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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1974-12-04 Council MinutesA_G_E_N_D_A REGULAR MEETING. KENAI CITY COUNCIL DECEMBER 4, 1974, 8:00 P.M. KENAI LIBRARY PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE A: ROLL CALL 1 f AGENDA APPROVAL 1 B: PUBLIC HEARINGS B - 1: Renewal of dispensary license - Harbor View Hotel license - Fraternal Order of Eagles 3525/3249 1 1 B - 2: Renewal of club C: PERSONS PRESENT SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD: 1. 2. 3. D: MINUTES 1. Minutes of Regular Meeting, November 20, 1974 1 E: CORRESPONDENCE 1. j �. n� 2. 3• F: OLD BUSINESS 1. Materials for ballpark 1-2 2. Request eay ent-Art�ur Young 7-5 -Intra Trans eroAudt1 2Reti and .$ - G: NEW BUSINESS 1. Bills to be paid - bills to be ratified 3 3 2. Ordinance 251-74-Amending Taxicab Ordinance 3. Ordinance 252-74-Amending Public Employment Relations Act Ord. Motor Vehicles 3 3 4. Ordinance 253-74-Abandoned S. 6. 7. S. 9. - 10. t 12. 13. 14. is. H: REPORTS 1. City Manager's Report 3-4 a. b. , C. 1 - 2. City Attorneys Report 5 Y 5 3. Mayor's Report 4. City Clerk's Report NONE f S. Finance Director's Report NONE NONE 6. Planning 4 Zoning's Report 5-E 7. Borough Assemblymen's Report PERSONS PRESENT NOT SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD: 1 r � - MINUTES REGULAR MEETING KENAI CITY COUNCIL, DECEMBER 4, 1974 8:00 P.M. Po) KENAI LIBRARY The Council gave the Pledge of Allegiance. ROLL. CALL; Members present - Richard Morgan, 11. J. Steiner, Oscar Thomas, Zdward AMbarlYnT, A. L. Hudson, and Mayor James Elson. Members absent - James Doyle. AGENDA APPROVAL The Agenda was approved as presented. B: PUBLIC HEARINGS �J B - 1: Renewal of Dispensary License - Harbor View Hotel Mr. Lynn stated the taxes are current and the Police have no objection to the renewal. Mr. Lynn recommends approval. There were no objections. B - 2: Renewal of Club License - Fraternal Order of Eagles 3S2S/3249 Mr. Lynn reported the taxer are current and the Police have no objections to the issuing of the renewal. Mr. Lynn recommends approval. There were no objections. C: PERSONS PRESENT SCHEDULED TQ BE HEARD: None. D: MINUTES The Minutes of the Regular Meeting of November 20, 1974 were approved as distributed. E: CORRESPONDENCE None. F: OLD BUSINESS F - 1: Materials for ballpark Mr. Lynn stated he spoke with Kay Torzy and B.O.R. have accepted the Schedule of Use. They have a few more questions but the major obstacle was the Schedule of Use. The bid specs are being prepared for the lights at the ballpark. to Mayor Elson introduced Max Swearingen, Manager of the Oilers and then recapped what has taken place thus far. MINUTES, Kh'NAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING, DEC1iMBER 4, 1974 Page two I1 - 1 - Materials for ballpark - continued Mr. Grange from Superior Builders stated he has a bill for $1,600 for materials purchased by the Oilers. Councilman Steiner questioned the difference in the Kenai Supp'y bill and their bid price. Mayor E:lson stated the suppliers should present their bills to the Oilers and the Oilers in turn submit a bill to the City for the completed project. Mr. Baldwin stated the City can buy a special project, in this case a fence. Councilman Steiner asked how long it would take the Administration to got the grant ready. Mr. Lynn stated it would take him approximately three weeks to prepare and B.O.R. approximately six weeks to process. Councilman Thomas stated if we take the money from Parks $ Recreation Capital Budget we need to come up with 03,300. Thomas moved and Steiner seconded we appropriate $6,600 to pay the Oilers - $1,600 for Superior Builders and $5,000 for Kenai Supply, to relieve City of moral obligation 6 apply for the grant. Mr. Baldwin stated we can buy the fence from the Oilers and get a Bill of Sale. After further discussion, Thomas, with consent of second, G.) (Steiner), withdrew the motion. Mr. Swearingen will present a bill for the completed fence. There was no objection to placing this on the next Agenda. F - 2: Re nest for a ent - Arthur YoungCo. - $18.000 - Resolution 5=_ ntra un TransferAudit� Mr. l,ynn