South Kenai Peninsula Hospital Service Area
South Peninsula Hospital is a non-profit hospital that was founded in 1956, then as a three-bed PUD (public utility district). It has grown over sixty years into a state-of-the-art critical access hospital with 9 ER beds, 3 birthing center beds, and 18 acute care beds, with an attached Long Term Care and numerous ancillary clinics and medical offices. The hospital is the result of a unique partnership between the Kenai Peninsula Borough (service-area tax support for the facility and capital investments), City of Homer (for the land), and SPH, Inc., (the non-profit organization which provides the healthcare).
The hospital is governed by a nine member Board of Directors. An elected Service Area Board provides public recommendation on capital spending with tax dollars and scope of services. The hospital employs over 500 local residents, and is the area’s largest employer, contributing over $20,000,000 annually into the local economy in payroll alone. That, combined with service contracts, materials acquisition and leases, creates significant impact to the southern peninsula’s economic well-being.
Visit the South Peninsula Hospital website
Service Area Boundaries and Establishing Ordinance
Boundaries
View GIS map of the South Kenai Peninsula Hospital Service Area boundaries
View South Kenai Peninsula Hospital Service Area boundary description
Established by Ordinance 69-4
View South Kenai Peninsula Hospital Service Area establishing ordinance
View current KPB Code of Ordinances Chapter 16.24
Board Meeting Information and Documents
Meetings are held on the second Thursday of each month at 6:30 pm in the Hospital Conference Room or otherwise noted below. Meetings will not be held, unless necessary, in the months of June & July.
The SPH Service Area Board will hold its next meeting on:
March 13, 2025 at 6:30 pm (Committee of the Whole 5:30pm)
FY2026 Budget Supporting Documents
You are welcome to attend in-person in the South Peninsula Hospital conference room or, if preferred, virtually via Zoom.
To join the Zoom meeting, visit: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86958362018
To attend the Zoom meeting by telephone call toll-free 1-888-788-0099 or 1-877-853-5247 and enter the Meeting ID: 869 5836 2018
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Find additional Service Area Board meeting information and materials in the Reference Library.
Service Area Board Members
Seat A
Kathryn Ault
Board Member
PO Box 872
Homer, AK 99603
Term Expires: 10/2027
Seat B
Helen Armstrong
Chair
410 Crestwood Cir.
Homer, AK 99603
Term Expires: 10/2027
Seat C
Lynda W. Reed
Board Member
PO Box 1969
Homer, AK 99603
Term Expires: 10/2027
Seat D
Roberta Highland
Vice Chair
PO Box 2460
Homer, AK 99603
Term Expires: 10/2026
Seat E
Francie Roberts
Board Member
495 Mountain View Dr.
Homer, AK 99603
Term Expires: 10/2026
Seat F
Tamara Fletcher
Board Member
4310 Heidi Ct.
Homer, AK 99603
Term Expires: 10/2026
Seat G
Tim Daugharty
Board Member
PO Box 1683
Homer, AK 99603
Term Expires: 10/2025
Seat H
Amber Cabana
Board Member
PO Box 26
Homer, AK 99603
Term Expires: 10/2025
Seat I
Ralph E. Broshes
Board Member
PO Box 1445
Homer, AK 99603
Term Expires: 10/2025