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REGULAR MEETING, KENAI CITY COUNCIL.
OCT001s1t 23 10748:00 P.M.
KENAI LIhiARY PAGE
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
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ROLL CALL
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AGENDA APPROVAL.
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PUBLIC 1111ARINGS
B - 1:
Liquor License Transfer - L. H. Lancashire, Florence Lancashire,
and Jack E. Rose; to L. H. Lancashire, Florence Lancashire, and
6. C. Jarvis.
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PERSONS PRESENT SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD:
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MINUTES
1. Minutes of Regular Meeting, October 9, 1974
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CORRESPONDENCE
1, Sylvia Johnson -Senior Citizens Center
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OLD BUSINESS
1. Election of Vice Mayor
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2, Alaska Municipal League
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3, planning 4 Zoning Re -certification 4 appointment now members
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4, No yor's Committee on Recreation
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S. Transportation Committee
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6. Re -certification of Committee on History 4 Tradition
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NEW BUSINESS
1. Bills to be paid - bills to be ratified
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2. Bid Opening - Janitorial Services
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3, Sid Opening - Materials for ballpark
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4. Resolution 74-43-Grant A regiment-C-020035
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5. Resolution 74-44-Urging [*net River Bridge Opening-1974
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6, Resolution 74-4s-Intrafund Transfer
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7. 1974/75 Budget Line Item Transfer
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8, Presentation of Audit Report
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p, Setting dates for study sessions
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10, 74-476 - State issue 033-Library construction
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12. 3s-s8-Staeet�ond "Issueap4rimprovemdents° o��rports
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REPORTS
i. CityGeL 4ffer's Report
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b� Municipal Ballpark Grant
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Personnel Regulations
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4' City Engineer
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2. City Attorney s Report
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3. Mayor's Report
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4. City Clerk's Report
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S. Finance Director's Report
NONE
6. Planning 4 Zoning's Report
NONE
7. Borough Assomblynen's Report
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3, Art Evans
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4. Exily Deforest
5, Oscar Thomas
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MINUTES
REGULAR MEETING
KENAI CITY COUNCIL
OCTOBER 23, 1974
8:00 P.M.
KENAI LIBRARY
The Council gave the Pledge of Allegiance.
ROLL CALL: Members present - A. L. Hudson, Ed Ambarian, James Doyle, Richard Morgan,
H. J. Steiner, Oscar Thomas and Mayor James Eison.
Members absent - None.
AGENDA APPROVAL
B: PUBLIC HEARINGS
B - 1: Llquor License Transfer - L.H. Lancashire, Florence Lancashire, and
Jack E. Rose; to L.H. Lancashire, Florence Lancashire and C.C. Jarvis
The City Manager stated the police have indicated no difficulties. The taxes
are paid.
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Mayor Elson recessed the meeting and opened it up for a public hearing. There
was no public participation so the public hearing was closed and brought back
to the Council table.
Steiner moved and Ambarian seconded the transfer of the beverage dispensary
license for Larry's Club from L.H. Lancashire, Florence Lancashire and Jack
Rose to L.H. Lancashire, Florence Lancashire and G.C. Jarvis be approved.
The motion carried unanimously by roll call vote.
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PERSONS PRESENT SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD:
None.
D:
MINUTES
1. The Minutes of the Regular Meeting were approved as distributed.
E:
CORRESPONDENCE
Mr. Lynn received a letter from Sylvia Johnson, Director of the Senior
Citizens Center. They are requesting Fort Kenay complex building repairs
and furnishings. Mr. Lynn stated he will review this and come back to
Council with recommendations and to see if funds are available.
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MINUTES, KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING, OCTORFR 23, 1974 Page two
F:
F - 1:
F-2:
F- 3:
OLD BUSINESS
Election of Vice Mayor
The election of a Vice Mayor resulted in a tie at the last meeting between
Jim Doyle and Dick Morgan and was deferred to this meeting. The Council
voted by secret ballot. The Clerk tallied the ballots as follows:
Jim Doyle -- 4
Dick Morgan - 3
Councilman Doyle was declared Vice Mayor. Councilman Hudson was appointed
Parliamentarian.
Alaska Municipal League
Mr. Lynn asked what Councilmen are going to attend the Alaska Municipal
League meeting in Juneau. Mayor Elson stated he will be attending and
Councilman Hudson stated he is hoping to attend and will get with Administration.
Mr. Lynn stated that those from Administration who will be attending are
himself, the City Attorney, Finance Director and City Clerk.