stated the original bid was for $1.7,SOO and he can't determine how the basic bid was raised to $18,000. He suggests before we pay the full amount we get a detail explanation. There was a question on the $2,976 per diem as it was to be Included in the $17,500 figure. Mr. Lynn stated they had agreed to drop the $1,020 on consultation of bond refunding. There was also a question on the Special Assessment fund analysis billing. After further discussion, Thomas moi-d and Hudson seconded to authorize payment of $5,500 and write a letter asking for a justification of the billing. The motion carried by roll call vote with Morgan dissenting. Hudson moved and Thomas seconded to adopt Resolution 74-52 - changing the amount of transfer of $8,300 to $2,740 from the Contingency Fund account of Non -Departmental to Professional Services of Legislative Dept. - for payment of Audit for Fiscal Year ending June 30, 1974. The motion carried unanimously by �j roll call vote. Administration is to send copies of the contract to the Councilmen. MINUTE'S, KENAI CITY COUNCIL. MEETING, 1)I:CI:MBI:R 4, 1974 11age three G: NEW BUSINESS G - 1: Bills to be paid - bills to be ratified None. G - 2: Ordinance 251-74 - Amending Taxicab Ordinance Mr. Baldwin stated this is a housekeeping Ordinance. Section 20-3 gives the flexibility to change cars and Section 20.6 - amends (h) to reflect the Certificate of Public Convenienco and Necessity from either the State or City. After some discussion, Steiner moved and Thomas seconded to introduce Ordinance 251-74 adding "k" to Section 20-6(3) - Proof of insurance. The motion carried unanimously by roll call vote. G - 3: Ordinance 252-74 - Amending Public Employment Relations Act Ord. Mr. Baldwin stated this is another housekeeping ordinance. A wrong Statute was quoted in the first ordinance. Steiner moved and Morgan seconded to introduce Ordinance 252-74- Amending Public Employment Relations Act Ordinance. The motion carried unanimously by roll call vote. G - 4: Ordinance 253-74 - Abandoned Motor Vehicles Steiner mov-d and Hudson seconded to introduce Ordinance 253- 74 - Abandoned Motor Vehicles. The motion carried unanimously by roll call vote. H: REPORTS H - 1: City Manager's Report (a) Sewer Treatment Plant Mr. Lynn stated the Federal Audit is not complete on the Sewer Treatment Plant and don't know if the Wince, Cortheli bill is an allowable expense. (b) City Engineer The applicant for Engineer has accepted the position. He doesn't want his name disclosed as yet as his boss is on vacation and hasn't turned in his resignation. There is one problem, if he terminates before his two years are up, which is March 6th, he will have to pay $S50 towards his moving expenses. He would be able to come on board January 13th if the City would be willing to pick up the $SSO out of the $1,500 allowed for moving expenses provided for in the personnel manual. Councilman 010 Hudson asked if he were a registered engineer. Mr. Lynn stated he is registered in California and Missouri and is interested in becoming registered in Alaska. MINUTES, UNAI CITY COUNCIL MUIETING, D1110EM1:1sft 40 1974 Page four City Manager's Report - continued Several areas have come up that will need the attention of the engineer. He need to work with the Departleent of I'snviron- mental Conservation for an alternate water :source and getting the Capital Improvement program lined up and ready for the budget. Some engineering; and architect firms state the existing Court [louse is a suitable building and think this should be looked into for a library. Steiner moved and Morgan seconded to authorize up to $1,500 to cover moving expenses and penalty to the City of Anchorage. The motion carried unanimously by roll call vote. (c) Wildwood Contract Mr. Lynn stated Wildwood pays $35,00 for police and fire protection. They would provide warm storage for roughly $3,000 a month. He suggests we live with the contract this year and forget about warm storage this winter. Councilman Morgan asked why the annual report had been dropped. Mr. Lynn stated he has higher priorities. He is using the work sheet project to show the status of various