The Haines Borough paid biomass consultant Darsie Culbeck more than $3,600 in October, including $75 per hour for 16 hours traveling to and from his seasonal residence in Mexico for a “field trip” to Anchorage and Fairbanks.

Culbeck billed $1,200 in October for time he spent traveling and $1,800 for the three-day “field trip,” according to borough financial records. The borough also paid for his $882 plane ticket, hotel stays in Anchorage, Glennallen and Tok,…