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KENAI, ALASKA
CITY OF KENAI
ORDINANCE NO. 2445 -2009
Suggested by: Administration
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA DECLARING
KENAI SENIOR CENTER DINING ROOM CHAIRS SURPLUS AND OBSOLETE AND
AUTHORIZING DISPOSAL BY DONATION.
WHEREAS, the Kenai Senior Center will be replacing chairs in its dining facility with
new chairs that it expects to arrive in October 2009, and, as a result, it has 160 dining
chairs it no longer requires; and,
WHEREAS, the old dining chairs were purchased with funds received from a
Rasmuson Grant and from Senior Connection, Inc.; and,
WHEREAS, the City advertised the possible donation of dining chairs through the
State Nutrition, Transportation, and Services Coordinator for senior citizens to learn if
other agencies servicing our seniors would have use for the chairs and the City
received four responses; and,
WHEREAS, the Kenai Municipal Code anticipates disposal of surplus City property by
sale through competitive bidding under KMC 7.15 and does not otherwise specifically
allow for the donation of surplus property to non profit entities where the City has no
further use of the property; and,
WHEREAS, the estimated value of the chairs is not significant (less than $1,000) and
it is expected the costs of storage and sale would exceed any value the City would
realize by a sale through a competitive bidding process; and,
WHEREAS, the City will not incur any cost in distribution of these unneeded items to
the four agencies that expressed an interest in receiving the chairs as a donation; and,
WHEREAS, by donating the chairs back to the senior community, the City is disposing
of the property in a manner consistent with the grant award and funding that
supported the initial purchase of the old dining room chairs.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI,
ALASKA:
Section 1: This is a non -code ordinance.
Section 2: The 160 dining room chairs utilized by the Kenai Senior Center are
declared surplus and obsolete, and these items may be disposed of by donation to the
following four non profit organizations servicing senior members in Alaska as follows:
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Ordinance No. 2445 -2009
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Section 3: This ordinance is effective immediately upon adoption.
50 chairs for URS, Inc. (in Kenai)
30 chairs for Chugiak Senior Center
30 chairs for Tanana Elders
50 chairs for Nenana Senior Center.
PASSED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, this 21st day of
October, 2009.
A 1°1'EST:
Carol L. Freas, City Clerk
Approved by Finance: i L- -e'
PAT PORTER, MAYOR
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Introduced: October 7, 2009
Adopted: October 21, 2009
Effective: October 21, 2009
KENAI SENIOR CENTER
Helping People Age with Dignity
CITY OF KENAI
MEMORANDUM
TO: Rick Koch, City Manager
CC: Terry Eubank, Finance Director
FROM: Rachael Craig, Sensor Center Director k
DATE: October 1, 2009
REFERENCE: Donation of Old Dining Room Chairs
The Senior Center will be receiving new dining room chairs in October.
The expected delivery date of the replacement chairs is October 30, 2009.
The old chairs have little to no value as they are worn and in excess of 18
years old. The chairs were purchased using a combination of donations
and grant funds designated to support senior citizens and services.
Because of the source of the funds used to purchase the old chairs, and
because the costs of sale by competitive bidding would likely produce few
proceeds than the cost of sale, I am recommending that the chairs be
donated back to the community to support senior services.
To accomplish this, I advertised to determine the interest in the chairs
through the State NTS Coordinator. 1 received three responses for senior
agencies and was also approached by a local non profit organization in
Kenai who expressed an interest in the chairs. In line with the responses, I
suggest we donate the chairs to the following agencies as follows:
URS, Inc. in Kenai
Chugiak Senior Center
Tanana Elders
Nenana Senior Center
50 chairs
30 chairs
30 chairs
50 chairs
The City Attorney has informed me that the Code does not specifically
anticipate donations of surplus property to non profit entities without
competitive bidding. I have worked with her to draft an ordinance to
permit the disposal of this property by a non -code ordinance.
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