Haines dispatcher Max Jusi has been recommended to fill the vacant officer position on the police force. However, the next step in the process—the actual hiring—is on hold while the assembly considers a boroughwide hiring freeze.
A panel composed of borough staff including Celeste Grimes, Tim Holm, Josh Dryden and manager Debra Schnabel endorsed Jusi’s hire after interviews with Jusi and the other applicant for the job, Dave Ewald, a police officer in Arizona. The…