The agenda for the Soldotna City Council is relatively light for their Wednesday, August 27 meeting but will include a home rule discussion.
The discussion is scheduled in Mark Dixson’s City Manager report.
Dixson: “It’s going to be discussing whether or not the City of Soldotna wishes to pursue changing over from a first class city to a home rule.”
He laid out the steps to be taken by the City if the discussion leads to an agreement to change to home rule.
Dixson: “It would involve going to the voters, getting a charter commission formed, and the charter prepared by that commission brought before the residents in an election.”
Dixson said there are many factors to the city discussing becoming a home ruled city but the catalyst moving it forward is the Supreme Court’s decision on non-prepared food sales tax.
That meeting will be Wednesday at the Soldotna City Hall at 6 pm.