Mayor Elson asked if there were any objections to deferring the 1975
Legislative Policy Statement to later on the Agenda and there were none.
Planning 6 Zoning Re -certification 6 Appointment of new members
Mayor Elson stated there is one valid Commissioner, Ron Maiston. He would
like to re -appoint Nets Kjelstad until January 1, 1977 and Jon Nelson until
January 1, 1977 and appoint the new commissioners as follows:
Betty Glick January 1, 1977
Beverly Filio January 1, 1978
Cliff Heus January 1, 1979
Harry Gaines January 1, 1979
Steiner moved and Hudson seconded to approve the appointments to the
Planning Commission as listed by the Mayor. The motion carried unanimously
by roll call vote.
MINUTES, KENAI CITY COUNCIL. MEETING, OCTOBER 23, 1974 Page three
F - 4:
Mayor's Committee on Recreation
Mayor Elson presented Council with a list of persons for members of the
Mayor's Committee on Recreation. There were no objections in naming the
following: Cal Owens, Dan Hakkinen, Frank Peter, Don Oberg, Cliff Massie,
Troi Kauffman, Gary Davis, Ed Brown, Marshall Mahurin, Richard Morgan,
Bill Stewart, Tanya Ahifors, Neis Kjelstad and Mike Huss.
F - 5:
Transportation Committee
Mayor Elson stated he has spoken to the three nominees and they are
willing to serve. This concerns taxicabs and limousines. He has chosen
Robert Bielefeld as Chairman and Jesse Wade and Connor Wells as members.
F - 6:
Re -certification of Committee on History E Tradition
Mayor Elson asked if there were any objections to re -confirming the members
of the Committee on History 6 Tradition. There were no objections.
G:
NEW BUSINESS
G - 1:
Bills to be paid - bills to be ratified
Steiner moved and Doyle seconded to approve the bills and ratify payment of
bills as listed on the memo of 10/23/74. The motion carried unanimously by
roll call vote with Doyle abstaining from the portion concerning the bill from
Doyle's Fuel Service.
G - 2:
Bid opening - Janitorial Services
Mr. Lynn recommends holding action on this until the next meeting. He is going
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to speak with the Senior Citizens that have shown some interest in the Fort
Kenay and Library portions of these services. There were no objections.
G - 3:
Bid opening - Materials for ballpark
Mr. Baldwin recommends deferring any action at this time. There were no
objections and was so ordered.
G - 4: Resolution 74-43 - Grant Agreement - C-020035
Mr. Lynn stated the State has offered a grant to the City of Kenai in the amount
of $130, 265.63 for Project C-020035. They made an overpayment of $65, 535
on Project C-020033 which will be applied as a reduction of the $130,265.63
entitlement on Project C-02003S.
` Doyle moved and Thomas seconded to adopt Resolution 74-43 - Grant
Agreement with the State of Alaska, Department of Environmental Conservation
for State Funds for Project C-020035. The motion carried unanimously by roll
call vote.
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G - 5: Resolution 74-44 - Orginni Kenai River Bridge Opening - 1974
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Doyle moved and Hudson seconded to adopt Resolution 74-44 - Urging the
Department of Highways to open the Kenai River Bridge during the fall of
1974. The motion carried unanimously by roll call vote.
G - 6: Resolution 74-45 - Intrafund Transfer
Mr. Lynn stated items 1 6 2 are for the Mayor's salary and item 3 for Municipal
League Workshops for Councilmen.
After some discussion, Steiner moved and Doyle seconded to adopt Resolution
74-45 deleting paragraph 3. The motion failed by roll tali vote with Hudson,
Ambarian, Morgan and Elson dissenting.
Morgan moved and Doyle seconded to adopt Resolution 74-45 - amending
paragraph 3 to read 11$700" instead of 11$1,500". The motion carried by roil
call vote with Steiner and Thomas dissenting.
G - 7: 1974/75 Budget Line Item Transfers
Mr. Lynn stated these are routine operating transfers within the City Attorney's
budget.
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Doyel moved and Ambarian seconded to approve the line item transfers as
follows:
1. $700 from Professionsa Services to Rentals.
2. $500 from Professional Services to Machinery 6 Equipment.
3. $1,200 from Professional Services to Transportation.
-, 4. $500 from Professional Services to Miscellaneous.
S. $700 from Professional Services to Communication.
The motion carried unanimously by roll call vote.
G - S: Presentation of Audit Report
Mr. Lynn stated the audit report is available and is presented tonight for your
review. He suggests a work session for Nov. 4th or 5th.
