Mayor Hill reins in parks committee

Haines Borough Mayor Jan Hill is putting her foot down over what she sees as the Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee’s overreach on the Small Boat Harbor expansion project.

Tension between the committee and the mayor’s “waterfront aesthetics subcommittee” arose in April when the Port and Harbor Advisory Committee called a joint meeting with Parks and Rec to discuss Lookout Park.

At the April 26 assembly meeting, member Ron Jackson pointed out the aesthetics…