Following an hour-long executive session, the Haines Borough Assembly voted 4-2 on Dec. 29 to make facilities director Brad Ryan interim municipal manager at pay equivalent to $96,000 per year.

Members George Campbell and Diana Lapham were opposed.

Under terms of a letter of agreement, Ryan will continue to also perform functions of his facilities position.

In separate votes, both Campbell and Lapham voted against Ryan’s hire and his contract terms. They said that the…