Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska

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Budget
Meetings
Elected Officials
Administrative Officials
Permits, zoning
Audits
Contracts
Lobbying
Public records
Local taxes
County websites


The Kenai Peninsula Borough is one of sixteen organized boroughs in Alaska. Its borough seat is Soldotna.

The borough is one of seven second-class boroughs in the state.

The borough's population was 49,700 as of the 2000 census.

[edit] Website evaluation

Main article: Evaluation of Alaska borough websites

[edit] The good

  • Annual budgets are posted[1].
  • Contact information for the Assembly members and other elected officials is provided[2].
  • There are links to the agendas and audio of current and past Assembly meetings[3].
  • Building permit information is provided[4].
  • A form for requesting public records is available online[5].
  • Tax inquiries and payments can be made online[6] and sales tax information is also available[7].

[edit] The bad

  • Little contact information is available for many of the non-elected administrators, although their names are listed on various pages.
  • Contract opportunities are posted, but there are no actual contracts available online[8].
  • Lobbying affiliations are not listed.
  • Audits are not posted.

[edit] Taxes

This information is based on a report by the Alaska Office of the Assessor's 2008 report.[9]

Property tax Sales tax
2%/3%

[edit] External links


[edit] References

  1. ↑ Budgets
  2. ↑ Kenai Peninsula, Assembly, Mayor's office
  3. ↑ Meetings
  4. ↑ Building info
  5. ↑ Public Record Request
  6. ↑ Tax search
  7. ↑ Sales tax
  8. ↑ Contracting
  9. ↑ Alaska Office of the Assessor, Table 1: Type of Taxation for each Municipality
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