Resolution 16-111(A) Reject the Proposal to Consolidate 911 Dispatch Services With the Kenai Peninsula Borough

CITY OF HOMER

HOMER, ALASKA

                                                                                                                               Mayor

RESOLUTION 16-111(A)

A RESOLUTION OF THE HOMER CITY COUNCIL GIVING DIRECTION TO THE CITY MANAGER TO REJECT THE PROPOSAL TO CONSOLIDATE 911 DISPATCH SERVICES WITH THE KENAI PENINSULA BOROUGH.

WHEREAS, The Kenai Peninsula Borough operates a 911 dispatch facility out of Soldotna, Alaska; and

WHEREAS, The Borough has approached the communities of Seward, Kenai, and Homer about consolidated dispatch services; and

WHEREAS, City administration has engaged in conversations with the Borough since March of 2016 analyzing the pros, cons, and challenges of consolidation; and

WHEREAS, in October of 2016 the Homer City Council held two worksessions on the proposal from the Borough.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of Homer, Alaska:

Option 1: After careful review has decided that consolidating 911 dispatch is not in the best interest of the City of Homer and rejects the Kenai Peninsula Borough’s request to consolidate 911 dispatch services.

               PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Homer City Council this 24th day of October, 2016.

CITY OF HOMER

                                                                                                         ____________________________________

                                                                                                         BRYAN ZAK, MAYOR

ATTEST:

JO JOHNSON, MMC, CITY CLERK

Fiscal Note: To be determined.