Following the October municipal elections, the Kenai City Council selected councilman James Baisden to fill the role of Kenai Vice Mayor.
Kenai City council member Henry Knackstedt nominated council member James Baisden for Vice Mayor. The City Council then voted and the vote was unanimous.
Baisden, elected to the Kenai City Council in 2021, fills the Vice Mayor position vacated by former Vice Mayor Jim Glendening, who did not run for re-election. Baisden recently served as Kenai Peninsula Borough Chief of Staff for former Borough Mayor Charlie Pierce, serving in that role from December 2018 through January 2021.
