The Haines Borough Assembly voted Tuesday to keep lobbyist Bill Thomas on the job until June, to advertise for a permanent borough manager in Alaska only and to award a $71,000 marine mammal monitoring contract to proHNS, a local engineering firm.
Thomas, 69, is a commercial fisherman and former state legislator who worked last year as borough lobbyist for $45,000. He’ll be paid about $22,000 for a half-year’s work.
Assembly members Tresham Gregg and Tom…
