The Haines Borough Finance Committee this week recommended the assembly fund the Haines Animal Rescue Kennel animal control contract at $45,250 using savings from the townsite service area fund.

The recommendation would mean using $29,050 from the townsite service area’s roughly $1.3 million fund balance to bridge the gap between manager David Sosa’s proposed funding level of $16,200 and the $45,250 level, which is closer to what HARK has received in the past.

The $1.3…