The Haines Borough Assembly is starting over with the search for a new manager after Tennessee real estate investor George Zoukee turned down the job last week. Assembly members met April 2 to discuss next steps. The meeting began with clerk and interim manager Alekka Fullerton withdrawing from consideration. Fullerton was one of four finalists selected from […]
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Assembly offers manager job to Zoukee
The Haines Borough Assembly voted this week 5-1 to offer George Zoukee the borough manager job. Zoukee and interim manager and borough clerk Alekka Fullerton were finalists for the job. A third candidate dropped out of the running this week. Mayor Douglas Olerud said the assembly offered Zoukee the position Tuesday and contract discussions began Wednesday. Zoukee spent […]
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Assembly narrows down manager applicants to four
Schnabel doesn’t make the cut Four Haines Borough manager candidates have advanced to the preliminary interview round after the Haines Borough Assembly met Monday in executive session to pare down a list of 12 applicants still under consideration. Former borough manager Debra Schnabel, who was fired without cause in May, applied for the position, but was rejected for an interview. […]
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12 applicants reviewed for manager job including Fullerton and Schnabel
The Haines Borough Assembly’s Personnel Committee reduced the list of manager applicants from 31 to 12 during a meeting held in executive session on Monday. The list includes four locals—interim manager and clerk Alekka Fullerton, former manager Debra Schnabel, Haines Borough school board member Brian Clay and new resident Michael York. By the Feb. 26 application deadline, the borough had received […]
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Mediation could cost $50,000 A $780,200 settlement offer from Pacific Pile & Marine was rejected by the Haines Borough Assembly Tuesday. Instead the group voted to enter non-binding mediation. The company originally sought $1.1 million last summer in additional funds for increased labor time and wear on its equipment, claiming the ocean floor was harder than described […]
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Assembly votes to advertise new manager hire
Eight months after the firing of then-manager Debra Schnabel, the Haines Borough is advertising for a new, permanent manager. On Tuesday, assembly members voted unanimously to approve an advertisement they refined over the course of several meetings in late December and early January, facilitated by consultant Lenise Henderson-Fontenot. “We had three Personnel Committee meetings, four (Committee of the […]
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Assembly plans to finalize manager advertisement by next regular meeting
The Haines Borough Assembly is picking up the pace of the manager hiring process. Over the course of two committee of the whole meetings held on Monday and Tuesday, assembly members revised manager advertisement language in preparation for posting the position in January. At the meetings, facilitated by consultant Lenise Henderson-Fontenot, the assembly adjusted language in the […]
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2020: Pandemic, natural disaster and upheaval
As I sat down to write the 2020 Year in Review, I thought: “I don’t want to relive this year, nor should anyone else.” But tradition dictates an annual recap, which if left unwritten, would end my positive relationship with CVN bookkeeper Jane Pascoe. Plus, the newspaper is a weekly black hole of white space […]
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Look local for borough manager candidates
CVN article by Ceri Godinez, Thursday December 3, 2020, titled: “Personnel Committee asks assembly to finalize borough manager hiring plan” CVN same article, last paragraph: “Interim borough manager and clerk Alekka Fullerton declined to participate in the November Personnel Committee meeting because she is considering applying for the position. Haines has been without a permanent […]
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Personnel Committee asks assembly to finalize borough manager hiring plan
The Haines Borough could begin accepting applications for a new, permanent manager as soon as this month if the assembly acts on a Personnel Committee recommendation made in late November. The committee is requesting that the assembly finalize a manager hiring plan at the regular assembly meeting on Dec. 8. At the November Personnel Committee meeting, members […]