Should the Haines Borough manager be allowed to spend $25,000 without assembly approval?

The assembly discussed the question Tuesday of whether to increase the manager’s spending authorization limit from $10,000 to $25,000. The ordinance, which had its first public hearing, would also eliminate spending limits for department heads and other employees and change requirements for competitive sealed bids and regular written bids.

Under the code change, the manager would set the spending limits of the…