The Haines Borough Assembly on Tuesday approved adjustments to its 2022 budget, which expires Thursday, due to higher-than-expected fuel and heating costs as well as unusually heavy snowfall last winter that drove up snow removal costs.
Public works expenditures were $84,500 higher than anticipated because of increased motor fuel prices and snow removal expenses.
Utilities were also $60,080 over budget, due mostly to “increased heating costs” – the bulk of which were incurred from March…
