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CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA
RESOLUTION 2003-025
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEWARD,
ALASKA, SUPPORTING AN AMENDMENT TO KPB 2.60 CLARIFYING
EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY AND REVISING
MEMBERSHIP ON THE E-911 BOARD
WHEREAS, in 1985, pursuant to AS 29.35.130, the Kenai Peninsula Borough enacted
ordinance 84-75, authorizing the establishment of an emergency communications (911) system
outside of the cities in the borough and within those cities that relinquished their emergency
communications (911) powers to the borough; and
WHEREAS, that ordinance does not make it clear whether dispatch services are assumed by
the borough or the cities; and
WHEREAS, the City of Seward and all other home rule and first class cities relinquished
their emergency communications powers to the borough; and
WHEREAS, while currently all 911 calls are received by the Alaska State Trooper E-911
office and manually routed to the applicable city dispatch center, new technology allows for the
automatic routing of911 calls to the appropriate local dispatch center; and
WHEREAS, such automatic routing would shorten the time it takes to receive and process a
911 call and in such emergencies a few seconds can be critical; and
WHEREAS, the proposed ordinance would clarify that the borough is authorized to
automatically route 911 calls to the cities and retain dispatch service authority; and
WHEREAS, due to concern about the Open Meetings Act, the Office of Emergency
Management would prefer not to be represented on the board so that office personnel may more
easily communicate with the board members without holding a "public meeting."
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SEWARD, ALASKA that:
Section 1. The City of Seward supports an ordinance amending KPB 2.60 as described
above and as indicated on the attached draft ordinance marked as Attachment "A."
Section 2. This resolution shall take affect immediately upon its adoption.
PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the city of Seward, Alaska, this 10TH day of
March, 2003.
CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA
RESOLUTION 2002-025
THE CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA
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Stu Clark, Mayor
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AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Branson, Orr, Dunham, Valdatta, Shafer, Amber, Clark
None
None
None
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