Haines Borough Manager Debra Schnabel will prepare next year’s budget without incorporating Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s proposed spending plan that would cut an estimated $1.7 million of state revenue to the borough.

“Basically, the assembly would like me to start looking at things that could be cut, small and big, but we are not going to develop a budget that has a strong deviation from what we are doing now. We’re not going to be responsive…