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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1981-02-11 Council Minutes - Special Meetingl _ -, T NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING A special meeting of the Kenai City Council will be held Wednesday, February 11, 1981, at 8:00 P14 in the office of the Recreation Director. - v The meeting will be held to certify the results of the election of February 10, 1981. net Vatta in City Clerk = February 3, 1981 - F h _ e e 4 . o - -o a , KEDAI CITY COUNCIL, SPECIAL MEETING PfSRUARY 11, 1981, 8:00 PH RECREATION DIRECTOR'S OPPICE MAYOR VINCENT O'REILLY PRESIDING 1. Roll Call Present: Ron Malston, Ray Measles, Dick Mueller, Tons Wagoner, Vincent O'Reilly, Betty Glick Absent: Jess hall 2. Certification of Election Results MOTION: Councilman Wagoner moved, seconded by Councilman Measles, to certify the results of the Pet. 10, 1081 election. Councilman Measles said he questioned how the election was held. There are 2 problems: a. The 2 people that were on the radio program, "Sound Off." b. The article in the Anchorage paper quoting a "City Official." - John Williams was quoted, he is not a City Official. The radio program was not based on fact. It was said the harbor will be a profit making operation. we have no figures to base this on. Admin. Coord. Davis called in as a "concerned citizen," asking loaded questions. Councilman Wagoner said, he was on the radio pro gram. He was contacted by KSRM Monday at 8:30 AM, he recommended Harxor Commission Chairman Peterkin. He was not available. Councilman Wagoner said he did not act as a representative of the Council. The tape is available, he suggested the Council obtain that. He was identified as a Councilman by KSRM, he did not make inflammatory remarks against the Council. Councilwoman Glick asked, did he - in fact - state he was not representing Council? Councilman Wagoner replied he didn't think he had to make a disclaimer. Councilwoman Glick said she was not aware of the program till she received a call. She called City Hall. It con- cerns her that people were on the program support- ing the facility. It may not be a money -making u 0 s—W KENAI CITY COUNCIL FEBRUARY 11, 1981 Page 2 operation. At least at first, that should h been given too. Councilman :Wagoner replied, is making a supposition. He did not say it or will not. Commissioner Williams did. Cc woman Glick said if he represents the City, points of view should be represented. All s ments were positive. Jim Heim, KSRM, did ca and she gave her point of view. After talki to Atty. Delahay, he slid calm her fea somewhat. We should look at the other probl the Anchorage paper. It looks like all we a locking at the State for is that. The other Capital improvement Projects were not mentia She is not against the Small Boat_ Harbor, ju against the methods used to promote it. May O'Veilly asked City Manager Brighton, did th call him on it? Mr. Brighton replied a fell called him two weeks before and asked him se questions. He didn't know if that was the sa fellow. Councilman Wagoner asked Atty. Dela if he is on the Council, can he speak on a r program? Atty. Delahay replied, whether ele or not, you have the right to speak. Anyone is asked to speak should be aware the public be looking to him as a representative of the He should say at the beginning that he does represent the City Cous4cil. Councilman Wagon said all his statements were factual. Counc man Measles said he tried to call the radio couldn't get through. The question was aske "Were all the Council in favor of building a boat harbor?" He said six to one. That was the engineering contract for the feasibility study. We still need to get a feasibility study completed. Councilman Wagoner said the people should be asked, "Do you want to operate a small boat harbor?" Councilman Measles said we can't vote till the feasibility study is done. Ruby Coyle spoke. She said neither Councilman Wagoner nor Commissior.!er Williams said they were speaking for the Council. They gave no definite information. If we have State money it can be used for sport fishing as well as commercial fish- ing. Commissioner Williams had said it will bring in 07175,000. Even if it operates in the red, the airport operates is. the red. We have taxes on the fishing boats, what has the City done for the fishermen? f H - KENAI CITY COUNCIL FEBRUARY 11, 1981 Page 3 Cn-uncilman Mueller requested the Administration be directed to bring in a tape at the earliest time for Council to listen to. He said he can support the small boat harbor only if the public is aware of the problems. Council agreed to the request. VOTE: Motion passed, wlth Councilman Measles voting no. Atty. Delahay added, the vote was if the citizens approved of the boat harbor and if they were will- ing to support it. Had the City gone out and passed out literature, the citizens would have a right to complain. when an individual makes a statement, whether factual or not, even when one is trying to state facts, it can be misleading. These things have to be taken into account. The biggest thing is not there, the important thing is, there were only 388 votes out of a total of 2,708 registered ti voters. City Manager Brighton noted he would like to ask the Council about some appraisals that are due. Atty. Delahay said this cannot be done during the special meeting. Council agreed to have a work session immediately following the special meeting, to discuss this problem. ADJOURNMENT Meeting adjourned at 8:35 PM. Respectfully Submitted, lo Y Janet Whelan / City Clerk / t� f I