Ambarian moved and Steiner seconded to have a work session on Monday,
Novemeber 4th and request the auditors to be there. The motion failed by
roll call vote with Hudson, Morgan, Thomas and Elson dissenting.
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G - 8 - Audit Report - continued
Thomas moved and Hudson seconded to set the work session for Monday,
November 4th, without the auditors. The motion carried by roll call vote
with Doyle dissenting.
Morgan moved and Steiner seconded Arthur Young 6 Co. present the Audit
formally at the next regular Council Meeting. The motion carried unanimously
by roll call vote.
G - 9: Setting dates for study sessions
Mayor Elson stated there has been expressed interest to have work sessions
on several different areas and have a calendar set up. He suggests the off
Wednesdays in November. After some discussion, it was the consensus of
Council to publicly announce work sessions, as needed.
G - 10: Resolution 74-46 - State bond issue #3 - Library construction
Doyle moved and Hudson seconded to adopt Resolution 74-46 - Supporting
State Boni Issue No. 3 providing for State funds for library construction. The
motion carried unanimously by roll call vote.
Resolution 74-47 - State bond issue #2 - Port development
Hudson moved and Steiner seconded to adopt Resolution 74-47 in support of
Proposition No. 2 providing for Port Facilities Development. The motion
carried by roll call vote with Doyle dissenting.
G - 12: Resolution 74-48 - State bond issue No. 4 - Improvements to Airports
Hudson moved and Doyle seconded to adopt Resolution 74-48 - supporting
State Bond Issue No. 4 providing for State funds for improvements to
Airports. The motion carried unanimously by roll call vote.
H: REPORTS
H - 1: City Manager's Report
(a) Gravel
Mr. Lynn stated there was an inquiry as to whether contractors were
removing sand and gravel from the City pit near Barite. The City crews
checked this out. They are getting gravel from the Fredrickson property.
They are crossing one corner of the City's property but not removing gravel
from the City's pit. Councilman Doyle felt a public announcement should be
made of this on the radio.
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H - 1 - City Manager's Report -- continued
(b) Municipal Ballpark Grant
Mr. Lynn reported Administration has received a tentative use schedule
on the ballpark and will be submitting it to B.O.R.
(c) Personnel Regulations
Mr. Lynn has requested and received personnel regulations and salary schedules
from other cities to review and possibly incorporate to eliminate confusion and
establish fair treatment.
(d) City Engineer
Mr. Lynn hopes to be able to have a recommendation on the hiring of an
Engineer at the next meeting. He has two others to interview.
Mr. Lynn stated he hopes to have recommendations at the next two or three
meetings on how efficiency can be improved in the Legal, Finance and Admin-
istration Departments. He will be coming back with a proposal for one position
to assist the City Attorney.
Mr. Lynn reported there are certain individuals that are leasing property that
are not meeting the Fire Code. They have been given until November 5th to
comply or they will be closed down until they do comply.
Councilman Doyle asked the status of the water 6 sewer project at Kaknu
Korners and Davidson/Cone. Mr. Lynn stated a portion of the testing in
Kaknu has been certified. The broken line has been repaired in Davidson/
:�- Cone and at least two risers are in.
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Councilman Steiner asked if the City Manager had got together with Mr. Galliett.
Mr. Lynn stated he is still looking at the proposal. He may put the new well
closer to the one we have.
Doyle asked about a rumor the City was going to sell one of the fire engines to
buy tankers and felt the fire insurance should be checked. Mr. Lynn stated
this has been superficially looked into. Keeping our 5 rating is essential.
__.. _... Any proposal will be scrutinized and will have alternatives. There was a
meeting with B.L.M. and they are going to have a station in Kenai and maybe
we can obtain tanker equipment through them. We have had no success
through Civil Defense.
Councilman Hudson asked about the two constellations parked at the north
end of the terminal building. He stated they are setting on the V.O.R. check
point and pilots cannot get to it to check their equipment. Mr. Lynn stated
he would look into this.
MINUTES, KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEE`i'INL, OCTOBER 23, 1974 Page seven
H - 2:
City Attorney's Report
Mr. Baldwin reported there is not new litagation. George Filler filed a
motion to produce a document package for the attorney. The Tibbets problem
has been delayed due to loss of documents. The K.U.S.C.O. rate increase
figures out to be a 23 n increase. Mr. Baldwin further reported that concerning
land files, Jim Eisen laid good ground work. Bob Norene has made a generous
offer for access to his files if an individual goes over. Some leases have never
been recorded and some assignments were never approved.
