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Meeting Name: Assembly Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 8/5/2025 6:00 PM Minutes status: Draft  
Meeting location: The Porcupine Theater 106 W. Pioneer Avenue, Homer, Alaska Meeting ID: 835 6358 3837 Passcode: 606672 https://yourkpb.zoom.us/j/83563583837?pwd=eTO44Um9ao1JJGaVtBJG86PXlsuNvm.1
Meeting ID: 835 6358 3837 Passcode: 606672
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KPB-7067 1*1. MinutesJuly 8, 2025 Regular Assembly Meeting Minutes   Not available Not available
KPB-7121 11. Presentations with Prior NoticeSouth Peninsula Hospital Quarterly Report, Ryan Smith, Chief Executive Officer (10 Minutes)   Not available Not available
KPB-7122 12. Presentations with Prior NoticeCurrent Projects Update, Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Katherine Schake, Reserve Manager (10 Minutes)   Not available Not available
KPB-7099 1  Mayor's ReportMayor's Report Cover Memo   Not available Not available
KPB-7100 1a. Mayor's ReportAuthorization to Award Contract ITB25-042 Fire Alarm Inspections FY26   Not available Not available
KPB-7101 1b. Mayor's ReportAuthorization to Award Contract ITB25-043 Summer & Winter Road Maintenance East Region Unit 3A   Not available Not available
KPB-7102 1c. Mayor's ReportAuthorization to Award Contract ITB25-053 Gravel Road Projects FY26 Central Region   Not available Not available
KPB-7103 1d. Mayor's ReportAuthorization to Award Contract ITB25-054 Gravel Road Projects FY26 North Region Unit 3   Not available Not available
KPB-7104 1e. Mayor's ReportAuthorization to Award Contract ITB25-055 Gravel Road Projects FY26 South Region Units 3 & 4   Not available Not available
KPB-7105 1f. Mayor's ReportAuthorization to Award Contract ITB25-056 Gravel Road Projects FY26 West Region Unit 2   Not available Not available
KPB-7106 1g. Mayor's ReportAuthorization to Award Contract ITB25-062 Seward High School Bus Parking Improvements   Not available Not available
KPB-7107 1h. Mayor's ReportAuthorization to Award Contract ITB25-064 Brushing Vegetation Control - North Region   Not available Not available
KPB-7108 1i. Mayor's ReportAuthorization to Award Contract ITB25-065 Brushing Vegetation Control - South Region   Not available Not available
KPB-7109 1j. Mayor's ReportAuthorization to Award Contract ITB25-066 Brushing Vegetation Control - East Region   Not available Not available
KPB-7110 1k. Mayor's ReportAuthorization to Award Contract ITB25-067 Brushing Vegetation Control - West Region   Not available Not available
KPB-7111 1l. Mayor's ReportAuthorization to Award Contract ITB25-068 Brushing Vegetation Control - Central Region   Not available Not available
KPB-7112 1m. Mayor's ReportAuthorization to Award Contract ITB25-070 Gravel Road Projects FY26 South Region Unit 7   Not available Not available
KPB-7113 1n. Mayor's ReportAuthorization to Award Contract ITB25-074 Gravel Road Projects FY26 West Region Unit 7   Not available Not available
KPB-7114 1o. Mayor's ReportAuthorization to Award Contract ITB25-075 Gravel Road Projects FY26 East Region Unit 3   Not available Not available
KPB-7115 1p. Mayor's ReportAuthorization to Award Contract ITB25-076 Summer & Winter Road Maintenance East Region Unit 3B   Not available Not available
KPB-7116 1q. Mayor's ReportAuthorization to Award Contract ITB25-078 Gravel Road Projects FY26 West Region Unit 7 - KB Drive, Bye Way, Sonder Street   Not available Not available
KPB-7117 1r. Mayor's ReportAuthorization to Award Contract RFP25-027 Municipal Government Services & Tourism-Economic Development Public Relations Campaign   Not available Not available
KPB-7118 1s. Mayor's ReportAuthorization to Award Contract Sole Source NeoGov FY26   Not available Not available
KPB-7119 1a. Mayor's ReportBudget Revisions – June 2025   Not available Not available
KPB-7120 1b. Mayor's ReportRevenue-Expenditure Report – June 2025   Not available Not available
2025-030 1a. ResolutionA Resolution Establishing a Seasonal Tax Working Group to Evaluate the Balance Between Positive and Negative Seasonal Tax-Related Impacts on Kenai Peninsula Borough Residents and Businesses (Cox) [Postponed on 07/08/25]   Not available Not available
2025-19-02 11. Budget OrdinanceAn Ordinance Appropriating Funds for 911 Capital Replacement of Storage Array at Soldotna Public Safety Communication Center (Mayor)    Not available Not available
2025-14 12. OrdinanceAn Ordinance Amending KPB 5.18.430 to Annually Adjust the Sales Tax Cap for Inflation (Johnson)    Not available Not available
