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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1973-02-21 Council Minutesn r a� i 1 I �f A G 1: N P A REGULAR MEETING, XFNAI CITY COUNCIL I-EBRUAhY 21, 1973, 8:00 P.M. , PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PAGE A: ROLL. CALL 1 B: PUBLIC HEARINGS ` B - 1: ENVIRONMENTAL ASS1:SSJ1FNT OF CONSTRUCTING SEWER AND WATER LINES IN THE EASTERN SECTION OF KENAI B - B - 2: ORDINANCE 214-73 - AMENDING ORDINANCE 1.80 3: ORDINANCE 215-73 - RF.PFALING ORIIINAKCE 52 1 DEFERRED B - 4: ORDINA,NCE 216-73 - AMENDING ORDINANCE 81 DEFERRED DEFERRED C: PERSONS PRESENT SCHEDULED TO Ills HEARD: NONE D: MINUTES I. Minutes of Regular Meeting of February 7, 1973 2 E: CORRESPONDENCE 1. Alaska State housing Authority 2 2. 3. F: OLD BUSINESS I. Resolution 73 - 3 - Voiding lease in Etolin S/D DEFERRED 2. Resolution 73 - 4 - Accepting audit - year ending 30 June 72 2 3. Request for increase in inspection fee - IVPC-AK-33 4. Mayor's Committee..unn Budge}, Audit $ Finance - Mono. 2 S. Cemetery 2 1 6. 3 ti ' G: NEW BUSINESS I. Notice of destruction of paid bonds $ interest coupons 2. Liquor license renewal - Pre -Flight Lounge 3 1 3, Liquor license renewal - Kenai Joe's 3 3 F 4, Request for payment - Touche Ross - $13,369 S. Request for payment - Touche 3 Ross - $1,384 6• 3 ppermit Sor games of chance $ skill - Kenai Senior Citizens* 7. Po ice ar 4 8. 4 , 9. s . 10. ll. 12. H: REPORTS I. City Manager's Report a. Things to do list - 2/7/73 4 b. Washington Trip 4 c. Kenai River Bridge $ d. Kenai Court House e. PEP Program - Viet Nam hire f. Mommsen S/D g. A.A.I. S-6 t 2. City Attorney's Report 6 NONE 3. Mayor's Report 6 f 4. City Clerk's Report S. Finance Director's Report NONE t a. Report on Operations 6 Special Projects 1/31/73 6 6 b. Capital Projects Report as of 1/31/73 6 C. Cash Flow Projection 6 6. Planning G Zoning's Report NONE 7. Borough Assemblymen's Report 7 I: PERSONS PRESENT NOT SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD. CITIZEN'S GRIEVANCES AND REQUESTS: I. Nols Kjelstad 7 2. MINUTES, KENAI CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING FEBRUARY 21, 1973 PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING The Council gave the Pledge of Allegiance. ROLL CALL: Members Rrosent - 11. .1. Steiner, James Doyle, James orFl- naday, C.F. .Johnson, Tru McCrady and Mayor John Steinbeck. Members absent - Robert Norene B: PUBLIC HEARINGS B - 1: Environmental Assessment of Constructing sewer and water nes in the eastern section o. Kenai Mayor Steinbeck recessed the meeting and opened it up for a public hearing. Ile asked if anyone had any comments or 1 discussion on the environmental assessment of constructing sewer and water lines in the eastern section of Kenai. Hearing no public participation the public hearing was closed. Frank Wince, of Wince, Cortheil & Assoc., brought maps showing the existing and proposed water and sewer lines in the eastern section of Kenai. The first map showed the existing sewer interceptor line up to Swires Road and the proposed sewer interceptor line to serve Thompson Park and the Valhalla Heights areas. The second and third maps showed the existing water and sewer lines and the proposed water and sewer lines to serve Kaknu Korners, Davidson Drive, Linwood Lane and McCullom Drive/Aliak Street areas. The construction would be for this year if grant funds are available. The grant request has been submitted. J Councilman Hornaday asked if Administration had environmental assessments statements on this. The Clerk passed out copies of these statements to the Council and other interested persons. Mayor Steinbeck asked if anyone had any questions or comments and there were none. B - 2: Ordinance 214-73 - Amending Ordinance 180 Deferred. B - 3: Ordinance 215-73 - Repealing Ordinance S2 Deferred. B - 4: Ordinance 216-73 - Amending Ordinance 81 Deferred. -ram im MINUTES, KENAI CITY COUNCIL MI:UTTNG, FEBRUARY 21, 1973 Page two C: PERSONS PRESENT SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD None. D: MINUTES The Minutes of Regular Meeting of February 7, 1973, wore approved as distributed. E: CORRESPONDENCE E - 1: Alaska State Mousing Authority Robert E. Butler, Executive Director of Alaska State Mousing Authority thanked Kenai for their letter expressing interest In Section 23, leased housing, but unfortunately, this project is not possible at t is time. All Federally ' subsidized housing, including Section 23, is now under a moratorium thru June 1974. F: OLD BUSINESS F - 1: Resolution 73-3 - Voiding lease in Etolin S/D Deferred. F - 2: Resolution 73-4 - Accepting audit - year ending 30 June 1972 McGrady moved and .Johnson seconded for the adoption of Resolution 73-4 - Accepting, audit - year ending 30 1972. The motion carried unanimously by roll call vote. _ F - 3: Request for increase in inspection