projects. Councilman Morgan also noted there was no action on marks Usage. Mr. Lynn state we need to have more police and better regulations and an ordinance outline procedures. Councilman Morgan asked what Administration is doing on the assessment districts not -i finalized. Mr. Lynn stated we could go ahead and start actions on the three districts not approved. Councilman Morgan stated these are accounts receivable. Councilman Ambarian asked if Administration was still considering the consolidation of the police and fire departments. Mr. Lynn stated not consolidation per se but have an auxialiary fire department and cross train the policemen to serve as firemen. k, ) Councilman Ambarian asked about the house numbering project. Mr. Lynn stated the street signs should be put up first. Councilman Thomas stated he doesn't go along with going without warm storage. Councilman asked if Administration had looked into renting the old Chrysler building. Mr. Lynn reported he has asked F.A.A. to give us a hand to find a qualified Airport Manager going through Intergovernmental Personnal Act. This is a Federal Program where personnel can be loaned to state or local governments and they pick up part of the salary, an average of 600. Mr. Lynn reported a tanker has been located in Fairbanks and has been check out and a freeze was put on it. It has a 2,600 gal capacity. We should have it in four weeks or so. 0" Iff C= MINUTES, KF.NAI CITY COUNCIL. MEETING, DECEMBER 4, 1974 Page five H - 2: City Attorney's Report Mr. Baldwin reported he is working on the land files to compile a list of City land. He has started on the codification. He would like to have a committee for a sounding hoard. Councilman Steiner felt the full Council should act as the sounding board for the first meeting. H - 3: Mayor's Report Mayor Elson stated he met with Mr. Lynn to review the financial status of the City. 29% of the budget is dedicated to debt service. Lie feels the revenue should be increased through assessment districts, land management and an Airport Manager would be able to increase revenue from the airport operation. He further reported he met with the Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. They are working on a legislative program. Councilman Steiner felt the Council should prepare a legislative program. There was no objection to having a work session on December 10, 1974 to discuss the legislative program, dogs and moving expenses for department heads and a work session on December 17th with Dick Engen to discuss the library. H - 4: City Clerk's Report No report. H - S: Finance Director's Report No report. H - 6: Planning 6-Zoning's Report No report. H - 7: Borough Assemblymen's Report Assemblyman Steiner reported on the Assembly Meeting of November 26, 1974. Ordinance 74-67 - to rpovide for obtaining a permit from the State of Alaska to establish a mobile home park was introduced. This is a housekeeping ordinance. Ordinance 74-69 - Enacting a Zoning Code for the City of Kenai requiring ratification by the electorate of the City of Kenai, failed introduction. Ordinance 74-70 - Enacting a Zoning Code for the City of Kenai was introduced. Ordinance 74-71 - the bond issue for Kenai Central High School was introduced. Hearing is set for January 7, 1975. ■ MINUTES, KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING, DECEMBER 4, 1974 Page six H - 7 - Borough Assomblymon's Report - continued. The first regular Kenai Council meeting in January falls on New Years Day. Steiner moved and Morgan seconded to move the first Council Meeting in January to January 8th. There was no objection and was so ordered. Councilman Morgan reported that the Oilers Manager, Max Swearingen has come highly recommended. Mr. Swearingen stated the debts are not insurmountable. There is alot of work and there is alot of support. He states there is a general meeting tomorrow night and the Council are welcome to attend. They are looking for a place for a ball field and will need bleachers, rest rooms, concession stands, etc. There are lots of hurdles but are not insurmountable. MEETING ADJOURNED 11:30 P.M. Respectfully submitted, Sharon Loosli, City Clerk