An ordinance that would have increased the Haines Borough manager’s emergency spending limit to $50,000 was dead on arrival last week when an assembly vote failed to introduce the legislation.
A motion to introduce the ordinance failed 3-2, with members Tresham Gregg and George Campbell opposed. Assembly member Mike Case was absent. Motions need at least four votes to pass.
The ordinance, recommended by interim manager Brad Ryan, would have allowed the manager to enter…
