The Haines Borough Personnel Committee is playing musical chairs following a realization that the committee can only have three assembly members – not four – according to borough code.
The make-up of the committee came under scrutiny after a recent vote to recommend Mayor Jan Hill serve as acting manager for a month. An examination of code revealed the committee shall have three members, not the four – Margaret Friedenauer, Mike Case, Diana Lapham and Ron Jackson – that Hill had originally appointed.
At last week’s assembly meeting, assembly member Tresham Gregg pointed out the committee had more members than allowed, and asked the issue be addressed. Hill said she planned to randomly determine which member to remove, but Gregg asked the decision be made in public.
Hill drew Case’s name out of a hat, apparently removing him from the committee.After the meeting, however, Lapham apparently resigned from the committee and Case was reinstated as chair.
The current committee consists of Case, Friedenauer and Jackson.