The Haines Borough put together a parking plan for Port Chilkoot Dock this week after residents reacted angrily to warning tickets they received for parking at the dock when no ship was in port. “They paved paradise and put up a parking lot,” resident Dick Flegel said last weekend. “Now you cannot even park in it.” Under […]
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Eleven seek assembly seat
Eleven people applied for an interim appointment to fill Greg Goodman’s vacated Haines Borough Assembly seat. John Brower, Dave Canipe, Debora Gordon, Jono Greene, Gary Hess, Karen Hess, Wayne Hirsch, Jon Hirsh, Brad Maynard, JoAnn Ross Cunningham and Norm Smith submitted letters of interest by Wednesday’s deadline. Assembly members are set to make the appointment at a special meeting […]
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Survey: Rec center wanted most
Survey results presented at Friday’s Haines Borough comprehensive plan town hall meeting showed strong support for a community recreation center, road maintenance and improvement and Small Boat Harbor upgrades. “When we have elections in town, the community is split right down the middle,” said resident Thad Stewart. “The survey, to me, says that maybe we can find […]
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New benches, tables, cans out
The Haines Borough has placed new picnic tables, benches and bear-proof garbage cans around town in recent weeks. Borough facilities director Brad Maynard said the borough’s public works department built 10 picnic tables this winter, and a few have been placed on the beach between Lookout Park and the Port Chilkoot Dock. The borough also purchased 10 […]
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Borough health costs up 18 percent
The Haines Borough will budget an additional $86,217 for employee health insurance costs in the upcoming fiscal year, an 18 percent increase from last year. The local government will pay $554,676 to care for its workers next year. Following action at last week’s assembly meeting, the borough will pay $1,102 per employee per month, and workers will […]
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Smith, Hess seek seats on assembly
Letters of interest for an interim appointment to the Haines Borough Assembly are due at the borough office by 5 p.m. Wednesday, June 8. The assembly has scheduled a special meeting 6 p.m. Monday, June 13, to make the appointment to the assembly seat Greg Goodman vacated last month following a Juneau Superior Court ruling that he […]
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Effort aims to end 1 percent tour tax
Resident Sally McGuire this week said she is preparing to collect signatures for a ballot initiative to abolish the Haines Borough’s 1 percent municipal sales tax for tourism promotion and economic development. “I’m not opposed to tourism,” McGuire said. “I’m truly not. I think it’s done some really good things; I just don’t like having […]
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PC Dock pricetag continues to climb; Trestle estimate $3.5 million
About $2.9 million the Haines Borough has set aside for the Port Chilkoot Dock trestle replacement won’t be enough to pay for the job, according to new estimates from PND Engineers, Inc. PND figures sent to the borough this week show that the minimum cost of replacing the pier to the cruise ship dock is $3.5 million, […]
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Assembly seeking interest in open seat
Residents seeking appointment to Greg Goodman’s vacated Haines Borough Assembly seat must submit a letter of interest to the borough office by 5 p.m. Wednesday, June 8. The assembly will hold a special meeting 6 p.m. Monday, June 13, to make the appointment. The appointee will serve until the October municipal election, when the elected candidate would […]
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Survey results out at pizza party
Updates to the Haines Borough comprehensive plan will be presented during a town hall meeting 5-7 p.m. Friday, June 3, at the fairgrounds’ Harriett Hall. Barbara Sheinberg, a Juneau consultant coordinating the project, will share results from community opinion and youth surveys. Attendees will discuss community goals regarding borough land use; transportation; economic development; public facilities and […]