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March 13, 2025
Kenai Council on Aging Commission
Regular Meeting
March 13, 2025 - AFTER THE WORK SESSION
Kenai Senior Center
361 Senior Ct., Kenai, AK 99611
*Telephonic/Virtual Information on Below*
Agenda
A. CALL TO ORDER
1. Pledge of Allegiance
2. Roll Call
3. 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. January 9, 2025 Regular Meeting Minutes ........................................................................ Pg. 3
E. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
F. NEW BUSINESS
1. Discussion/Recommendation – Approve 2025 Work Plan
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 – April 10, 2025
J. COMMISSIONER COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS
K. ADJOURNMENT
L. INFORMATION ITEMS
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available at the City Clerk’s Office or at the Kenai Senior Center prior to the meeting. Please contact the Senior
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KENAI COUNCIL ON AGING – REGULAR MEETING
JANUARY 9, 2025 – 3:00 P.M.
KENAI SENIOR CENTER
361 SENIOR CT., KENAI, AK 99611
CHAIR RACHAEL CRAIG, PRESIDING
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January 9, 2025
ACTION MINUTES
A. CALL TO ORDER
A Regular Meeting of the Council on Aging was held on January 9 2025, at the Kenai Senior Center,
Kenai, AK. Vice Chair Rachael Craig called the meeting to order at approximately 3:00 p.m.
1. Pledge of Allegiance
Vice Chair Craig led those assembled in the Pledge of Allegiance.
2. Roll Call
There were present:
Rachael Craig, Vice Chair William Sadler
Jim Glendening Barbara Modigh
Kit Hill
A quorum was present.
Absent:
Velda Geller Frances Kilfoyle
Also in attendance were:
Kathy Romain, Senior Center Director
Henry Knackstedt, City Council Liaison
3. Election of Chair and Vice Chair
MOTION:
Commissioner Hill MOVED to appoint Jim Glendening as Chair.
MOTION:
Commissioner Sadler MOVED to appoint Rachael Craig as Chair.
A secret ballot vote took place; Director Romain counted the votes aloud. The results were 3 in favor of
Rachael Craig, and 2 in favor of Jim Glendening; Rachael Craig was elected as Vice Chair.
MOTION:
Commissioner Hill MOVED to appoint Jim Glendening as Vice Chair.
VOTE: There being no objection; SO ORDERED.
4. Agenda Approval
MOTION:
Vice Chair Glendening MOVED to approve the agenda as presented. Commissioner Hill SECONDED
the motion.
VOTE: There being no objection; SO ORDERED.
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B. SCHEDULED PUBLIC COMMENTS - None.
C. UNSCHEDULED PUBLIC COMMENTS - None.
D. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
1. December 12, 2024 Regular Meeting Minutes
MOTION:
Commissioner Hill MOVED to approve the December 12, 2024 Council on Aging minutes, with the
following revision to the motion made during item E.1, Discussion/Recommendation – Recommending
Council Investigate the Need for Additional Senior Housing: “recommend that Council [ADMINISTRATION]
investigate the need for additional senior housing.”
Vice Chair Glendening SECONDED the motion.
VOTE: There being no objection; SO ORDERED.
E. UNFINISHED BUSINESS – None.
F. NEW BUSINESS – None.
G. REPORTS
1. Senior Center Director – Director Romain reported on the following:
• Volunteer Appreciation Dinner scheduled for January 31, 2025.
• A memo regarding Senior Housing will be provided to Council in the January 15, 2025 City
Council Meeting packet.
• Administrative Assistant Red Piersee wrote a grant to create emergency site specific plan
for seniors, which was approved for $44,921.
2. Commission Chair – Chair Craig thanked the Commission for appointing her as Chair.
3. City Council Liaison – Council Member Knackstedt reported on the recent actions of the City
Council.
H. ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENTS – None.
I. NEXT MEETING ATTENDANCE NOTIFICATION – February 13, 2025
Chair Craig noted she would be absent.
A work session was scheduled instead of the regular meeting to review the draft work plan.
J. COMMISSION QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS
Vice Chair Glendening commented on the beautiful Christmas lights throughout the city; thanked the
Commission for appointing him as Vice Chair; noted a possible work session with the City Council.
Commissioner Hill encouraged new members to be on call.
Commissioner Sadler congratulated Chair Craig and Vice Chair Glendening.
K. ADJOURNMENT
L. INFORMATIONAL ITEMS – None.
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There being no further business before the Council on Aging, the meeting was adjourned at 3:50 p.m.
I certify the above represents accurate minutes of the Council on Aging meeting of January 9, 2025.
