The Haines Chamber of Commerce last week submitted a grant application that, if awarded, could inject up to $3 million in the local economy. Chamber executive director Debra Schnabel submitted the “Community Development Investments” application to ArtPlace America last week. ArtPlace America will select one non-governmental organization from six regions “interested in sustainably incorporating arts and cultural […]
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Second, ’65-percent’ harbor plan out for review on Friday
The Haines Borough Assembly is looking into the cost of moving Lookout Park to keep it from being engulfed by a parking lot in the Small Boat Harbor expansion project. The assembly voted last week to have manager David Sosa get estimates from PND Engineers on the cost of moving the park farther south on the waterfront. […]
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Progress on back taxes
The Haines Borough has made progress on collecting back sales tax from three delinquent business owners it reported owed an estimated $229,000 in July 2014. The borough voted in July to authorize the municipality’s attorney to file suit against the Mosquito Lake lodge The Funny Farm, Community Waste Solutions/Haines Sanitation, and the food stand Hog Heaven. According […]
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Assembly: More work needed on tax-exempt rule
Nearly a dozen residents turned out at Tuesday’s Haines Borough Assembly meeting to roundly criticize an ordinance that would change how nonprofits apply and qualify for property tax exemptions. Supporters of nonprofits called the ordinance “messy,” “confusing,” “stiff” and “cumbersome,” saying the legislation would put undue financial and administrative hardship on organizations whose resources are already […]
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Assembly labors on Nelson appeal
After nearly 90 minutes of testimony and deliberation, the Haines Borough Assembly agreed to refund $600 of a $1,200 fine levied against a Skyline Estates property owner. The assembly voted 4-1 to refund half of the $1,200 fine manager David Sosa levied against property owner Paul Nelson when Nelson failed to meet the deadline for removing improperly-processed […]
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Nelson appeals $1,200 fine for glass fill on lot
The Haines Borough and resident Paul Nelson are once again locked in a dispute stemming from Nelson’s use of glass for fill on his Skyline Estates property. The assembly last week agreed to hear Nelson’s appeal of a $1,200 penalty staff assessed after determining Nelson hadn’t met the deadline for removing the broken glass from his property. […]
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Water, sewer rate increase effective May 1
The Haines Borough Assembly last week passed an ordinance increasing water and sewer rates by 5 percent annually for the next three years, despite suggestions by two assembly members that the increases should be steeper. The new rates go into effect May 1. The combined water/sewer rate for unmetered residential customers will gradually increase from $78.40 today […]
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Lari to leaders: To understand pot, observe use
A local marijuana advocate addressed the Haines Borough Assembly last week, urging the officials to either watch adults consume marijuana or partake in the substance themselves. On Tuesday, Feb. 24, the day marijuana officially became legal in Alaska, Dean Lari approached the assembly during the public comment period at the beginning of the meeting. Lari said he […]
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Board waits on 3 new school jobs
The Haines Borough school board Tuesday balked at a request by superintendent Ginger Jewell to advertise three, new full-time positions with the district. Members said they wanted to see the costs of the jobs included in budget figures they were to review for the first time at a workshop March 5. The board also: · gave partial support […]
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Harbor wait list is baloney
Here’s an interesting story. Go on the Haines Borough website, then go down to the departments section and click on ports and harbors. Then pull up the slip wait list. There’s a dead man on it. There are people who left town long ago. There are people who have no address, so how did the harbormaster send […]