Funding formula based on population for second consecutive year
The Haines Borough manager’s draft budget for the next fiscal year includes a sizable transfer from the areawide general fund to the townsite service area fund to cover police responses to emergencies outside the townsite.
The transfer in the draft budget — $177,223 — is up by about $10,000 from the current fiscal year and $120,000 from the year before that. Prior to 2020, the borough…

