commission is concerned that turnout for the area -wide cleanup has not been good in recent years. The Commission requested Bob Frates contact the Chamber Board to see if something can be done to improve participation in that event. Also, Councilwoman Porter reported the Commission is concerned about the Beaver Creek park entrance because it gets so muddy during breakup season. Ross said the City is planning to put in bollards at the entrance that comes in' from Thompson Park to keep vehicles off of that road. Kenai Central High School has two kids who need to do community service, Porter reported. She said they were going to paint the Parks and Rec watering tank for the City. Bob Frates confirmed the arrangements had been made. Porter further reported she had walked through the Ryan's Creek area. She said it looked very nice except the creek needs to be cleaned out. D-6. Planning & Zoning Commission - Councilman Bannock reported he was not at the last meeting. A public hearing was held regarding the livestock issue. Marilyn Kebschull spoke, saying the Commission also reviewed the draft ordinance for the changes to Section 105 regarding the Historic District Board, and a public hearing on that is scheduled for the next P&Z meeting. D-7. Miscellaneous Commissions and Committees D-7a. Beautification Committee -- Councilwoman Swarner reported the last meeting was on May 9. They reviewed the design for the painting on the watering tank, she said. Volunteers are needed for cleaning out and planting of the City flowerbeds. Bobbi Jackson spoke at the meeting and showed slides of flowers. Swarner said Ms. Jackson is going out of business and will be selling off her supply of roses. D-7b. Historic District Board - Councilman Moore said the next meeting is scheduled for July 17. He reported meetings are still being held on a quarterly basis and will change to monthly after the ordinance passes. D-7c. Kenai Visitors & Convention Bureau Board - Councilman Bookey reported that the Alaska 2000 show had a good turn out, as did the Mothers' Day event. CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES MAY 17, 2000 PAGE 7 D-7d. Alaska Municipal League Report - Mayor Williams said he has the "wrap-up" legislative report for anyone who would like to review it. E-1. Regular Meeting of May 3, 2000. 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 pay the bills and Councilman Frazer 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. There were no objections. SO ORDERED. Mayor Williams asked the Clerk to research the date that the vote was held to incorporate the City of Kenai so the 40th anniversary can be planned for. H-3. Ordinance No. 1863-2000 -- Adopting the Annual Budget for the Fiscal Year Commencing July 1, 2000 and Ending June 30, 2001. Introduced at consent agenda. CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES MAY 17, 2000 PAGE 8 H-4., Ordinance No. 1864-2000 -- Prohibiting the Keeping of Livestock on Certain Lots within the City of Kenai. Postponed public hearing to June 21, 2000 meeting. H-5. Approval -- Special Use Permits -- Dottie Fischer, Alaska's Best Travel a. Kenai Airport Terminal Space 36A b. Kenai Airport Terminal Space 21 Councilwoman Swarner reported that the Airport Commission discussed these Special Use Permits at their last meeting and had no objections to the approval of them. MOTION: Councilwoman Swarner MOVED to approve the Special Use Permits for Dottie Fischer, Alaska's Best Travel, Kenai Airport Terminal Spaces 36A and 21. Councilman Frazer SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED. H-6. Approval -- Special Use Permit -- Reann Pitts, Automated Teller Machine (ATM) at Kenai Airport. Councilwoman Swarner reported that the Airport Commission discussed this Special Use Permit at the last meeting and voted to approve it. MOTION: Councilwoman Swarner MOVED to approve the Special Use Permit for Reann Pitts, Automated Teller Machine (ATM) at Kenai Airport Terminal. Councilwoman Porter SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED, ITEM I: ADMINISTRATION REPORTS I-1. Mayor -- Williams reported the following items: • Erik Hansen Scout Park dedication to be held on Friday, May 19, 2000 at 5:00 p.m. • Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting recently presented to the City of Kenai by the Government Finance Officers Association via Finance Director Larry Semmens. Mayor Williams offered the Council's congratulations. CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES MAY 17, 2000 PAGE 9 • City budget: Williams reported he would present the budget to the public at the Chamber meeting on May 24 with the help of Finance Director Larry Semmens. • Parking at the beach: Williams suggested an annual