fee WPC-AK-33 Mr. Glotfelty stated Administration recommends Council accept the increase in inspection fee - WPC-AK-33. Johnson moved and Steiner seconded to accept Administration's recommendation and grant the request for increase in inspection fee - WPC-AK-33. The motion carried unanimously by roll call vote. F - 4: Mayor's Committee on Budget, Audit 4 Finance Mr. Glotfelty reported the standard operating procedures for this committee will be out before Monday. MINUTES, KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING, FEBRUARY 21, 1973 Page throe F - S: Cemetery The Planning & Zoning Commission would like Council to accept the Master Plan for the cemetery as a guide for future development. Hornaday moved and Steiner seconded to accept the Master Plan for the cemetery as outlined by the Planning $ Zoning Commission. The motion carried unanimously by roll call vote. G: NEW BUSINESS G - 1: Notice of destruction of paid bonds and interest coupons Mr. McKee stated this was a housekeeping matter and rather than hold the paid bonds and interest coupons and in accordance with Resolution 73-5 approved by Council on February 7, 1973, two bonded City employees and with the aid of the Fire Dept., these paid bonds and interest coupons were burned. G - 2: Liquor license renewal - Pre -Flight Lounge The City and Borough obligations are current and fire and police reports favorable. Administration recommends approval. Steiner moved and Doyle seconded to accept Administration's recommendation and approve the liquor license renewal for the Pre -Flight Lounge. The motion carried with Hornaday dissenting. G - 3: Liquor license renewal - Kenai Joe's ► The City and Borough obligations are current and fire and police reports favorable. The Administration recommends k approval. Steiner moved and Johnson seconded to accept the Admin- istration's recommendation and approve the liquor license renewal for Kenai Joe's. The motion carried with Hornaday and McGrady dissenting. -; G - 4: Request for payment - Touche Ross - 13,369 G - S: Request for payment - Touche Koss - I;38T_ Administration recommends approval of these payments in the amount of $14,7S3. This is the final payments. Doyle moved and McGrady seconded to accept Administration's recommendation and pay Touche Ross $14,7S3. The motion carried unanimously by roil call vote. li N MINUTES, KENAI CITY COUNCII, MEETING, FEBRUARY 21, 1973 Pago four G - 6: Permit for Ramos of chance and skill - Kenai Senior Citizens fiornaday moved and Steiner seconded to approve the application for permit for games of chance and skill - Kenai Senior Citizens. Unanimous consent was asked and granted. G - 7: Police Car Mr. Glotfelty would like the authority to purchase a police car and then he will request the Mayor's Committee on Budget, Audit and Finance to budget for two additional cars in the up -coming budget session. The department has four cars, one fell apart and another is about to. A police car was budgeted in the Wildwood contract. The car is a Fury III demonstrator. It does not have a beefed up under carriage or suspension. Chief Pogrom stated this car would be used basically for the investigator and not as a pursuit car. Steiner moved and Doyle seconded to purchase the car for the Police Department for $3,450. The motion carried unanimously by roll call vote with Johnson abstaining. -•., H : REPORTS H - 1: City Manager's Report (a) Things to do list - 2/7/73 The things to do list of 2/7/73 have been accomplished. (b) Washington Trip Mr. Glotfelty traveled to Washington D.C. with Don Wright, Dick Hansen and George Miller. They met with Budget $ Management, Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Department of Interior to justify the continuation of the Wildwood program. They came home with 1.6 million for Wildwood. A hydrophonic growing plant will soon be underway at Wildwood. The City Manager also met with E.D.A. The program is being phased out and will go to S.B.A. and grants to the Dept. of Agriculture. Mr. Glotfelty stopped at Juneau on his return. Everthing was pretty grim because of the court action on the pipeline. - - - �r Fi MINUTES, KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY 21, 1973 Page five E - 1 - City Manager's Report - continued (c) Kenai River Bridge Mr. Glotfelty stated the bids will be advertized tomorrow and opened April 26th in Juneau. (d) Kenai Court House Mr. Glotfelty reported an effort is being made to divert the funds for a Court House in Kenai. (e) PEP Program - Vietnam hire The Administration has received word that 16 positions are made eligible for the City. Nine will go to the Fire Dept. 3 to the police, 2 to dispatch and 2 to public works. Chief Wisecarver reported these new positions could reflect a lower fire rating. It has been recommended the paid personnel be increased to insure a greater 24 hour coverage to