Water damage in the Kenai Senior Center overhang halts work and adds $45,000

Contractors found structural water damage inside the Kenai Senior Center's entry overhang while re-tarring and re-roofing it, and the repair will now take all the siding off the structure. The work is on hold.

Senior Services Director Kathy Romain told the Kenai Council on Aging Commission on Thursday, Sept. 10, that contractors "got in it and found structural damage to it from the water." A change order, a contract amendment adding cost, would follow, she said: "The only thing that we leave in place are the beams."

Ordinance No. 3545-2026 would move $45,000 from the general fund to replace the joists carrying the roof. Public Works Director Lee Frey asked the council to pass it in one night so repairs can finish this season. The public hearing on the supplemental funding is Wednesday, Sept. 16, at 6 p.m.

The canopy roof dates to 1983. "So it's done pretty well," Romain said. "And it's time."

The council awarded the work to Orion Construction in July, bundled with the Animal Control roof, and added $110,000. The contract sets completion for Oct. 31.