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Home My WebLink About1979-10-27 Council Minutes - Special MeetingAGENDA KENAI CITY COUNCIL - SPECIAL. MEETING OCTOBER 27, 1979 - 12: 40 NOOK KENAI PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING i �I PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE A. ROLL CALL B. NEW BUSINESS 1. Confirmation of new member to the Kenai Advisory Planning and Zoning Commission 2. Interviewing of City Attorney applicants & possible appointment C. ADJOURNMENT A i •� - r I i I i o i I c I i i i i i` i I i i I R i r i KEJAI CITY COUNCIL OC OBER 27, 1979 - 12:00 Noon KENAI PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING MAYOR VINCENT O'REILLY PRESIDING PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE A. ROLL CALL Present: Phil Aber, Ed Ambarian, Betty Glick, Ray Measles, Ron Malston, Vincent O'Reilly, Mike Seaman Absent: None AGENDA APPROVAL Mayor O'Reilly requested three additions to the agenda. 1. Discussion of letter from Snow Recruiters 2. Discussion of City of Kenai Comprehensive Plan 3. Discussion of City Hall Facilities Councilman Ambarian requested that each item addition be considered separately. The Council agreed by roll call vote. 1. Snow Recruiters - Council accepted. 2. Comprehensive Plan - Council accepted. 3. City Hall - Objection by Councilman Ambarian, addition denied. 8-1: Confirmation of new member to Planning and Zoning Commission Mayor O'Reilly proposed James Blanning. Council concurred by voice vote. City Clerk was directed to compose a letter to Mr. Blanning indicating confirmation, and to inform the Planning & Zoning Commission Chairna.^.. B-2: Interviewing of City Attorney Applicants. Atty. Schlereth requested a presentation from Ms. Rivers. Council had no objection. Hs. Rivers stated she wished to withdraw her application. Family considerations and an offer in Anchorage were the deciding factors. She would like to be considered next time. Mayor O'Reilly accepted for the Council and wished her the best of luck. Council approved by voice vote the criteria for applicants set up by Mayor O'Reilly. Mr. Delahay gave a statement to the Council. Mayor O'Reilly asked the Council if they wished to accept the appli- cation of Mr. Delahay, or consider Daniel Allen. Councilman Ambarian stated he felt we should have a comparison. Councilman Aber agreed. 143TION: Councilman Malston moved, seconded by Councilman Measles that the r. KENAI CITY COUNCIL OCTOBER 27, 1979 Page 2 Council hire Mr. Delahay immediately with salary to be negotiated. Motion passed with Councilmen Aber and Ambarian voting no. Salary was discussed. Mr. Delahay stated he felt the $30,000 to $35,000 figure was too low. Atty. Schlereth stated he was making $37,500 per ACouncilwoman stated e O tty. Delahaywas$42,000 per year. Shefelrmonth u tt eysalary shouested ld $37,500 because of the budget. Councilman Ambarian agreed. Atty. Delahay accepted, but reminded the Council he did not need any moving expenses. Councilman Ambarian noted the Attorney, City Clerk and City Manager are not subject to scheduled raises, this is negotiable with Council. Atty. Delahay said four or five years ago, the City finances were tight, but this situation is better now. He is willing to wait for renegotiation in one year. Mayor O'Reilly asked if he was planning to go to Municipal Leaguein Sitka next week. Atty. Delahay said yes. He stated he would like to use his credit card and request reimbursmnent from the City so that he could have flight insurance. Ma; -or O'Reilly agreed he could make his own arrangements, and contact the City Clerk if he needed any help. Atty. Schlereth noted there would be an overlap problem, there would be two salaries on the budget. The Council will need an ordinance to arrange payment, he would be willing to work part time. Atty. Delahay said he would be gone next week, but he needed time to work with Atty. Schlereth. There should be some training time. Council- man Ambarian said we would need Atty. Schlereth two weeks full time. ,. Mayor O'Reilly said he should check with Acting City Manager Brown to get funds. Councilman Measles asked if there were funds in the budget for an assistant. Atty. Schlereth explained that the funds were low because of the contract assistance we have had with the Constellation sale and the newspaper suit. B-3: Letter from Snow Recruiters Mayor O'Reilly explained this letter is a follow-up from a phone t, call from Snow Recruiters. Councilman Malston asked how many appli- cants we have for City Manager. Mayor O'Reilly replied he didn't know. NOTION: ! Councilman Ambarian moved, seconded by Councilman Aber that we accept the offer from Snow Recruiters. Councilman Ambarien then stated he --- ', would vote against it. He prefered direct contact with the applicants. Also, there is a 25% fee on the 1st year salary, and there are many -- applicants we won't need to bother with. Councilman Malston said he would like a background check only. Councilman Aber said most firms charge 25% if we hire in one year. Mayor O'Reilly gave the '! J chair to Councilwoman Glick. Mayor O'Reilly then suggested we not r' pass or defeat the motion. We should use part of the offered services or other similar firms. Can the Council delggate authority to another agency? He would like verification on resumes, information given KENAI CITY COUNCIL OCTOBER 27, 1979 Page 3 to Council, and other information necessary for