MEMORANDUM

TO: Pete Sprague, Assembly President

Members of the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly

THRU: Dale Bagley, Borough Mayor

Scott Holt, Finance Director

David Gibbs, Emergency Management Coordinator

FROM: Bonnie L. Golden, Grants Manager

DATE: May 20, 2004

SUBJECT: Ordinance No. 2003-19-051: Accepting and appropriating $7,100 from the Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management for the Kenai Peninsula Borough Local Emergency Planning Committee

The Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (ADHS) provides annual grants to each Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC). For fiscal year 2004 it provided baseline funding of $17,900 for the Kenai Peninsula Borough LEPC. Funds may be used for LEPC core activities such as support services, supplies, contractual services, and capital equipment expenditures. These funds were appropriated through enactment of KPB Ordinance 2003-19-21.

Recently, ADHS notified the Borough of additional funding that is available for the 2003/2004 fiscal year. The Borough has requested, and been awarded, $7,100 in supplemental funding. These funds will be used to reimburse the Borough for eligible LEPC expenses that have been incurred between July 1, 2003, and June 30, 2004. Because of the time frame for this grant, a shortened public hearing date is requested.

Attachments (ordinance; notification from ADHS&ES)