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The Kenai Peninsula Borough
was incorporated in 1964 as a second-class borough under the
authority of the State of Alaska Borough Act of 1961. The
Borough's governmental responsibilities are comparable to those
of a county. The five first-class and home-rule cities in the
borough are Kenai, Soldotna, Homer, Seldovia, and Seward. Other
locally governed communities include Kachemak City and the
native villages of Tyonek, Port Graham, and Nanwalek |
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| Tax assessment and collection,
education, solid waste disposal, planning and zoning, 911
communications, senior citizen funding, and college funding are all
responsibilities carried out by the Borough government on a area-wide
basis. In larger communities, planning and zoning duties have been
delegated to the municipalities. The Borough provides for, on a service
area basis: hospitals, fire protection, recreation, road maintenance and
construction, and emergency medical and ambulance services. On a
non-area-wide basis, which includes areas outside the cities, ports and
harbors and special assessment authority for utility line extensions are
offered. |
