Study suggests borough to owe $500,000 if museum separates

The Haines Borough has received a report from the Haines Sheldon Museum PERS termination study conducted this winter. Based on the study, chief fiscal officer Jila Stuart estimates the borough will remain on the hook for roughly $500,000 over the next 18 years if the museum’s board of trustees moves forward with the plan to turn the institution into a nonprofit, completely separate from the borough.

In January, the Haines Borough Assembly approved the roughly…