The Kenai City Council adopted a resolution authorizing a service agreement for the personal use fishery dumpsters and portable restrooms. Dipnet season is set to kick off in Kenai on Sunday and the city is preparing for the annual influx of residents partaking the Kenai with their dipnets. The city, in support of the personal use fishery, annually seeks services for dumpsters and portable restrooms.
The city entered into a contract with Peninsula Pumping in the amount of $75,762. The price is divided up into increments, which included the following:
- All road accessible restrooms – $29,362
- All non-road accessible restrooms – $27,400
- All road accessible dumpsters – $5,500
- All non-road accessible dumpsters – $13,500
According to Scott Curtin, Director of Public Works, the city administration continues to seek ways to reduce these costs where and whenever possible. The scopes of work in locating facilities where appropriate but still accessible for fishery participants have been tightened over the years, and the city still seeks ways to improve services with the addition of hand wash stations last year and again this year.
The good news is, despite the inflationary environment our nation and state’s economy is in, the city of Kenai saved a little bit of money in the service contract costs compared to previous years. In 2018, the cost of services was over $101,000 with the costs going down incrementally every year since.
The award of a service agreement runs for the entirety of the Personal Use Fishery in Kenai.
