At its first budget discussion Tuesday, Haines Borough Assembly members and officials made suggestions including revisiting the possibility of building an $8 million “muniplex” and slashing the nonprofit “community chest” from $32,500 to $2,500.

No official action was taken at the meeting that reviewed the budget submitted by former interim borough manager Julie Cozzi.

The perennial question of funding for local nonprofits arose when assembly member George Campbell said he would prefer to cut the $32,500…