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It could be a long night Tuesday as the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly tackles an agenda scheduling a dozen public hearings.

A few involve sizeable expenditures, others cover land conveyances, acquisitions and leases.

One of the larger expenditures is in Ordinance 2008-19-23, which would spend $550,000 from the Nikiski Fire Service Area's capital projects fund for a new type A fire engine.

The service area is actually replacing two older engines. An earlier ordinance approved spending money written into the state's 2009 capital budget to cover the cost of the first. The service area is now in the bid process for acquiring the new engines. Bids are due by Nov. 20.

The new engines will be divided between the service area's two main stations. Once they're on line, the old engines will be shipped to the villages of Tyonek and Beluga across Cook Inlet.

Another large appropriation is in Ordinance 2008-19-30, which would spend a $523,750 grant from the Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management for emergency response activities. The money will purchase, install and provide training on a boroughwide computer-aided dispatch system, or "CAD," as well as development and implementation of a community-wide all-hazards disaster drill with Central Peninsula Hospital.

Ordinance 2008-19-32 would spend $848,075 of Central Peninsula Hospital Service Area funds to purchase equipment for Central Peninsula Hospital, including $726,845 for IT infrastructure replacement and upgrade, $90,000 to resurface and expand a parking lot, and $31,230 for a Bioness Ness H200 hand rehab system and L300 foot drop system, equipment used by patients who have lost the use of an arm or leg due to stroke or other neurological disorder.

Ordinance 208-19-24 would spend $85,000 in the Seward-Bear Creek Flood Service Area for hiring a project manager/engineer.

Other measures up for public hearing Tuesday include:

* Ordinance 2008-19-25, which would amend Central Peninsula Hospital's FY 2009 budget to reflect changes to the service area's capital budget;

* Ordinance 2008-19-28, which would appropriate $22,000 in supplemental funding to buy supplies and equipment for the Kachemak Emergency Service Area;

* Ordinance 2008-19-29, which would authorize acquisition of real property at 38910 Sterling Highway for a Central Emergency Services fill site and future fire station;

* Ordinance 2008-19-31, which would appropriate a state grant of $25,0000 for the Kenai Peninsula Citizen Corps Program;

* Ordinance 2008-26, which would convey 0.49 acres of land to the city of Homer;

* Ordinance 2008-30, which would approve the Funny River Grove local option zoning district as Single Family Residential;

* Ordinance 2008-31, which would add an addendum to the option to lease Ladd Landing between the Kenai Peninsula Borough and PacRim Coal LP to remove the 90-day notice requirement for exercising the option; and

* Ordinance 2008-32, which would authorize a negotiated sale at other than fair market value of approximately 186 acres to the Snowshoe Gun Club.

Hal Spence can be reached at hspence@ptialaska.net.