The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly will be holding a special meeting on Tuesday, August 11. The only topic on the agenda is Resolution 2020-047 which is Mayor Charlie Pierce’s amended plan for the disbursement of Federal CARES Act funding.
The resolution would amend the borough ‘s Coronavirus Relief Fund Spending Plan. The amended plan recommends the distribution of fund allocations to the municipalities within the borough of Homer, Kachemak City, Kenai, Seldovia, Seward, and Soldotna as sub-recipients of the relief funds distributed by the State of Alaska. The plan also addresses budget revisions necessary to achieve individual project outcomes.
According to a memo from the Mayor’s administration, the proposed revisions include:
- creates sub-recipient distributions to the Cities;
- reimburses single audit fees;
- adds additional funds for emergency service personnel expenditures significantly dedicated to the COVID-19 event while they are still seeing fiscal impacts from the procedural and protective measure requirements;
- reallocates funds to support Kenai Peninsula Borough emergency response, personal protective equipment, and personnel due to continued costs generated by response and continued need for coordination;
- provides for air purification system installations in borough and school facilities;
- increases funds to the 911 backup dispatch answering center redundancy project budget; and
- amends the grant amounts authorized for small businesses and nonprofits to equal the maximum allowable award for each eligibility range instead of using a percentage of gross sales.
This meeting will be held via the Zoom online platform on Tuesday at 2:00 p.m.