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January 09, 2025
Kenai Council on Aging Commission
Regular Meeting
January 09, 2025 - 3:00 PM
Kenai Senior Center
361 Senior Ct., Kenai, AK 99611
*Telephonic/Virtual Information Below*
Agenda
A. CALL TO ORDER
1. Pledge of Allegiance
2. Roll Call
3. Election of Chair and Vice Chair
4. Agenda Approval
B. SCHEDULED PUBLIC COMMENTS (Public comments limited to ten (10) minutes per speaker)
C. UNSCHEDULED PUBLIC COMMENT (Public comments limited to three (3) minutes per speaker;
thirty (30) minutes aggregated)
D. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
1. December 12, 2024 Regular Meeting Minutes................................................................... Pg. 3
E. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
F. NEW BUSINESS
G. REPORTS
1. Senior Center Director
2. Commission Chair
3. City Council Liaison ........................................................................................................... Pg. 6
H. ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENTS (Public comments limited to five (5) minutes per speaker)
I. NEXT MEETING ATTENDANCE NOTIFICATION – February 13, 2025
J. COMMISSIONER COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS
K. ADJOURNMENT
L. INFORMATION ITEMS
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The agenda and agenda items are posted on the City’s website at www.kenai.city. Copies of the agenda items are
available at the City Clerk’s Office or at the Kenai Senior Center prior to the meeting. Please contact the Senior
Services Director at 907-283-4156 for additional details.
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KENAI COUNCIL ON AGING – REGULAR MEETING
DECEMBER 12, 2024 – 3:00 P.M.
KENAI SENIOR CENTER
361 SENIOR CT., KENAI, AK 99611
CHAIR KEN AYERS, PRESIDING
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ACTION MINUTES
A. CALL TO ORDER
A Regular Meeting of the Council on Aging was held on December 12, 2024, at the Kenai Senior Center,
Kenai, AK. Chair Ayers called the meeting to order at approximately 3:00 p.m.
1. Pledge of Allegiance
Chair Ayers led those assembled in the Pledge of Allegiance.
2. Roll Call
There were present:
Ken Ayers, Chair Rachael Craig, Vice Chair
Velda Geller Barbara Modigh
Frances Kilfoyle Kit Hill
Jim Glendening William Sadler
A quorum was present.
Also in attendance were:
Kathy Romain, Senior Center Director
Red Piersee, Senior Center Administrative Assistant
Shellie Saner, City Clerk
3. Agenda Approval
MOTION:
Commissioner Hill MOVED to approve the agenda as presented. Vice Chair Craig SECONDED the
motion.
VOTE: There being no objection; SO ORDERED.
B. SCHEDULED PUBLIC COMMENTS - None.
C. UNSCHEDULED PUBLIC COMMENTS - None.
D. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
1. November 12, 2024 Regular Meeting Minutes
MOTION:
Commissioner Hill MOVED to approve the November 12, 2024 Council on Aging minutes. Vice Chair
Craig SECONDED the motion.
VOTE: There being no objection; SO ORDERED.
E. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
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1. Discussion/Recommendation - Recommending Council Investigate the Need for Additional
Senior Housing. [This item was not taken up during the November 14, 2024 meeting.]
MOTION:
Commissioner Glendening MOVED to recommend that Administration investigate the need for additional
senior housing. Commissioner Modigh SECONDED the motion.
Commissioners Glendening, Ayers, Sadler and Craig spoke in support.
VOTE:
YEA: Ayers, Craig, Sadler, Geller, Modigh, Kilfoyle, Glendening, Hill
NAY: None.
MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
F. NEW BUSINESS
1. Review/Approve - Council on Aging 2024 Annual Report for Submission to City Council.
MOTION:
Commissioner Hill MOVED to approve the Council on Aging 2024 Annual Report provided in the laydown
for submission to the City Council. Commissioner Glendening SECONDED the motion.
VOTE:
YEA: Ayers, Craig, Sadler, Geller, Modigh, Kilfoyle, Glendening, Hill
NAY: None.
MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
G. REPORTS
1. Senior Center Director – Director Romain reported on the following:
• Thanked the Council on Aging for their years of hard work.
• Kenai Senior Center putting the transit grant on hold until next year; going to replace a van
this year out of the vehicle replacement fund.
• Received a small grant to utilize for shelving for shelf stable food.
• State of Alaska grant opportunity for emergency preparedness funding with leftover COVID-
19 funds.
2. Commission Chair – Chair Ayers thanked the Senior Center staff.
3. City Council Liaison – No report.
H. ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENTS – None.
I. NEXT MEETING ATTENDANCE NOTIFICATION – January 9, 2025
J. COMMISSION QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS
Vice Chair Craig stated would like a work session in January.
Commissioner Sadler asked if the Council on Aging bylaws were on the City website; clarification was
provided that they were.
Commissioner Hill noted that she was excited about Senior Center activities; thanked Chair Ayers for his
work.
