HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 3521-2026IV
KENAI
CITY OF KENAI
ORDINANCE NO. 3521-2026
Sponsored by: Administration
AN ORDINANCE 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.
WHEREAS, the Kenai Police Department joins with other law enforcement agencies statewide to support
Alaska Highway Safety Office (AHSO) traffic safety programs to reduce fatalities and injuries on
roadways; and,
WHEREAS, AHSO traffic -related overtime funds allow the department to provide specific traffic safety
patrols; and,
WHEREAS, the grant funds received for from AHSO for overtime in fiscal year 2026 were $7,077.74;
and,
WHEREAS, overtime for these additional traffic safety patrols was not budgeted and the Department is
requesting appropriation into the overtime budget equal to the amount of the AHSO grant funding
received.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That the City Manager is authorized to accept these funds from the AHSO in the amount
of $7,077.74 and to expend those funds to fulfill the purpose and intent of this ordinance.
Section 2. That estimated revenues and appropriations be increased as follows:
General Fund:
Increase expenditures —
Federal Grants - Police $7.077.74
Increase expenditures —
Police - Overtime
$7.077.74
Section 3. Severability: That if any part or provision of this ordinance or application thereof to any
person or circumstances is adjudged invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such judgment shall
be confined in its operation to the part, provision, or application directly involved in all controversy in
which this judgment shall have been rendered, and shall not affect or impair the validity of the remainder
of this title or application thereof to other persons or circumstances. The City Council hereby declares
that it would have enacted the remainder of this ordinance even without such part, provision, or
application.
Section 4. Effective Date: That pursuant to KMC 1.15.070(f), this ordinance shall take effect
immediately upon enactment.
ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, THIS 3RD DAY OF JUNE, 2026.
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Ordinance No. 3521-2026
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ATTEST:
Miche M. aner, C, City Clerk
Approved by Finance:
ell
Introduced: May 20, 2026
Enacted: June 3, 2026
Effective: June 3, 2026
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City of Kenai
MEMORANDUM
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210 Fidalgo Ave, Kenai, AK 99611-7794 1907.283.75351 www.kenai.city
TO: Mayor Knackstedt and Council Members
THROUGH: Terry Eubank, City Manager
FROM: David Ross, Police Chief
DATE: May 8, 2026
SUBJECT: 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.
The Kenai Police Department continues to participate in traffic enforcement overtime patrols,
reimbursed to the City of Kenai through a grant by the Alaska Highway Safety Office (AHSO).
Actual grant funds anticipated from AHSO so far in FY26 is $7077.74.
1 am respectfully requesting consideration of the ordinance accepting and appropriating the grant
funds.