The Haines Borough Assembly Tuesday accepted the manager’s recommendation to hire Darsie Culbeck as the new community and economic development director. The assembly voted 4-1 to approve manager David Sosa’s recommendation. Assembly member George Campbell was opposed. Sosa said he would be meeting with Culbeck Thursday to discuss whether Culbeck will accept the job. The job’s starting […]
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Voters to decide ’40-percent rule’ to elect
Residents will vote on four ballot measures this fall, including whether to remove a section of the Haines Borough Charter that mandates election candidates must receive at least 40 percent of the vote to be seated. Measure 1 will ask voters if they want to remove the “40-percent rule” from borough’s charter. The rule requires assembly candidates […]
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Thanks for effort that created mural
Last year, Debra Schnabel of Lynn Canal Corporation approached the Haines Borough School District with a wonderful idea for creating a colorful mural on the plain, gray concrete wall at the elementary school entrance on Main Street. The joyful mural that welcomes students to the school was the result of the efforts of many people. Artist Cara Murray persevered through the rain and wind, painting under a blue tarp tent […]
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Report honestly on ex-employees?
Haines Borough Assembly member Debra Schnabel last week submitted for the assembly’s consideration a policy statement that would discourage the borough from entering into nondisclosure agreements with employees who leave their jobs with an unfavorable work history. Schnabel called for the policy at a July meeting, prompted by the borough’s negotiation of nondisclosure agreements with former police […]
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Proposal would change waste management
The Haines Borough is looking at getting into the waste management business. Assembly member Debra Schnabel recently submitted a draft solid waste management ordinance to the municipality’s commerce committee for consideration. Her 17-page document proposes every residence, business, nonprofit, government and harbor slip holder in the borough either pay for curbside garbage collection or pay a lower rate to […]
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Assembly rolls for corporate interest
It’s not unusual for the Haines Borough Assembly to balk when outside “big government” folks try to tell our community what to do. But apparently that irritation doesn’t apply when big corporate interests are giving marching orders. On Aug. 12, the assembly reversed its earlier decision to establish a moratorium on additional tours at Chilkoot Lake and approved Alaska […]
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Five candidates seek 2 seats on assembly
As of Wednesday’s 5 p.m. deadline, five candidates had filed for two open seats on the Haines Borough Assembly. Residents Jerry Erny, Ron Jackson, Joe Parnell, Mario Benassi and Mike Case will appear on the ballot Oct. 7 vying for three-year seats held by assembly members Debra Schnabel and Jerry Lapp, who are not seeking re-election. Interested candidates can […]
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Pool, locker rooms removed from bonding effort
Voters likely won’t get to decide this year whether they want to bond for $784,000 in repairs to the Haines High School locker rooms. The Haines Borough Assembly voted unanimously Tuesday to remove high school locker rooms from an ordinance that – if passed – would put $3.9 million in school capital improvements projects on the Oct. […]
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Assembly flip-flops on tour moratorium
A moratorium on Chilkoot River corridor tour permits ended Tuesday after the Haines Borough Assembly reversed its July 29 decision and issued a canoe tour permit to Alaska Mountain Guides. The assembly voted 4-2 to reconsider the motion passed at the July 29 meeting, which postponed action on the AMG permit and placed a moratorium on Chilkoot […]
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School OKs system for tracking visitors
On a 4-3 vote, the Haines Borough school board on Tuesday approved a new, electronic security program for tracking visitors to the Haines School, including printed badges for school-day visitors and an instant alarm notifying administrators of “unwanted visitors.” The Hall Pass School Visitor Management System will cost $1,365. It advertises that it “instantly compares school visitor identification […]