Mayor Stephanie Scott on Tuesday broke a tie vote of the Haines Borough Assembly to adopt an ordinance that removes code language mandating the municipality have a department of economic development and an economic development director.
Assembly members Debra Schnabel, Norm Smith and Joanne Waterman also voted in support of eliminating the department from code.
“I’ve been here long enough to say that this has always been a topic of contention,” Smith said. “How…
