The Haines Borough Assembly narrowly advanced a ballot measure during its first public hearing Tuesday that would give voters the option to approve a 1 percent areawide sales tax increase to pay for a municipally managed solid waste program.
The ordinance would provide for “regulation, operation and management of a municipal solid waste program that pays for transfer and disposal of separated solid waste” that is estimated to cost between $350,000 to $450,000 annually.
The…
