The Kenai City Council will certify election results, consider meeting time change to 6:00 pm instead of 7:00 pm, and discuss a feasibility study of the Kenai River Bluff Erosion Project at tonight’s meeting.
The unofficial election results show Bob Molloy and Mike Boyle reelected to the two open Kenai City Council seats(Molloy – 544 votes; Boyle – 434 votes).
Boyle stole the seat from fellow candidate Jim Glendening by just 17 votes(417 votes total).
Kenai Proposition 1 failed by six votes(No – 467; Yes – 461), which would have provided designated seats on the city council.
Mayor Pat Porter had sponsored that initiative.
Mayor Porter: “I felt that it was important to be able to run individually and to be able to talk about your record as a city council person, or to be able to challenge someone if you felt that they didn’t particularly reflect your views or the rest of the community.”
The Kenai ballot initiative 2 passed by 69%(Yes – 649; No – 291), and Kenai Proposition 3 failed by 61.8%(No – 582; Yes – 360).
Council members will also consider convening at 6 pm instead of 7 pm, aligning their regularly scheduled meeting times with other local meetings.
Mayor Porter: “That is sponsored by Councilman Navarre, one: it seems to be what our other local public bodies are currently doing, to begin their meetings at six. And it allows for better participation by the public as well, so it’s not so late in the evening and it allows for business to be done sooner.”
The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly moved their meetings to 6 pm in February 2013 and Soldotna City Council moved theirs to 6 pm in April 2013.
Also up for public comment, the council will discuss allocating $333,000 in funding to the Army Corps of Engineers for the final feasibility study on the Kenai Bluffs Erosion Project.
Tonight’s (Wednesday, October 21) meeting will begin at 7:00 pm in the Kenai Council Chambers.