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Meghan Thibodeau
Deputy City Clerk
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February 19, 2025
Kenai City Council - Regular Meeting
February 19, 2025 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)
1. Project Homeless Connect 2025, Executive Director of Love INC Leslie Rohr.
D. UNSCHEDULED PUBLIC COMMENTS (Public comments limited to three (3) minutes per speaker;
thirty (30) minutes aggregated)
E. PUBLIC HEARINGS
1. ENACTED UNANIMOUSLY. Ordinance No. 3449-2025 - Increasing Estimated Revenues and
Appropriations in the General Fund – Police Department and Accepting Grants from the United
States Department of Justice and Alaska Municipal League Joint Insurance Association for the
Purchase of Ballistic Vests. (Administration)
2. ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY. Ordinance No. 3450-2025 - Amending Sections of Kenai
Municipal Code Title 23 - Personnel Regulations, Sections 23.05.070 - Definitions, 23.25.080 -
Promotion, 23.30.030 - Probationary Period for Employees in the Classified Service, and
23.55.020 - Compensation Structure by Grade for Employees in the Classified Service, to
Ensure a Consistent Approach to Pay Adjustments for City Employees. (Administration)
3. ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY. Resolution No. 2025-15 - Authorizing the City Manager to
Execute a Lease of Airport Reserve Lands Between the City of Kenai and ENA, Limited Liability
Corporation for Lots 5A and 5B, FBO Subdivision No. 10, to be Described as Lot 5C, FBO
Subdivision 2024 Addition Upon Approval of Final Plat. (Administration)
F. MINUTES
1. *Regular Meeting of February 5, 2025. (City Clerk)
G. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
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H. NEW BUSINESS
1. *Action/Approval - Bills to be Ratified. (Administration)
2. *Action/Approval - First Extension to the Agreement with Guardian Security Systems, Inc. for
Security Guard Services at the Kenai Municipal Airport. (Administration)
3. *Action/Approval - Council Confirmation of Mayoral Nomination of Gina Kuntzman to the
Council on Aging Commission. (Gabriel)
4. *Ordinance No. 3451-2025 - Accepting and Appropriating Donations to the Kenai Community
Library for Library Materials, Equipment, Furniture, and Programming. (Administration)
5. *Ordinance No. 3452-2025 - Accepting and Appropriating a Polar Bear and Brown Bear
Taxidermy Donation from the Warren E Johnson Estate for Display in the Kenai Municipal
Airport Terminal. (Administration)
6. *Ordinance No. 3453-2025 - Amending Kenai Municipal Code Chapter 7.15 – Purchases and
Sales, Sections 7.15.060 – Procurement of Professional Services and 7.15.070 – Innovative
Procurements and Other Exceptions, to Allow Insurance Coverages to be Procured by Direct
Negotiation and Authorize Other Procurement Exceptions Subject to City Council Approval by
Resolution. (Knackstedt)
7. *Ordinance No. 3454-2025 - Amending Kenai Municipal Code 23.35.032 - Arbitration Panel to
Amend the Member Terms from Indefinite Terms to Three-Year Terms. (City Clerk)
8. *Ordinance No. 3455-2025 - Authorizing the Purchase of a Used Ventrac Tractor and
Attachments from KNC Golf, Inc., that Deviates from Procurement Procedures Authorized by
Kenai Municipal Code Chapter 7.15 Purchases and Sales. (Administration)
9. APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. Action/Approval - Authorizing the City Manager to Modify the
Agreement with the Kenai Peninsula Borough for Accepting Landfill Leachate at the Waste
Water Treatment Plant. (Administration)
10. SUPPORTED UNANIMOUSLY. Discussion/Action - Digester Blowers Standardization.
(Administration)
11. Discussion - Grants to Other Agencies - Annual Reports. (Douthit)
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
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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
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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March 05, 2025
Kenai City Council - Regular Meeting
March 05, 2025 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. ENACTED UNANIMOUSLY. Ordinance No. 3451-2025 - Accepting and Appropriating
Donations to the Kenai Community Library for Library Materials, Equipment, Furniture, and
Programming. (Administration)
2. ENACTED UNANIMOUSLY. Ordinance No. 3452-2025 - Accepting and Appropriating a Polar
Bear and Brown Bear Taxidermy Donation from the Warren E Johnson Estate for Display in the
Kenai Municipal Airport Terminal. (Administration)
3. ENACTED UNANIMOUSLY. Ordinance No. 3453-2025 - Amending Kenai Municipal Code
Chapter 7.15 - Purchases and Sales, Sections 7.15.060 - Procurement of Professional Services
and 7.15.070 - Innovative Procurements and Other Exceptions, to Allow Insurance Coverages
to be Procured by Direct Negotiation and Authorize Other Procurement Exceptions Subject to
City Council Approval by Resolution. (Knackstedt)
4. ENACTED UNANIMOUSLY. Ordinance No. 3454-2025 - Amending Kenai Municipal Code
23.35.032 - Arbitration Panel to Amend the Member Terms from Indefinite Terms to Three-Year
Terms. (City Clerk)
5. ENACTED UNANIMOUSLY. Ordinance No. 3455-2025 - Authorizing the Purchase of a Used
Ventrac Tractor and Attachments from KNC Golf, Inc., that Deviates from Procurement
Procedures Authorized by Kenai Municipal Code Chapter 7.15 Purchases and Sales.
