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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1980-10-08 Council Minutes - Special Meetingi KENAI CITY COUNCIL - SPECIAL MEETING OCTOBER 8, 1980 - Ss00 PM KENAI LINE ARTS BUILDING MAYOR VINCENT O'REILLY PRESIDING 1. ROLL CALL Prosents Dick Mueller, Vincent O'Reilly, Ed Ambarian, Betty Glick, Jess Hall, Ron Malston Absonts Ray Measles AGENDA APPROVAL Agenda was approved as submitted. 2. Ordinance 619-80 - Amending KMC, Prohibiting of City Officers and Employees Serving on Boards and Commissions. P MOTIONS Councilwoman Glick moved, seconded by Councilman Malston, to adopt the ordinance. There was no public comment. a ' Mayor O'Reilly noted the question had been raised how this applies to Borough commissions, who have h members appointed by Council. Councilwoman Glick saA' this had been brought to Council before,, Ks s f to N r •� J1�►` po�O..A Planning Commission members can serve on the Council. Councilman Ambarian noted this ordinance applies to the City, not the Borough. Atty. Delahay ex- plained this section being amended applies to diff- erent committees directly relating to the City, to prevent the Council being on all of the committees and "rubber-stamping." The Borough is a different thing, it is under the control of the Assembly. Councilman Hall noted it is a question of propriety. Atty. Delahay said all other commission members have quit when running for Council, Mr. wagoner has not. Mayor O'Reilly said it comes back to the other point. An appointment to another commission comes from a source other than Council can control. Council could set up a control over commissions. Councilman Hall said we should say that in the ordinance. MOTION, AMENDMENTS Councilwoman Glick moved, seconded by Councilman Ambarian, per request from the City Attorney, to amend section 11.10.040, 3rd line from the bottom, to read„ "the City of Kenai is an officer or employee of the City of Kenai on the effective date of this ordinance, or shall be elected or appointed as--". 0 rim KENAI CITY COUNCIL, ESPECIAL MEETING OCTOBER 81 1980 Page 2 Amendment passed unanimously by roll call vote. Main motion passed unanimously by roll call vote. 3. Letter from Bob Roper. Mayor O'Reilly asked if this could be brought up at the next regular meeting. Clerk Whelan explained this was for information only. 4. Election Results Clerk Whelan reviewed the election results, as enclosed in the packet. MOTION: Councilman Ambarian moved, seconded by Councilwoman Glick, to accept the results of the election. Motion passed unanimously by roll call vote. 6. General Councilman Mueller said he would be out of town Oct. 13 through 16. Atty. Delahay said he would be out of town Oct. 15 till Nov. 3. Atty. Delahay said there is a need for changes in the election ordinances. a. The canvass dates are too soon for the absentee ballots. b. The petition dates are later than the Borough. We will need some charter changes also. He would like to do this next Pall. This will be discussed later by Council. Mayor O'Reilly noted Mr. wagoner will take office Nov. S. Atty. Delahay said he felt this should be changed also, to read.the next regular meeting seven days after the election. Councilman Ambarian asked if it would be easier to follow the Borough Code. Atty. Delahay replied yes, the only difference would be the meeting night. Mayor O'Reilly asked Councilman Ambarian if he was willing to serve until Nov. 5. Councilman Ambarian replied yes. Mayor O'Reilly asked Clerk Whelan to notify Mr. Wagoner of the installation date. i a rt �» KENAI CITY COUNCIL, SPECIAL MEETING OCTOBER 8, 1980 Page 3 Mayor O'Reilly discussed a phone conversation with Walt Henry of Dow Chemical. They will be down here Oct. 23, and will see the oil companies. Mr. Henry stated he would want material dealing with the en- vironmont. That is slot to put together and give to Dow. After the presentation Dow would put to- gothor the proposal. They will probably stay over- night. Councilman Ambarian asked if they were look- ing to Kenai to do the introduction. Mayor O'Reilly replied they cannot go to the Borough, Seward will also have a presentation. Councilman Ambarian asked if this would include Kenai and North Kenai. Mayor O'Reilly replied Kenai and Wildwood, at least. He would like some guidelines from the Council. Council- man Ambarian suggested the Mayor meet them since he was contacted. We already did this with Alpetco. Maybe they are looking for community acceptance. What they want is available, he doosn't think that is what they are after. Councilman Hall said they are also lookingfor free tax -proposals. Council- i ` woman Glick said that and other things we can offer. Councilman Hall said regarding the port, he was dis- appointed to see it go down. We are facing this situation with Dow. As far as he is concerned, he doesn't cano who has the powers, as long as it is being done. We could buy Rig -Tenders dock, for that matter. Councilman Ambarian said from the invitation, it sounds like we're being used for more than the facts. Councilman Hall felt they are looking for what Kenai has to offer them. Mayor O'Reilly agreed, they are looking for the attitude of the people. Councilman Malston suggested we should get together with Peggy Arness of the Chamber. They put things together for Alpetco. She has lots of information. it should be done in an hospitable type of atmosphere. Councilman Ambarian noted we need to remember, there were negative comments > made last time to Alpetco. Mayor O'Reilly said there are two areas they ought to be considerings a. Ports & harbors b. Water supply Mayor O'Reilly continueds as for power, they will do their own or make their own plans. Councilwoman Glick noted at the dinner she attended in Anchorage, she felt they usually did their own, Councilman Ambarian said we should contact USA, etc. Council- man Hall asked, is HEA receptive to this? If they lose their lines, there will be brown -outs. They KENAI CITY COUNCIL, SPECIAL MEETING OCTOBER 8, 1980 page 4 should be contacted first. There might not be a positive reaction. Mayor O'Reilly asked, how large a roll do we wish to play? Councilman Ambarian replied, a strong one. Mayor O'Reilly said we must make sure we are reflective of the community, how does this benefit them? Councilman Hall said it will affect the economy of the entire area. Mayor O'Reilly reiterated, are the people receptive? Councilman Hall said those who are settled here don't wish to have a change. Councilman Ambarian added he disagreed. Those on the top only, the rest are looking for better jobs. Councilman Hall said a percentage are going to move into town the rest will be using the businesses• Council- man Mueller said it could be a stabalizing effect on the economy• Mayor O'Reilly said if we are active in pursuing this, it may not be receptive for those 150, but are we being fair to the rest? Councilman Hall said it is the 858 he is concerned with. Mayor O'Reilly said, a. We will take the lead in this. b. Whatever political powers we can exert, we will use to bring them to the area. City Manager Brighton noted the one -day seminar } by the Chamber of Commerce industrial Committee on industrial procurement. He will check on the date. ADJOURNMENT Meeting adjourned 900 PM. Respectfully Submitted, Janet Whelan lP �► City Clerk y I I A � 1 I