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On January 24th, Library Director Dave Berry gave Councilmembers and community members alike a tour of the Homer Public Library. Below provides a brief overview of the fun facts learned while walking through the building.

Yesterday, City of Homer Public Works equipment operators and Water/Sewer operators responded to a water main break on Lake Street in Homer.  The break was first reported to Public Works at 1:30 pm by a citizen who noticed water coming out of the ground across the street from Ulmer’s.  A line monitoring check confirmed the break, showing water flowing at 350 gallons per minute.

At the September 23^rd City Council Meeting, Council adopted the 2020-2025 Capital Improvement Plan, or CIP for short.

Attached is the City of Homer's 2020-2025 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.

The City of Homer is pleased to welcome Mark Kirko as the new Fire Chief for the Homer Volunteer Fire Department.

Mr. Kirko currently serves as Fire Chief/CEO for North Whidbey Fire & Rescue in Oak Harbor, Washington where his duties on Whidbey Island include supervising six career staff and seventy-six part time and on-call volunteer firefighters and EMS providers.  He brings 34 years of experience in fire service to the position, with twenty-five of those years in Alaska. 

On Friday, May 17, artist Jeffrey Dean of Creative Fires Studio in Homer unveiled a new piece of public art in the pocket park next to the Homer Volunteer Fire Department.

This summer marks the 50^th anniversary of the first American astronauts blasting into space to explore the moon.  Most of us won’t fly to the moon, but we can still get there — and anywhere else we dream of going — inside books.  Summer@HPL, themed The Universe of Stories encourages children and adults to explore the universe of stories available to them through the local library.

In mid-April, Safewise released their annual findings on Alaska's five safest city's.  For the second consecutive year, Homer ranks as the second safest city in Alaska, behind Sitka.  Palmer, Unalaska and Ketchikan finish out the top five slots. 

Safewise (an independent review and comparison company dedicated to providing consumers with information and educational materials about home security systems and techniques) bases its rankings on the most recent FBI report.

The City of Homer is pleased to announce that David Berry will be Homer Public Library’s new director, replacing retiring director Ann Dixon as of May 1.

National Drug Take Back Day encourages you to clean out your cabinets of drugs of any type: prescription, over-the-counter or illegal, expired, unused, or unwanted drugs--including prescription drugs for pain, like opioids, or vitamins, samples, even medications for pets.  Do your part!