Haines Borough Interim Manager Brad Ryan on Tuesday proposed a budget for the coming year that relies on a hopeful projection of state support and about $500,000 in savings to cover additional police and economic development, using only a smidgen of a tax increase.
Ryan penciled in $95,000 for the new Haines Economic Development Corporation and a 29 percent increase for the police department budget. The increase – $152,000 – includes funding a fifth officer,…