The Haines Borough Assembly May 11 voted 4-3 against giving themselves a $50 per meeting raise, with a $500 per month raise for the mayor.

Under the proposed plan, assembly members also would have been compensated $50 for budget committee workshops required each year.

Mayor Jan Hill cast the tie-breaking vote. She voted the raise down because she felt a pay increase should have more assembly support. “It just didn’t seem the assembly was…