City Manager's Office

The Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) has announced that the City of Homer has again received GFOA’s Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for the FY24/25 Budget. The award represents a significant achievement, reflecting the Governing Body and Staff commitment to meeting the highest principles of governmental budgeting.

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.

On September 16, the State of Alaska issued a press release concerning the security breach during a cyber attack on DHSS which was first detected in May of 2021.

According to the Press Release, as soon as the attack was detected, DHSS immediately shut down systems to protect individuals’ information and deny further access by the attacker to DHSS data. Before DHSS implemented the shutdown, the attackers potentially had access to the following types of individuals’ information:

Homer Chamber of Commerce's Legislative Committee to Host Candidate Forum for Homer City Council Election

When:  Thursday, September 16, 2021 from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm

Where:  Land's End Resort - Quarter Deck Room

Meet the candidates for Homer City Council and have a chance to ask questions prior to the election October 5th. State and CDC COVID-19 Guidelines will be followed for the in-person meeting.  You can also Live Stream the event at HomerAlaska.org or Listen on KBBI AM 890.

Project Name: WOODARD CREEK CULVERT AT FAIRVIEW AVENUE 

Dates: July 31 to September 3, 2021

The 24/7 closure of the section of Fairview Avenue between Bartlett Street and Campground Road to foot and vehicular traffic for the Woodard Creek Culvert Replacement Project has been extended to September 3. Local access to businesses and property owners will be maintained.  Construction areas will be marked by barricades and road closure signage.  Please follow all designated traffic routes.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough is holding a public meeting about the Southern Kenai Peninsula’s Community Wildlife Protection Plan Friday, July 23rd at West Homer Elementary School from 4 pm to 6 pm.  You are invited to attend and give input on area wildfire planning, response and recovery.

Round up your broken or unused electronics to bring to Cook Inletkeeper's annual electronic recycling event on Saturday, May 3rd from 10 am to 2 pm at Spenard Builders Supply on Lake Street in Homer. Give your old tech a new life instead of having it end up in a landfill as hazardous e-waste materials.

A $15 donation for each TV, computer monitor and box of miscellaneous electronics is suggested to help offset the cost of recycling, however all items will be accepted regardless of the ability to pay.