2025-15 13. OrdinanceAn Ordinance Amending KPB 5.18.100 to Levy a Seasonal Sales Tax Rate, Resulting in a Net-Neutral Change for Residents, Subject to Voter Approval (Cooper, Mayor)    Not available Not available
2025-16 14. OrdinanceAn Ordinance Amending KPB 5.18.115 to Increase the Residential Property Tax Exemption from $50,000 to $75,000 Subject to Voter Approval (Baisden, Mayor)    Not available Not available
2025-17 15. OrdinanceAn Ordinance Establishing the Ninilchik Recreational Service Area Upon Voter Approval (Johnson)    Not available Not available
2025-031 1*a. ResolutionA Resolution Authorizing the Mayor to Execute a Joint Funding Agreement with the U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey to Cooperatively Maintain the Stream River Gages and Gaging Stations (Mayor)   Not available Not available
2025-032 1*b. ResolutionA Resolution Authorizing a Standardization Policy for KPB-Owned Webpage Content Update Services (Mayor)   Not available Not available
2025-19-03 1*a. Budget OrdinanceAn Ordinance Appropriating Funds from the General Fund for Election Publication Costs Related to Publishing Citizen Initiative Ordinances (Ribbens at the Request of the Borough Clerk) (Hearing on 08/19/25)   Not available Not available
2025-19-04 1*b. Budget OrdinanceAn Ordinance Appropriating Funds from the School Capital Project Fund for the Seward High School Flooring Replacement Project (Mayor) (Hearing on 08/19/25)   Not available Not available
2024-19-41 1*c. Budget OrdinanceAn Ordinance Recording FY2025 Expenditures Paid by the State of Alaska Department of Administration, Division of Retirement & Benefits on Behalf of the Kenai Peninsula Borough Toward the KPB’s Unfunded PERS Liability (Mayor) (Hearing on 08/19/25)   Not available Not available
2025-19-06 1*d. Budget OrdinanceAn Ordinance Authorizing the Acquisition, and Appropriating Funds for the Purchase, of Four Properties Located in Homer, Alaska on Behalf of the South Kenai Peninsula Hospital Service Area (Mayor) (Hearing on 08/19/25)   Not available Not available
2025-19-07 1*e. Budget OrdinanceAn Ordinance Deobligating Funds Previously Appropriated for In-Kind School Maintenance as Part of the Maximum Allowable Local Contribution for Schools and Appropriating the Funds to the School Fund for School Operations (Dunne, Johnson) (Hearing on 08/19/25)   Not available Not available
KPB-7068 1*a. Other New BusinessApproving a Petition to Vacate the Entire Herbert Way Right-of-Way and Associated Utility Easements Located North and Adjacent to Lots 9 & 10, Steadman Subdivision Jessica Addition, Plat KN 2005-73 and South of and Adjacent to Lot 6, Lake View Terrance #3 Phase 3, Plat KN 1998-47, in the Sterling Area. Proposed Vacation is Approximately 22,515 square feet (Mayor) [Clerk’s Note: At its regular meeting of July 14, 2025, the Planning Commission unanimously approved the referenced petition to vacate.]   Not available Not available
KPB-7078 1*b. Other New BusinessConfirming Nick Kemp as Maintenance Director (Mayor)   Not available Not available
KPB-7081 1*c. Board AppointmentsConfirming Appointments to the Planning Commission (Mayor) Diane Fikes, City of Kenai Seat, Term Expires 07/31/2028 Franco Venuti, City of Homer Seat, Term Expires 07/31/2027    Not available Not available
KPB-7093 1d. Other New BusinessApproving the Proposition Summary to be Included in the Voter Pamphlet for Proposition No. 1: Citizen Initiative: Hand Count In Person Paper Ballots for Borough Elections (Borough Clerk)    Not available Not available
KPB-7094 1e. Other New BusinessApproving the Proposition Summary to be Included in the Voter Pamphlet for Proposition No. ___: Ordinance 2025-17: Establishing the Ninilchik Recreational Service Area (Borough Clerk)   Not available Not available
KPB-7095 1f. Other New BusinessApproving the Proposition Summary to be Included in the Voter Pamphlet for Proposition No. ___: Ordinance 2025-16: Residential Property Tax Exemption Change (Borough Clerk)    Not available Not available
KPB-7097 1g. Other New BusinessApproving the Proposition Summary to be Included in the Voter Pamphlet for Proposition No. ___: Ordinance 2025-15: Seasonal Sales Tax Rate Change (Borough Clerk)   Not available Not available
KPB-7098 1h. Other New BusinessApproving the Proposition Summary to be Included in the Voter Pamphlet for Proposition No. ___: Ordinance 2025-14: Annually Adjust the Sales Tax Cap for Inflation (Borough Clerk)   Not available Not available