Haines Borough Assembly members and residents this week responded to Mayor Jan Hill’s statement describing the community as the most “hateful and vindictive” as she has seen it during her lifetime. Hill’s prepared statement, which she read at Tuesday’s assembly meeting, criticized citizen behavior and allegations. “In all my life here, through good times and bad, I […]
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Ryan chosen as interim manager
The Haines Borough Assembly voted Tuesday to hire public facilities director Brad Ryan as interim manager, though details of the offer have yet to be worked out. Ryan said in an interview Wednesday he was “shocked” the assembly decided to hire him so abruptly. “I just thought there was a process lined out that they were going […]
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Year marked by citizen involvement
Heightened citizen participation marked 2015, a year in which residents challenged municipal leaders on a range of issues, and seemingly small matters spawned prolonged debates. Harbor expansion plans and a proposed minor offenses ordinance touched off months of give-and-take, but residents also raised questions about borough meeting procedures, funding for studies of helicopter noise and […]
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Ski petitioner pushing case
Haines resident Erik Stevens said this week he has collected about 140 signatures in support of removing a section of Haines Borough code that prohibits skiing on town roads, some sidewalks and in Lookout Park. Stevens presented the petition at a recent meeting of the ad hoc minor offenses committee, but was told by committee members Mike […]
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Closed areas opened for freeride
Despite letters of opposition from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, the Chilkat Indian Village and numerous residents, the Haines Borough Assembly on Tuesday agreed to open two areas outside of the borough-approved heli-ski map for an international ski and snowboard competition. The assembly voted 5-1 to allow the Freeride World Tour access to the “Chunny” […]
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Executive sessions close door on public
In the past month, the Haines Borough Assembly and its committees have met four times in closed-door sessions. According to a public notice, the assembly’s Personnel Committee may go into another executive session Friday to discuss interim manager applications, bringing that number to five. Some assembly members have questioned the practice or expressed concern about the lack […]
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Ryan among 7 manager hopefuls
Haines Borough public facilities director Brad Ryan is among seven candidates who submitted applications for the interim manager position by the Dec. 4 deadline. In his cover letter, Ryan asked the assembly to reject the idea of hiring an executive search firm to recruit its next permanent manager. “I would like to conclude by urging […]
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Sledding hill ready for action
The new Mount Riley Road sledding hill is cleared of stumps, smoothed out, and ready to go. The only thing missing is snow. In May 2014, the Haines Borough Assembly agreed to put $8,000 toward the creation of a sledding hill running parallel to Mount Riley Road. The project also required use of a tract of borough […]
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Committee reshuffled
The Haines Borough Personnel Committee is playing musical chairs following a realization that the committee can only have three assembly members – not four – according to borough code. The make-up of the committee came under scrutiny after a recent vote to recommend Mayor Jan Hill serve as acting manager for a month. An examination of code revealed the committee […]
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Culbeck enriches himself at our expense
Appearance is everything. And, by all appearances, Darsie Culbeck continues to use the Haines Borough to enrich himself at other residents’ expense. Previously, he would leave his job as executive assistant to work for Constantine Metal Resources whenever it suited him. Now, we pay for him to travel from his winter home in Mexico to Alaska and […]