MEMORANDUM

TO: Pete Sprague, Assembly President

Members, Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly

THRU: Dale Bagley, Mayor

FROM: Craig Chapman, Acting Finance Director

DATE: October 16, 2003

SUBJECT: Ordinance 2003-19-25, an ordinance approving the purchase of a new van for the Nikiski Senior Service Area at a cost not to exceed $32,000

Nikiski Senior Citizens, Inc. ("NSC"), the nonprofit corporation operating the senior center, has two vans it uses to provide transportation to seniors within the service area. One of the vans, a 1988 Astro, has traveled over 120,000 miles and is in need of replacement. NSC obtained quotes for a new van with a cost of $32,000.

The Nikiski Senior Service Area board at its October 8, 2003, meeting, authorized the use of fund balance for the purchase of this van. All expenditures for this project will be charged to account number 280.63190.00000.48310.