Mr. Baldwin spoke with the Division of Land concerning transferring to Kenai
Its interest in the tidelands. He is going to get the action going by preparing
an Ordinance and a Resolution from Council requesting the tranfer of tidelands.
H - 3:
Mayor's Report
Mayor Elson reported he has been busy talking with the candidates. He also
spoke with Lynn McLean from Pacific LNG. They are shooting for a 1978
operating date. They will be filing for a permit shortly. He also met with
some representatives from Louisiana Pacific, a logging firm that will be
shipping burned and bug killed trees to Seward. They want to demonstrate
their equipment. They will be hiring 17 to 18 men at the start and then up to 25.
4 H - 4:
City Clerk's Report
No report.
H - 5:
Finance Director's Report
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Mr. Chen stated he has two reports prepared. One is the Operating Budget
Monthly Report for the month ending September 30, 1974. The cash on hand
Is approximately 1.1 million and shows a current operating surplus of $347,351.
The City has approximately 5% increase in accounts. The General Fund shows
41% collected and 22% expended. Mr. Chen went over the Capital Projects Budget
Report. The Airport Fencing is 30 to 40% complete. Mayor Elson stated some
Parks/Recreation Projects are partially completed and we have an obligation
to complete.
H - 6:
Planning a Zoning's Report
No meeting.
H - 7:
Borough Assemblymen's Report
No meeting.
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MINUTES, KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING, OCTOBER 23, 1974 Page eight
The Council, at this time, reviewed the Proposed 1975 Policy Statement.
Mr. Lynn, who is on the Legislative Committee stated the format is considerably
different this year. Mayor Elson stated what is presented is just a beginning
so we are not starting from scratch.
Part 1, Paragraph C - ..... revenue from the state -collected licensing and
registration fees for motor vehicles for the purpose of disposing of such
vehicles when they become abandoned. The Council felt this should not
be mandatory but left to the option of the municipality.
Page 4, Paragraph A. - The League opposes any further effort on the part
of the State to levy a property tax which would Infringe upon the rights of
local governments to levy the same rate of tax as levied on other property
within the taxing jurisdiction. The Council feels there should be some sort
of formula to enable smaller communities to establish minimum level of services.
Part I, Paragraph D. - The Council felt they could not support this, where
a vehicle owner must submit a certificate of payment of municipal property
taxes on the vehicle at the time he applies to the state for registration and
licensing.
The Council supported other areas such as Education, Public Safety,
Municipal Utilities, to name a few.
1: PERSONS PRESENT NOT SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD:
I - 1: Francis Meeks
Mrs. Meeks stated the tide has taken out the bridge on the beach trail. She
said it was put in poorly. Mr. Lynn stated they are going to fix it permanently.
I - 2: Melinda McKee
Mrs. McKee stated she came In late and missed item G - 2. She was told the
bid for janitorial services was not awarded and wondered why. Mr. Lynn
stated the Senior Citizens have expressed interest in doing the janitorial
services at Fort Kenay and the Library and asked Council to defer awarding the
bid until the next meeting. Mr. Lynn asked If we could -extend their contract
for another month. Mrs. McKee felt there was no problem but felt Mr. McKee
should get together with the City Manager.
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MINUTES, KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING, OCTOBER 23, 1974 Page nine
1 - 3: Art Evans
Mr. Evans stated that when the Audit report is presented Council should
be sure they understand what is in the audit report. Questions should be
asked and disclosed in laymans language.
Mr. Evans asked 'about the street lights on the Urban Section, if the
contractor is at fault, put pressure on the State. Mr. Lynn stated he wrote
the state and the major repairs will not be made until next year. Mr. Lynn
asked that temporary repairs be made and has not heard back from them.
Mr. Evans stated some areas are quite dangerous.
1 - 4: Emily DeForest
Mrs. DeForest stated she has endeavored to get fire Insurance for the contents
of the library. Mr. Chen stated everything in the City is covered.
I - S: Oscar Thomas
Mr. Thomas stated he noted on the Police Report there were 214 manhours
spent on Wildwood for the month of September. He asked if this were normal.
Mr. Lynn stated there are more hours spent there per capita than in any other
parts of the City. The City has not concluded negotiations with Wildwood.
Steiner moved and Doyle seconded to adjourn. There were no objections and
was so ordered.
MEETING ADJOURNED 11: 1S P. M .
Respectfully submitted.
Sharon Loosii, City :ierk
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