PERS termination study for Sheldon Museum approved by borough

The Haines Borough Assembly approved a PERS termination study for the Haines Sheldon Museum, a necessary first step in the board of trustees’ plan to turn the museum into a nonprofit separate from the borough.

The study, a requirement under state law when a municipality eliminates a department, will tell the borough and the board how expensive it will be to transition current borough employees to a staff entirely overseen by the nonprofit. At present,…