MEMORANDUM

TO: Pete Sprague, Assembly President

Members, Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly

FROM: Betty Glick, Assembly Member

DATE: June 26, 2003

SUBJECT: Ordinance 2003-24 approving the proposed budget for funds for the Arctic Winter Games Host Society

In Resolution 2003-044, the assembly required that the mayor submit a budget for assembly approval by ordinance for the expenditure of funds by the Arctic Winter Games Host Society. The host society is in the early stages of formation and is probably unable to predict precisely how much money will be required for the proposed expenditures. Additionally, requiring assembly approval for the proposed budget of this nonprofit corporation is, in my view, an administrative and not legislative function. The assembly does not require other organizations to submit budgets for its approval prior to authorization to expend the money. Such organizations include the senior citizen centers, CARTS, the Kenai Peninsula Tourism and Marketing Council, the Economic Development District, Inc., Cook Inlet Salmon Branding, Inc., Funny River Emergency Services, Inc., and other similar organizations receiving borough funds within the last few years. Instead the administration monitors the use of borough funds and advises the assembly. Accordingly, I respectfully request that the assembly amend Ordinance 2003-24 as follows:

Amendment:

That Section 1 be amended by deleting the existing language and inserting the following:

That the requirement contained in Section 3 of Resolution 2003-044 that a budget for the host society be submitted to the assembly for approval by ordinance, is hereby repealed.

That the title of the ordinance be amended by deleting reference to approving the proposed budget, to read as follows:

AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE KENAI PENINSULA BOROUGH TO EXERCISE POWERS NECESSARY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE 2006 ARCTIC WINTER GAMES

Your approval of these amendments would be appreciated.