In contrast to Haines, small Southeast communities including Yakutat, Craig, Wrangell, Petersburg and Skagway have no language regarding their managers making decisions affecting the financial interest of their immediate family members.

Codes of larger communities, including Ketchikan and Sitka, do prohibit managers from making decisions that would result in financial gain for an “immediate family member,” which includes siblings.

Juneau’s code does not include siblings as immediate family members.

Kathy Wasserman, executive director of the…