Haines Borough interim manager Brad Ryan last week released his $12.3 million draft budget for the upcoming fiscal year, which includes cutting the long-vacant community and economic development director position and reinstituting an executive assistant to the manager.
Ryan referred to the document as “status quo” in many ways: most department budgets stayed flat or increased slightly (largely due to salary step increases), community chest money for nonprofits stayed at $32,500, and funding for a…