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Commissioner Glendening noted that Council had discussed housing at a previous Council Meeting.
K. ADJOURNMENT
L. INFORMATIONAL ITEMS – None.
There being no further business before the Council on Aging, the meeting was adjourned at 3:45 p.m.
I certify the above represents accurate minutes of the Council on Aging meeting of December 12, 2024.
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Meghan Thibodeau
Deputy City Clerk
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December 18, 2024
Kenai City Council - Regular Meeting
December 18, 2024 ꟷ 6:00 PM
Kenai City Council Chambers
210 Fidalgo Avenue, Kenai, Alaska
www.kenai.city
**Telephonic/Virtual Information on Page 3**
Action Agenda
A. CALL TO ORDER
1. Pledge of Allegiance
2. Roll Call
3. Approval of the Agenda and Consent Agenda (Public comments on Consent Agenda Items
limited to three (3) minutes per speaker; thirty (30) minutes aggregated)
*All items listed with an asterisk (*) are considered to be routine and non-controversial by the council
and will be approved by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a
council member so requests, in which case the item will be removed from the consent agenda and
considered in its normal sequence on the agenda as part of the General Orders.
B. SCHEDULED ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS
C. SCHEDULED PUBLIC COMMENTS (Public comments limited to ten (10) minutes per speaker)
D. UNSCHEDULED PUBLIC COMMENTS (Public comments limited to three (3) minutes per speaker;
thirty (30) minutes aggregated)
E. PUBLIC HEARINGS
1. POSTPONED TO 1/15/2025. Ordinance No. 3445-2024 - Decreasing Estimated Revenues
and Appropriation in the Kenai City Municipal Roadway Improvement Capital Project Funds to
Transfer Residual Balance from Completed Projects Back to Their Original Funding
Sources, and Increasing Estimated Revenues and Appropriation in the Kenai City Water &
Sewer, Public Safety, and Airport Improvements Capital Project Funds to Fully Fund Projects
Approved in the FY2025 Budget. (Administration)
2. ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY. Resolution No. 2024-52 - Reinstating a Player Registration Fee
for the City of Kenai City League Basketball to Support More Games During the Season.
(Administration)
3. ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY. Resolution No. 2024-53 - Approving Extensions and
Amendments to Two Agreements with the State of Alaska Division of Forestry and Fire
Protection. (Administration)
F. MINUTES
1. *Regular Meeting of December 4, 2024. (City Clerk)
G. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
H. NEW BUSINESS
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1. *Action/Approval - Bills to be Ratified. (Administration)
2. *Action/Approval - Non-Objection to Renewal of a Beverage Dispensary Tourism Liquor
License for Schilling Alaska, LLC DBA Uptown Motel/Louie’s - License No. 1859. (City Clerk)
3. *Action/Approval - Non-Objection to the Renewal of a Marijuana Product Manufacturing
Facility License and a Standard Marijuana Cultivation License for Red Run Cannabis
Cultivators, LLC., DBA: Red Run Cannabis Cultivators, LLC. - License No.’s 19372 and 10052;
and a Retail Marijuana Store License for Red Run Cannabis Company, LLC., DBA: Red Run
Cannabis Company, LLC. – License No. 10056. (City Clerk)
4. *Action/Approval - Special Use Permit to Echo Lake Meats for Use of 20 Square Feet of
Terminal Space at the Kenai Municipal Airport. (Administration)
5. *Ordinance No. 3446-2024 - Accepting and Appropriating a Grant from the Alaska Food
Coalition to the Kenai Senior Center. (Administration).
6. APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. Action/Approval - Approving a Certificate of Acceptance
Notice for Kee’s Turn Subdivision. (Administration)
7. WORK SESSION SCHEDULED FOR 1/16/2025 AT 6:00 P.M AT THE KENAI CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE. Discussion/Approval - Scheduling a Joint Work Session with the Kenaitze
Indian Tribe. (Administration)
I. COMMISSION REPORTS
1. Council on Aging Commission
2. Airport Commission
3. Harbor Commission
4. Parks and Recreation Commission
5. Planning and Zoning Commission
6. Beautification Commission
J. REPORT OF THE MAYOR
K. ADMINISTRATION REPORTS
1. City Manager
2. City Attorney
3. City Clerk
L. ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENTS
1. Citizens Comments (Public comments limited to five (5) minutes per speaker)
2. Council Comments
M. EXECUTIVE SESSION
N. PENDING ITEMS
O. ADJOURNMENT
P. INFORMATION ITEMS
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1. CIRCAC Director's Report
The agenda and supporting documents are posted on the City’s website at www.kenai.city. Copies of
resolutions and ordinances are available at the City Clerk’s Office or outside the Council Chamber prior
to the meeting. For additional information, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at 907-283-8231.
Registration is required to join the meeting remotely through Zoom. Please use the following link to
register:
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