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Sponsored Homer Ordinance 20-74, which required property owners connecting to the city water system to connect to the city sewer system as well; the council adopted it.

October 27, 2020Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: cityofhomer-ak.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Sponsored Homer Ordinance 20-14, which pushed the single-use plastic carryout bag compliance deadline from February 14, 2020 to September 15, 2020; the council adopted it.

April 14, 2020Opposes Environment and Public Health

Source: cityofhomer-ak.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Sponsored Homer Emergency Ordinance 20-18, which suspended the city's single-use plastic carryout bag ban for the duration of the COVID-19 state of emergency; the council adopted it the day it was introduced.

March 23, 2020Opposes Environment and Public Health

Source: cityofhomer-ak.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Sponsored Homer Ordinance 20-89, which rewrote the city budget code to move Homer onto a fiscal-year budget schedule and revised budget submission and assumption requirements; the council adopted it.

December 15, 2020Supports Government Efficiency

Source: cityofhomer-ak.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Sponsored Homer Ordinance 18-31, which appropriated $473,829 from the Police Station Reserve to fund 100 percent design of the new Homer police station contingent on voter approval of Proposition 1; the council adopted it.

July 24, 2018Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: cityofhomer-ak.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Sponsored Homer Ordinance 18-31, which appropriated $473,829 from the Police Station Reserve to fund 100 percent design of the new Homer police station contingent on voter approval of Proposition 1; the council adopted it.

July 24, 2018Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: cityofhomer-ak.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Sponsored Homer Ordinance 18-27(A), which appropriated $5,000 from the Police Station Reserve Fund for a public information campaign supporting the $5 million police station bond proposition and the sales tax increase to service it; the council adopted it.

May 15, 2018Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: cityofhomer-ak.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Sponsored Homer Ordinance 18-04, which defined employee-occupied recreational vehicles in city code and permitted them in the Marine Commercial and Marine Industrial zoning districts; the council adopted it.

February 12, 2018Supports Housing Affordability

Source: cityofhomer-ak.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Co-sponsored Homer Ordinance 20-55 with Councilmember Evensen, which sought to move $1.5 million from the Small Business Economic Relief Grant program to a Household Economic Relief Grant program during the COVID-19 downturn; the council rejected it.

August 24, 2020Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: cityofhomer-ak.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Co-sponsored Homer Ordinance 21-35, which rewrote city code on review of candidate qualifications, certification of elections, recounts and election contests; the council adopted it.

June 29, 2021Supports Election Integrity

Source: cityofhomer-ak.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Lead-sponsored Homer Ordinance 18-52, which amended city code to define more clearly how a plurality of votes is calculated in councilmember elections; the council adopted it.

January 15, 2019Supports Election Integrity

Source: cityofhomer-ak.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Lead-sponsored Homer Ordinance 20-06, which appropriated $750,000 from the general fund balance to restart the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers general investigation study for the Homer large vessel port expansion; the council adopted it.

February 11, 2020Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: cityofhomer-ak.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Co-sponsored Homer Ordinance 19-54(S-2)(A-2), which appropriated up to $50,000 from the HART fund to develop a wayfinding and streetscape plan for the city and established a task force to work with the consultant; the council adopted it.

December 10, 2019Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: cityofhomer-ak.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Sponsored Homer Ordinance 18-31, which appropriated $473,829 from the Police Station Reserve to fund 100 percent design of the new Homer police station contingent on voter approval of Proposition 1; the council adopted it.

July 24, 2018Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: cityofhomer-ak.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Sponsored Homer Ordinance 17-21, which appropriated $8,000 from the Homer Accelerated Roads and Trails program to build the Woodard Creek Upper Trail at Karen Hornaday Park; the council adopted it.

June 13, 2017Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: cityofhomer-ak.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Received the unanimous endorsement of the Alaska Republican Party's District 6 committee in the 2026 race for Alaska Senate District C; District 6 Chair George Hall cited his years of public service and adherence to party principles.

June 11, 2026

Source: alaskawatchman.com · researched July 31, 2026

Introduced Homer Ordinance 21-29 with Councilmember Hansen-Cavasos, which sought designated council seats for at-large members and a change to the percentage of votes required for election; the council rejected it.

May 24, 2021

Source: cityofhomer-ak.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Sponsored Homer Ordinance 20-64(A), which amended city code to clarify the duties and responsibilities of the Economic Development Advisory Commission; the council adopted it.

October 13, 2020

Source: cityofhomer-ak.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Sponsored Homer Ordinance 20-37, which extended the moratorium on professional office and medical clinic applications in the Residential Office district to September 15, 2020; the council adopted it.

July 28, 2020

Source: cityofhomer-ak.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Sponsored Homer Ordinance 19-49(S)(A), which imposed a six-month moratorium on applications for professional offices and medical clinics in the Residential Office district and directed the Planning Commission to recommend a medical district near South Peninsula Hospital; the council adopted it.

November 26, 2019

Source: cityofhomer-ak.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Introduced Homer Ordinance 19-48 with Councilmember Stroozas, which sought to redirect $35,000 from the HERC demolition study to a federal Economic Development Administration planning grant application; the council rejected it.

October 14, 2019

Source: cityofhomer-ak.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Lead-sponsored Homer Ordinance 19-22, which changed how building height is measured within areas of special flood hazard; the council adopted it.

May 29, 2019

Source: cityofhomer-ak.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Introduced Homer Ordinance 18-51, which sought to remove marijuana cultivation facilities from the permitted uses in the Central Business District; the council rejected it.

November 26, 2018

Source: cityofhomer-ak.gov · researched July 31, 2026

As a Homer city councilmember, sponsored Ordinance 17-20, which backed the Economic Development Advisory Commission's business retention and expansion program and appropriated up to $1,400 for public outreach; the council adopted it.

May 31, 2017

Source: cityofhomer-ak.gov · researched July 31, 2026