City of Kenai

Kenai City Manager Terry Eubank says the changes are rooted in complaints from city property owners.

Council members added roughly a quarter of a million dollars in one-time spending during their Wednesday meeting.

The project is backed by $16.7 million in federal grants and local matching funds.

The Kenai City Council last week agreed to spend $97,641.61 on the initiative, which includes decontaminating the city fire trucks.

The Fox Air lease is contingent on additional research on the company by the city, which received a letter raising concerns about Fox Air’s service.

City Manager Terry Eubank says he’s met with other city managers and the borough mayor to talk through possible solutions, and that Kenai’s all-age nonprofit swim team has been proactive. Starting July 1, the school district will stop funding the pool.

Voters approved moving the city’s election day to November, like the Kenai Peninsula Borough and the City of Soldotna have done. The change aligns local elections with state and federal elections.

The first proposition voters considered amends the city charter to bump Kenai’s regular election day back a month, from the first Tuesday in October to the first Tuesday in November.

An architect with K + A designstudios says the newer building already meets some of the departments’ needs.

The theater was awarded a $40,000 grant money from an Anchorage-based nonprofit, which is contingent on a local contribution from the City of Kenai.