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May 20, 2026
Kenai City Council - Regular Meeting
May 20, 2026 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
1. Citywide Streetlight Assessment, Brian Gaze, CEO, Evari Consulting.
C. SCHEDULED PUBLIC COMMENTS (Public comments limited to ten (10) minutes per speaker;
twenty (20) minutes aggregated)
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. 3518-2026 - Amending Kenai Municipal Code Title
6 - Elections, Chapters 6.05, 6.15 and 6.40 Relating to Election Dates, Candidate Filing,
Compensation of Election Officials, and Canvassing of Elections. (City Clerk)
2. ENACTED UNANIMOUSLY Ordinance No. 3519-2026 - Accepting and Appropriating Grant
Funds from the Alaska High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area for Drug Investigation Overtime
Expenditures (Administration)
3. ENACTED AS AMENDED UNANIMOUSLY Ordinance No. 3520-2026 - Amending Kenai
Municipal Code Chapter 14.10 - Subdivision Regulations and Amending Kenai Municipal Code
Section 18.10.030 - Street Improvements to Remove Road Design Standards from Code and
Replace them with a Street Design Standards Manual. (Administration)
4. ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY Resolution No. 2026-35 - Authorizing a Contract Award for 2026
Waste Water Treatment Plant Dumpster Services. (Administration)
5. ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY Resolution No. 2026-36 - Approving a Lease Utilizing a Non-
Standard Lease Form on Airport Reserve Lands Between the City of Kenai and the Federal
Aviation Administration for the Automated Flight Service Station and Satellite Communication
Network Facilities on Lot 7A-1 FBO Subdivision No. 5. (Administration)
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F. MINUTES
1. *Regular Meeting of May 6, 2026. (City Clerk)
G. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
H. NEW BUSINESS
1. *Action/Approval - Bills to be Ratified. (Administration)
2. *Action/Approval - Special Use Permit to Jeremy Mastre, DBA: River Rock Outdoors, LLC for
Commercial Operations at the Kenai Municipal Airport Float Plane Basin. (Administration)
3. *Action/Approval - Special Use Permit to Crowley Fuels LLC for Aircraft Fueling Service on
the Apron. (Administration)
4. *Ordinance No. 3521-2026 - Increasing Estimated Revenues and Appropriations in the
General Fund - Police Department and Accepting a Grant from the US Department of
Transportation Passed Through the State of Alaska Department of Transportation and Public
Facilities for Traffic Enforcement Overtime Expenditures. (Administration)
5. *Ordinance No. 3522-2026 - Accepting an Alaska Division of Forestry Volunteer Fire
Assistance Grant in the Amount of $8,602.97 and Appropriating Funds for the Purchase of
Wildland and Firefighting Equipment for the City of Kenai Fire Department. (Administration)
6. *Ordinance No. 3523-2026 - Adopting the Annual Budget, Salary Schedule and Employee
Classification Plan for the Fiscal Year Commencing July 1, 2026 and Ending June 30, 2027 and
Committing $4,584,359 of General Fund, Fund Balance for Future Capital Improvements.
(Administration)
7. *Ordinance No. 3524-2026 - Amending Kenai Municipal Code Section 23.25.065 - Shift
Differential Pay, to Update Shift Hours and to Clarify Eligibility; and Section 23.55.030
Qualification Pay, to Ensure Appropriate Compensation and Benefits to City Employees
Comparable to Other Places of Public Employment Which Allows the City to Recruit and Retain
Qualified Employees. (Administration)
8. *Ordinance No. 3525-2026 - Enacting Kenai Municipal Code Section 14.20.246 - Tent
Camping on Private Property, Amending Kenai Municipal Code Section 14.20.320 - Definitions
to Provide Definitions Regarding Tents and Campgrounds, Amending Kenai Municipal Code
Section 13.10.060 - Sanitary Facilities for Camping on Private Property, and Amending Kenai
Municipal Code Section 14.22 - Land Use Table. (Administration)
9. *Ordinance No. 3526-2026 - Amending the Official Zoning Map by Rezoning Parcel 04106318,
with a Physical Address of 6575 Kenai Spur Highway, from a Split Zone of Rural Residential
(RR) and General Commercial (CG) to the Zoning District of General Commercial (CG).
(Administration)
10. *Ordinance No. 3527-2026 - Determining that an Approximately 7,682 Square Foot Portion of
City-Owned Property Described as that Portion of Govt Lot 10 Lying Southwest of Bridge
Access Rd & Lying North & Northwest & Northeast of USS 4563 Amended, is Not Needed for
a Public Purpose and Authorizing the Sale and Exchange of the Property to Rabuf, LLC.
(Administration)
11. *Action/Approval - Purchase Orders and Purchase Order Amendments Requiring Council
Approval in Accordance with KMC 7.15.020. (Administration)
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I. COMMISSION REPORTS
1. Council on Aging Commission
2. Airport Commission
3. Parks and Recreation Commission
4. Planning and Zoning Commission
5. 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
1. Ordinance No. 3510-2026 (Substitute) - Amending the Official Zoning Map by Rezoning a
Portion of the Property at 10060 Kenai Spur Highway from Conservation to Suburban
Residential Zoning District. (Administration)
[Clerk's Note: March 18, 2026 postponed to April 1, 2026; April 1, 2026 postponed to May 6,
2026; May 6, 2026 referred to the Planning & Zoning Commissions May 27, 2026 meeting and
postponed to June 3, 2026.]
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 at 907-283-8231.
Registration is required to join the meeting remotely through Zoom. Please use the following link to
register:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/GYIEt_0fSGqN5HGQlk6z0g