The City of Kenai will purchase new floats for the city dock and repair its concrete ramp using funds left over from three other completed projects after approval last week of a resolution appropriating nearly $356,000 to the project.

The resolution was adopted by unanimous consent during the Kenai City Council’s Jan. 15 meeting. City Manager Terry Eubank said the largest share of the funds comes from a state grant of $1.9 million received in 2014 to construct a new roadway for access to Kenai’s south beach. After that project was completed, remaining funds were distributed to four projects, installation of new vault restrooms at north and south beach; construction of access shacks for beach access during the personal use dipnet fishery; construction of a bypass lane on the same street and installation of new bathrooms at the Kenai Little League Fields.

Of those, all but the new bathrooms at the fields have been completed. According to the text of the resolution, a total of $355,700.84 is redirected to the city dock float replacement and concrete ramp repairs, including the $125,000 that previously was directed to the Little League bathrooms.

The funds previously allocated to the bathrooms, Eubank said, likely are insufficient.

“Just judging by what the borough is now spending on a similar type of structure over at the high school — at $150,000 we’d be lucky if we could get the design done,” he said. “I don’t think the $355,000 is anywhere near sufficient to build the restroom that was envisioned for Kenai Little League. So, if that’s a priority, we can certainly look at other opportunities and funding sources down the road to do that work.”

With the funding reallocated to the dock project, Kenai Public Works Director Lee Frey said they’d work within the next month to get the purchase of floats out to bid. Floats, which are located between concrete ramps, are floating sections of dock used to secure boats, Eubank explained via text Thursday. The concrete repair work will come later, after the city knows how much money remains.

“It’s going to be tough to do anything prior to dipnetting season,” he said. “It’s possible we could get it this fall, but it might be next spring.”

The full text of the resolution can be found at kenai.city. A recording of the meeting and the is available on the City of Kenai Public Meetings YouTube channel.

Reach reporter Jake Dye at jacob.dye@peninsulaclarion.com.

Note: This story was updated with additional information Thursday.