The Haines Borough Assembly set its 2020 operating budget on Tuesday, adopting a significantly lower property tax mill rate than the manager’s proposed budget based on a gamble the state will fully fund debt services owed to the borough.
The school debt reimbursement program that provides the borough about $1 million a year to pay back school construction costs is the largest threat to the borough in Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s proposed budget cuts.
In his…
