Pending contract negotiations, Annette Kreitzer will start Oct. 1.

After a 15-month process that included two rounds of searches and a job offer that was turned down in March, the Haines Borough might finally have a permanent manager.

The borough assembly voted unanimously Tuesday to offer the job, pending contract negotiations, to Annette Kreitzer, the remaining applicant after the other finalist withdrew earlier this month.

A retired Juneau resident, Kreitzer spent 18 years working as…