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CITY OF KENAI
RESOLUTION NO. 2025-63
Sponsored by: City Clerk
A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING THE 2026 CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING SCHEDULE.
WHEREAS, Kenai Municipal Code 1.10.040(a) establishes that regular meetings of the Council will be
on the first and third Wednesday of every month at a time set by resolution of the Council; and,
WHEREAS, Kenai Municipal Code 1.10.040(b) provides that on or before the last meeting in December
the City Clerk will introduce a resolution, on behalf of the Council to establish the dates for the subsequent
year's Council meetings; and,
WHEREAS, pursuant to Kenai Municipal Charter 2-6 City Council meetings may be canceled by the
mayor due to lack of quorum or for an emergency, or by a majority of the Council members for any reason
as long as there is at least one regular meeting each month and at least twenty regular meetings each
calendar year; and,
WHEREAS, providing advanced notice of the meeting schedule to the public and administration by timely
adoption of a calendar of meeting dates to include any canceled meetings is in the best interest of the
City; and,
WHEREAS, canceling the second regular meeting of the City Council in July allows for Council,
administration, and residents to participate in the personal use fishery and other seasonal activities; and,
WHEREAS, the first meeting in July falls on July 1, leaving a five -week span until the first meeting in
August; and,
WHEREAS, adjusting the first meeting in July to the second Wednesday would reduce that span to only
four -weeks allowing for City business to be conducted timely.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA:
Section 1. That the City Council regular meeting schedule for 2026 as attached is hereby adopted,
to include the exception that the first meeting in July will be held on the second Wednesday, and there
will not be a meeting on the third Wednesday of July.
Section 2. That this Calendar may be further amended by Council in accordance with the City Charter
and Kenai Municipal Code.
Section 3. That this Resolution takes effect immediately upon passage,
PASSED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, TH-��D NOV E 2
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MEMORANDUM
TO: Mayor Knackstedt and Council Members
FROM: Shellie Saner, City Clerk
DATE: October 23, 2025
SUBJECT: Resolution No. 2025-63 - Establishing the 2026 City Council Regular
Meeting Schedule.
This Resolution is intended to establish a calendar for the regular meetings of the City Council in
2026, in accordance with KMC 1.10.040(b).
City Charter, allows that a meeting may be cancelled by the Mayor due to a lack of a quorum, for
an emergency, or by a majority of council members for any reason as long as at least twenty
regular meetings are held each year and at least one each month. The 2026 proposed meeting
schedule includes at least one regular meeting each month and more than the minimum
requirement of twenty regular meetings each year, with the exception of one meeting in July.
The proposes meeting scheduling sets meetings every first and third Wednesday of each month,
except July based on the following:
The second meeting of July, when the second meeting coincides with the peak season of
the personal use dipnet fishery which consumes the full attention of the administration and
is a busy time of the year for other residents; and,
The first meeting in July is proposed to be rescheduled for the second Wednesday in July
to reduce the number of weeks between the one July meeting and the first meeting in
August.
The second meeting in November or the first meeting in December may be cancelled as it could
coincide with the Alaska Municipal League conferences in Anchorage.
Your consideration is appreciated.
2026 City Council Meeting Schedule
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