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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 3537-2026KENAI CITY OF KENAI ORDINANCE NO. 3537-2026 Sponsored by: Administration AN ORDINANCE INCREASING ESTIMATED FISCAL YEAR 2026 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 overtime expense that was eligible for reimbursement from April of 2026 through the end of June, 2026 was $8,331.18; and, WHEREAS, overtime for these additional traffic safety patrols was not budgeted and the Department is requesting appropriation into the FY26 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 $8,331.18 and to expend those funds to fulfill the purpose and intent of this ordinance. Section 2. That fiscal year 2026 estimated revenues and appropriations be increased as follows: General Fund: Increase Estimated Revenues — Federal Grants — Police $8 3 Increase Appropriations — Police Department - Overtime $8.331.18 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. New Text Underlined; [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] Ordinance No. 3537-2026 Page 2 of 2 ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENO ATTEST: i e er, C, City Clerk Approved by Finance:'Te_-4, Introduced: August 5, 2026 Enacted: August 19, 2026 Effective: August 19, 2026 New Text Underlined; [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] KE 1A1 City of Kenai 1 210 Fidalgo Ave, Kenai, AK 99611-7794 1 907.283.7535 1 www.Lenai.city MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor Knackstedt and Council Members THROUGH: Terry Eubank, City Manager FROM: Ryan Coleman, Sergeant DATE: July 22, 2026 SUBJECT: Ordinance No. 3537-2026 - Increasing Estimated Fiscal Year 2026 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 for April of 2026 through the end of June of 2026 is $8, 331.18. 1 am respectfully requesting consideration of the ordinance accepting and appropriating the grant funds into the FY26 budget for the purpose they were intended.