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The city’s planning director pitched a targeted rezone of specific areas to make residential development easier.

The assembly has made multiple appointments this year after two members resigned.

The company says it received necessary permission to make rain with drones, but local officials are pushing for more transparency.

Berga will serve until the next election, in which he is also the only candidate running for the seat.

Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly members voted Tuesday to put the question on the ballot for the upcoming municipal election.

This is the first year peninsula voters will cast ballots in November instead of October.

City officials say 1,435 property owners would be eligible for Kenai’s residential exemption if it passes. City Manager Terry Eubank says the new exemption could cost Kenai around $442,202 per year that would otherwise go to the city’s general fund.

Hibbert was sworn in during the assembly’s regular meeting and will serve until the next borough election in November.

State law already gives cities the authority to bar people from public property in some cases. But Soldotna doesn’t have an internal policy outlining what that process looks like, and when it should be used.

An ordinance going before the assembly Tuesday would ask voters whether to cap school board terms at two consecutive full terms – the same limit put on assembly members and the borough mayor.