review. Then we could negotiate the fee. MOTION: Mayor O'Reilly moved, seconded by Councilman Measles that we table the motion to a time certain when we can invite Ms. Emerick, and see what she would be willing to negotiate. Motion passed with Councilman Ambarian and Councilman Seaman voting no, Mayor O'Reilly then returned to the chair. He then asked the City Clerk to compose a letter to Ms. Emerick asking her to submit (at her expense) what could be offered to the Council. Councilman Aber suggested the Council talk to the other recruiters. Mayor O'Reilly said he would write a letter to the other recruiters. B-4: Discussion of Kenai Comprehensive Plan F Mayor O'Reilly gave the chair to Councilwoman Glick. Mayor O'Reilly said the Chamber of Commerce feels the community interests are involved. There is a boycott proposed. They want action from the Council to the community. He suggested the Council empower himself or a committee to announce to the radio and the papers the position of the Council. Mayor O'Reilly then presented a position paper he had composed. He said ' 4 he would like to broadcast Monday or Tuesday, and release it to the press at the same time. Councilman Measles stated he didn't ever see the addition of North Road. Councilman Ralston noted that part of what is listed in the plan as North Kenai is actually Redoubt, and , this is already in the city limits. Councilman Aber said that #2 In the statement, mentioning revenues, should not be worded quite that strong. Kith the proposed industrial water line and plants revenue, we can't predict what will happen. Council Ralston said 1 we should word it as strong as we can, the industrial water line will j be Borough, not City. Atty. Schlereth suggested he and Atty. Delahay go over the wording together. There are State statutes on the wording. Councilwoman Glick said we would need to petition the Boundary Commission to annex, then vote. She asked if we can annex if we provide services only. Atty. Schlereth did not know. Atty. Delahay said we would need an affirmative vote in both areas, or the Boundary Commission can approve it. It is possible, but it must be in the best interests of the community. Councilman Aber said he felt we were tying future Councils, it shouldn't be that strong. Mayor O'Reilly said he agreed with Councilman Aber, but the City revenue is sufficient under present known conditions, and annexation would cost the City money. Attorney Delahay said the statement was for the foreseeable future, but that things could change, Councilman Aber noted the new gas wells brewing that could also change the situation, and that people would remember what is said. Councilman Ralston suggested we delete any reference to annexation in the plan. 1 KENAI CITY COUNCIL OCTOBER 27, 1979 Page 4 MOTION: Mayor O'Reilly moved, seconded by Councilman Seaman, that a statement be distributed via radio and newspapers, after review by the attorneys, Motion passed, with Councilman Aber voting no. Councilman Ambarlan had to leave during discussion, and did not vote. Mayor O'Reilly noted that a gas well discovery may mean areas will want to annex. Our main concern, however, is inside the city, not to those outside, Pacific Alaska could use our municipal bonding power, and the IRS may require we annex to use our bonding power. But we should specify it would be only for Pacific Alaska use, not subject to taxes and not in the ci—ty Timits. Councilman Maiston noted that the plan is a guideline, in three or four years, there will be another one. Councilwoman Glick noted State statute requires an update every two years. MAvor O'Reilly reiterated that a situation �i1d dev In tsere pro erty outside citycould he ennsidered , the p�ar�dd not, councilwoman Glck suggested spheres of influ- ence. An example is: VIP subdivision is in the city limits, their zoning request was turned down (to have commercial), this wasn't fair. There was business near, but the people in the City are penalized. Both sides should work together, this is not annexation. The City should work with N. Kenai on the industrial water line, this is not necessarily annexation, The Pact with N. Kenai for fire department, Is not undercover for annexation. In spite of the controversy on the radio, only 19 people came to the public meeting. If the news media was really concerned, neither radio nor papers showed up, Atty. Schlereth spoke as a citizen, he asked why add flame to the fire, forget it. Is there any reason to pursue this? Mayor O'Reilly re- plied at the Chamber luncheon there were comments made referring to an economic boycott. Councilman Aber agreed with Atty. Schlereth, Several years ago, a similar motion was made and sent to the papers. It has been already forgotten, Councilwoman Glick said she resented the fact the N. Kenai people are threatening the business men. We are trying to do what's right, Councilman Malston remarked he concurred with her, The retail merchants noticed a decline the last time. It is the obligation of the Council to put minds at ease, but it may not work. Atty, Oelahay agreed with Atty. Schlereth. The Council has to set policy, when sales drop, the tax drops, and this affects the City. But it is better to ignore it and drop the section involved when the plan is proposed. Mayor O'Reilly said he would get the notice to the radio and the papers. ADJOURPENT Meeting adjourned at 2:15 PM, q 1 Respectively submitted, -�- � i 1.- an ty Clerk 4