The Haines Borough Personnel Committee will meet at 1 p.m. Monday to discuss manager Mark Earnest’s contract. The assembly voted at its Jan. 22 meeting to forward Earnest’s contract to the committee for review, after voting to give Earnest a “satisfactory” evaluation and extend his contract until June 2014. Assembly members Joanne Waterman, Steve Vick and Norm Smith comprise the personnel committee. […]
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Third Ave. project moving ahead
The Haines Borough and Chilkoot Indian Association are putting a combined $1.3 million toward Third Avenue improvements between Main Street and the Haines Highway. The improvements will include replacement of existing sidewalks and gutters and construction of new sidewalks and gutters along both sides of the street where currently there are none, said manager Mark Earnest. The existing […]
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Cozzi: Election change can’t happen this year
Though Haines Borough Assembly member Debra Schnabel said she is pushing to get a change in election procedures in place for the October municipal election, but clerk Julie Cozzi said such a goal is impossible. Even if the election ordinance passes according to schedule – it is set for a first public hearing Tuesday and adoption June 25 – […]
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Smoothing way to Porcupine: Borough approves road improvement work
Grading and other improvements to Porcupine Road started last week following increased agitation by commercial businesses and property owners requesting repairs. Porcupine Road, which splits off of Haines Highway at 26 Mile, extends eight miles into a mining and logging district where Constantine Metal Resources and other firms operate. Haines Borough public facilities director Carlos Jimenez […]
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Borough weighs bids of headhunting firms
Two headhunting firms proposing to find the Haines Borough a new police chief have submitted bids to manager Mark Earnest, who will forward them to the borough’s personnel committee for review Monday. The committee will meet at 1 p.m. to decide whether to recommend the assembly hire one of the firms in lieu of using the borough’s traditional […]
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Budget amended for museum, pool
The Haines Borough Assembly Tuesday approved changes to the manager’s proposed budget for the next fiscal year, including keeping the pool open year-round and increasing funding to the Sheldon Museum. The assembly also voted for the manager to provide a revised budget reflecting a combined 8 percent cut to the library, administration, finance and assessment/land management departments. […]
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Brown bears out; cyclist chased
A leisurely bike ride turned serious for cyclist Jacob Tuenge Friday evening, when a brown bear chased him about 30 yards down Lutak Road. The bear made only a “half-hearted” attempt to pursue him, Tuenge said, explaining how he was able to ride away from the encounter in one piece. “When it first happened I was almost […]
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Assembly to mull parking regs
Parking regulations for commercial development in the Haines townsite could soon be relaxed to allow adjacent, on-street parking to count toward parking space requirements. Businesses currently are required to provide a certain amount of off-street parking based on number of employees and their building’s square footage. A proposed ordinance, introduced at the Haines Borough Assembly meeting Tuesday, […]
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‘Muniplex’ plans discussed
Preliminary diagrams for a Haines Borough “muniplex” have sparked discussion among community leaders and members of the ad-hoc Master Plan Steering Committee over whether such a facility should include a fitness center for police and fire personnel and whether the building should be one or two stories. The committee has requested a cost estimate from Anchorage-based architect […]
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Appeals board upholds most Canary valuations
Members of the Haines Borough Assembly acting as the Board of Equalization (BOE) May 21 slogged through the second round of appeals for nearly four hours, tackling 14 cases of Haines residents unsatisfied with their 2013 property assessments. The board struggled to come to consensus several times, as only four board members were present, the minimum number […]