The majority of Kenai City Council members voted Wednesday night to cancel their November 18 meeting but not before further concerns were heard about the cancellation.
The item was postponed on October 21 after Mayor Pat Porter motioned to cancel the meeting during her mayor’s report and council voiced concerns.
During council discussion Wednesday, Bob Molloy stated he would rather reschedule the meeting but Tim Navarre said that can get too confusing.
Cm. Navarre: “So that’s the issue that I was trying to raise with confusion, with the Open Meetings Act. Notice of meetings and how they can get crunched together. Right now we have two weeks apart, the first meeting in any month is the first Wednesday and two weeks later is the next one. If you were to move that one up or whatever, or back, you’ll start running into the first meeting of the following month, or if you move it forward you’re running into the previous one.”
Vice Mayor Brian Gabriel stated he does not want the council to get in the habit of canceling council meetings out of convenience and not due to emergencies.
Council eventually voted 4 to 2 in support of canceling the meeting, only members Molloy and Mike Boyle voted no.