The Haines Borough will budget an additional $86,217 for employee health insurance costs in the upcoming fiscal year, an 18 percent increase from last year. The local government will pay $554,676 to care for its workers next year.

Following action at last week’s assembly meeting, the borough will pay $1,102 per employee per month, and workers will pay $252 monthly.

The borough received official notice May 24 from the Local 71 Trust, which provides health…