pass be given to Kenai residents to park at the beach. He said others would be charged for parking. Some discussion followed. Administration was directed to explore the idea. • Williams will not be present at the June 7, 2000 Council meeting. Vice - Mayor Swarner will preside. • Challenger Learning Center: Williams suggested that Council consider challenging the City of Soldotna to a contest in a training mission at the Challenger. The cost would be about $300. He also suggested other City departments might want to challenge Soldotna departments in the same manner. Council agreed to the challenge some time in August. Mayor Williams will make the arrangements. I-2. City Manager -- Ross reported the following items: • Budget transfers would take place at the second meeting in June. • On concrete repairs to curbs and gutters, the City is now negotiating with the State regarding the question of Davis -Bacon wages. Depending on the outcome of those negotiations, this may turn out to be a three- year project instead of two. • The City will be extending the Special Use Permit in Inlet Woods by about three weeks due mostly to contractor equipment problems. • The Fish and Wildlife Service would loan their ATV's to the City during dip -netting for use on the south shore; in return, the City would waive their launch fees at the dock for the boat Fish and Wildlife uses at the lower end of the river. • Ross would be taking some leave time in late June and early July. • Ross would be giving Council a report at the first meeting in June regarding plans for the beach during dip -netting this season. CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES MAY 17, 2000 PAGE 10 Councilwoman Porter thanked City Manager Ross for the well-done report in the packet on the growth of the City of Kenai. I-3. Attorney - No report. I-4. City Clerk - • Acting City Clerk Sheryl Padilla reported that the City's new website is online at www.ci.kenai.ak.us. • Memo in packet regarding openings on the Personnel Arbitration Panel. Council directed the Clerk to review the existing members to determine how many of them are citizens of Kenai and exactly how many openings there are. I-5. Finance Director - Semmens reported that the auditors would be here at the end of the month. I-6. Public Works Managers - Jack La Shot reported that the clearing contractor would start work on the Daubenspeck property on May 18, 2000. I-?. Airport Manager -Becky Cronkhite reported: • Steve Booth, Bob Frates, Tim Wisniewski and Cronkhite are working toward cleanup and replanting of the cemetery. • The Borough Spruce Bark Beetle Coordinator has inspected the other forested areas on the airport property. A full report of a plan for removing some trees will come before Council when it is complete. There will likely be some cost involved. ITEM J: DISCUSSION J-1. Citizens - Ron Goecke spoke. He stated he arrived late to the meeting and missed the discussion about the livestock ordinance. He asked for a summary of the discussion. Mayor Williams told him the ordinance had been postponed to the June 21 meeting for the public hearing to allow more time for public comment. CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES MAY 17, 2000 PAGE 11 J-2. Council - • Bookey: Expressed appreciation to City Manager Ross for the memo in the packet about the City's growth. • Swarner: Echoed Bookey's comments. Swarner asked when lawns would be repaired from snowplow damage. Frates said he had a list and had looked at the properties. After some discussion, Administration was asked to fix the lawns next week. • Moore: Commented on the improved approach to the Airport's tree problem over that used in Inlet Woods. • Porter: Asked Council to give Administration a "start date" for the newsletter. It was decided that this fall or early spring would be good. • Bannock: Attended recent Borough Assembly meeting in which an item passed that appeared to be a "scaled -down" version of the proposed Kenai River Overlay Project. Administration was asked to research the ramifications of the ordinance as it affects Kenai and the lower Kenai River. • Frazer: Asked that the ice arena sign be removed or fixed to look better. Ross said it would be removed. • Williams: Will be making a trip to Washington, D.C. to look at a possible "high tech" addition to City of Kenai. It would be a $15 million project for the purpose of designing, developing and implementing "distance learning" programs to be transmitted throughout the State and the country, using the Challenger Learning Center. EXECUTIVE SESSION - None Scheduled ITEM K: ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 8:37 p.m. Minutes transcribed and prepared by: Shery adilla, Acting City Clerk