reduce the fire rating. We now have 15 firemen and these would bring it up to 24. Mr. Glotfelty asked authority to expend $2,340 for a video tape camera and equipment for training purposes to be taken f , out of the fire rescue account. Johnson moved and Steiner seconded to authorize Administration to expend $2,340 for a video tape camera and equipment to be taken out of the fire rescue account. McGrady moved and Doyle seconded to amend the motion to read "this be entered as a budgeted item in this coming + fiscal year budget to be repaid to the rescue account July 1, 1973." The amendment to the motion carried by roll call vote with Steiner dissenting. The main motion carried unanimously by roll call vote. Chief Pegram stated with the addition of these three PEP employees, it would bring the total up to 10 men. He will give them various phases of training. They will be used as jail guards and police trainees. They will not carry weapons until they are fully qualified. He further reported he has had a training class in the operation of the breathalizer. All his officers are certificated operators now. tM t,4 MINUTES, KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY 21, 1973 Page six E - 1 - City Manager's Report - continued. e^ Mr. Glotfelty reported Mr. Pickens from F.A.A. related there is a 40 hour course in F.A.A. procedures in Oklahoma City. F.A.A. will pay all expenses. The City is sending Lt. Seaberg. He will be certified and able to train the other personnel. (f) Mommsen S/D The alternatives will be discussed at the regular meeting of March 7, 1973. (g) A.A.I. A.A.I. have reduced their bill considerably. They will have $1,000 in Friday and. $1;Q90 each successive Friday until current. - H - 2: City Attorney's Report Not present. H - 3: Mayor's Report Mayor Steinbeck urges all the Councilmen to try to make -� a trip to Juneau to lobby during the legislative sesseion. H - 4: City Clerk's Report No report. H - S: Finance Director's Report Mr. McKee stated the report of operations is slightly changed. He pointed out a few items. He had included the rescue account in the general fund. The revenue shown in the water & sewer fund reflects the amount billed not collected. The receivables are footnoted. Some of the entries in the airport fund are not in their proper fund. The total is right. The report on the capital improvement program is current and each of you have a cash flow projection for 6 months ending 7131/73. He further reported that for investment purposes, funds not needed for present operations are invested in Time C/D's of a short duration. When these Time CD's expire, the two local banks are invited to bid on them for a specific period of time and are opened together and the bank that offers the highest yield for that time period is given the money. The bids thus far are very competitive. L- • - --- - ---- - - MINUTES, KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY 21, 1973 Page seven H - 6: Planning $ Zoning's Report No report. H - 7: Assemblymen's Report Assemblyman McGrady reported on the Assembly meeting of February 20, 1973. The Assembly heard Ordinance 73-5 - Making a supplemental appropriation - $20,000 - Special Consultation Services. Ordinance 73-10 - Establishing the Nikishka Service Area and providing for an elected board and Ordinance 73-6 - Tax exemption for senior residents were introduced. Jerry Sims gave a presentation on the non-use of studded airesolution res summer arainstethisr. McGZady 9g� d Council to o%, �XI John Bannock of thd"School Advisory Board urged the completion of Kenai Central High School. Carl Hille gave the basic financial picture of the up- coming budget season. A tax rebate request was denied. The architect for the South Peninsula Hospital was approved. A solid waste report was heard. The Kenai Central High School addition went down the tube. It was defeated by seven votes. ¢ I: PERSONS PRESENT NOT SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD: I - 1: Nels Kjelstad Mr. Glotfelty asked Mr. Kjelstad to give a brief back- ground of the City's water rates. Mr. Kjelstad stated a Resolution was passed in 1964 setting the water rates for Kenai. They were the same as Anchorage's. At one time Anchorage lowered the rates 101 and then had a study made by R.W. Beck and raised the rates 20%. Mr. Glotfelty felt the rates should be raised to meet the maintenance and operation on the system. The expenses exceed the revenues and feel we shouldn't spend upwards of $20,000 for a rate study and will present an Ordinance in the near future. MEETING ADJOURNED 10:15 P.M. Respectfully submitted, Sharon Sterling, CiClerk w THINGS TO DO LIST - 2/21/73 G - 2: Letter to ABC Board - Pre -Flight Lounge G - 3: and Kenai Joe's. G - 4: Pay Touche Ross $14,753. G-S: H - 7: Write Resolution regarding studded tires. Draft Ordinance changing Council Chambers.