City Manager's Office

Winter’s gift of snow and ice takes an unforgiving toll on our streets, making spring months a particularly bad time for potholes. Our warm spring-like weather lately is a welcome reprieve from winter’s cold and snow, but it also brings something much less welcome, an increase in the number of potholes, and with it, pothole accidents.  

The City of Homer recently renewed its status as a TsunamiReady Community.

Now we can visualize the future of the HERC site!  Stantec will be presenting the conceptual site and building plans during the regular Council Meeting on February 28. This unveiling will kick off two months of public comment opportunities and community conversations.

City leaders welcomed Senator Lisa Murkowski and US Coast Guard Rear Admiral Nathan Moore to Homer on Wednesday, January 26th.  Senator Murkowski came to tour the harbor to see the need for the large vessel expansion and meet with Mayor Castner and City staff to discuss various City infrastructure projects and possible federal funding opportunities. The discussion covered City water and sewer projects, erosion mitigation projects and of course Homer Large Vessel Port Expansion project.

Congratulations to the City of Homer Finance department for receiving the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for the FY22/23 Budget from Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA). The award is the highest form of recognition in governmental budgeting, and reflects the commitment of staff and City Council to meet the highest principles of governmental budgeting.

Thank you Homer!

Nearly 500 surveys were completed that expressed your priorities for recreation and ideas for the redevelopment of the HERC site.  More than 30 businesses voiced interest in using a new facility and City staff is busy making follow up phone calls this week.

This is a reminder that while the State of Alaska will allow all-terrain vehicles to be driven on some public roads with speed limits of 45 mph or less beginning January 1, 2022,

On Friday, October 8^th, the Canvass Board counted absentee, special needs and question ballots to confirm the outcome of Homer's October 5th Regular Municipal Election and issue the Certificate of Election. 

After City Council approved and accepted the Certified election results at their October 11^th meeting, City Clerk Melissa Jacobsen oversaw the swearing-in of three Homer City Council members.

The Alaska Redistricting Board will be holding a Public Meeting in Homer on Wednesday, October 13^th from 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm at the Best Western Bidarka Inn at 575 Sterling Highway.  

Members of the Redistricting Board will be at the meeting to present and receive public feedback on the six proposed Redistricting Plans for reshaping the state’s electoral map.  Large printed maps will be on display at the meeting.  

Attached is the City of Homer's 2022-2027 Capital Improvement Plan, or CIP for short.  

The CIP provides information on capital projects identified as priorities for the Homer community.  The projects included in the City of Homer’s CIP were compiled with input from the public, area-wide agencies, and City staff, as well as various advisory commissions serving the City of Homer.

Descriptions of City projects include ways the project will benefit the community, cost and schedule information and a priority designation Level 1 (highest), 2 or 3.