Residents of a large section of the Western Kenai Peninsula will have Ballot Measure 1 before them during next month’s municipal election. If approved, it would create a new emergency services area to encompass Anchor Point, Ninilchik and all points in between.
The proposition was the topic on Wednesday morning’s Coffee Table with Kathleen Gustafson on KBBI.
The push to create a combined “Western Emergency Service Area” came when the Ninilchik Volunteer Fire Department, a private non-profit organization, experienced staffing and volunteer issues.
Needless to say, there are plenty of questions, such as these from listener Christine in Anchor Point.
“Well, I'm kind of wondering since they're going to be merging the two areas, how much of the administration will be merged and therefore money made available by cutting certain administrative positions. Like we won't need to fire chiefs, obviously. We won't need two service boards, obviously.