(Administration)
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6. ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY. Resolution No. 2025-16 - Authorizing a Professional Service
Agreement and Corresponding Purchase Order for the 2026 Airport Perimeter and Security
Fence Line Improvement Project for the Kenai Municipal Airport. (Administration)
7. ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY. Resolution No. 2025-17 - Authorizing the City Manager to Renew
the Memorandum of Understanding for the Kenai Watershed Forum Kenai River Water Quality
Monitoring Program. (Administration)
8. ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY. Resolution No. 2025-18 - Authorizing the Use of the Fleet
Replacement Fund for the Purchase of Equipment to Upfit Three New Police Vehicles.
(Administration)
F. MINUTES
1. *Regular Meeting of February 19, 2025. (City Clerk)
G. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
H. NEW BUSINESS
1. *Action/Approval - Bills to be Ratified. (Administration)
2. *Action/Approval - Non-Objection to the Issuance of a Package Store Sampling Endorsement
for Three Bears Alaska, Inc. DBA Three Bears - License No. 4118. (City Clerk)
3. *Action/Approval - Non-Objection to the Issuance of a Restaurant Endorsement for Salamatof
Cannery Lodge, LLC. DBA Salamatof Cannery Lodge - License No. 15960. (City Clerk)
4. *Action/Approval - Non-Objection to the Renewal of a Seasonal Golf Course Liquor License
for Griffin Golf, LLC. DBA Kenai Golf Course - License No. 5788. (City Clerk)
5. *Action/Approval - Non-Objection to the Renewal of a Package Store Liquor License for AK,
Inc. DBA Speedway Express - License No. 4544. (City Clerk)
6. *Action/Approval - Non-Objection to the Renewal of a Retail Marijuana Store License and a
Standard Marijuana Cultivation License for Majestic Gardens LLC., DBA: Majestic Gardens
LLC. - License No.’s 15393 and 15395. (City Clerk)
7. *Action/Approval - Non-Objection to the Renewal of a Restaurant Eating Place Liquor License
for Ramon Gonzalez DBA Playa Azul - License No. 5224. (City Clerk)
8. *Ordinance No. 3456-2025 - Accepting and Appropriating a Grant Received Through Best
Friends Animal Society to the Kenai Animal Shelter for Attendance at the Best Friends National
Conference. (Administration)
9. *Ordinance No. 3457-2025 - Accepting and Appropriating Donations Designated by Tom
Anderson from the Alaska Community Foundation for the Construction of Softball Dugouts and
the Dedication of a Dugout in Memoriam of Hannah Hill. (Administration)
10. *Ordinance No. 3458-2025 - Accepting and Appropriating a Grant Received Through the
Alaska Geriatric Exchange Network to the Kenai Senior Center for Attendance at the 2025
Legislative Fly-In. (Administration)
11. *Ordinance No. 3459-2025 - Determining that Real Property Described as Lot 10, Block 1,
Etolin Subdivision Number 3, According to Plat 82-103, City-Owned Airport Land Located
Outside the Airport Reserve, is Not Needed for a Public Purpose and Authorizing the Sale of
the Property to LOROC, LLC. (Administration)
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12. *Ordinance No. 3460-2025 - Determining that Real Property Described as Lot 11, Block 1,
Etolin Subdivision Number 3, According to Plat 82-103, City-Owned Airport Land Located
Outside the Airport Reserve, is Not Needed for a Public Purpose and Authorizing the Sale of
the Property to LOROC, LLC. (Administration)
13. *Ordinance No. 3461-2025 - Amending the Official Zoning Map and Land Use Table by
Rezoning the Properties at 202 North Forest Drive and 1408 Second Avenue from Suburban
Residential (RS) to General Commercial (CG) Zoning District. (Administration)
14. APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. Action/Approval - Harbor Commission 2025 Work Plan. (City
Clerk)
15. APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. Action/Approval - Nominations Received for Council
Consideration of Robert Molloy and Vaughn Dosko for Appointment to the Personnel Arbitration
Board. (City Clerk)
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
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.
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