The Haines Borough Assembly next month is expected to introduce an ordinance that would permit all-terrain vehicles to operate on borough streets and roads. The topic was a discussion item at Tuesday’s assembly meeting, at the request of members Jerry Lapp and Scott Rossman. “I think a lot of people could save money on gas with this, and I […]
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Bicycle-motorist safety discussed
Do bicyclists take up more than their share of local roads? That was a discussion at a recent Haines Borough Planning Commission meeting, where commissioner and former DOT maintenance crew chief Pete Lapham voiced concerns about adult bike riders straddling the fog line. Lapham asked borough manager Mark Earnest, leader of Haines Bikes, to tell riders they’re not […]
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First meeting gathers ‘Friends of Picture Point’
About 20 people attended a May 18 meeting to support Haines Borough acquisition of Picture Point, and several called for the borough assembly to speed up its timeline for making a decision on the purchase. “I read the crowd as very aggressive, wanting the borough to purchase the property with its own money or to develop other […]
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Capital bill holds $9 million for town; Parnell yet to wield veto pen
The Alaska Legislature has approved about $8.5 million in capital projects spending in the Haines Borough, including $4.5 million for rehabilitation of borough roads, $1 million for a Chilkoot River bear-viewing platform, and $535,000 for removal of asbestos cement water lines. In Klukwan, the legislature would spend $3.6 million, all but $100,000 of it going to the […]
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Open seat may go to appointee
Haines Borough attorney Brooks Chandler has recommended Greg Goodman’s vacated borough assembly seat be filled by appointment until the October municipal election. Karen Hess, who successfully challenged Goodman’s candidacy, said this week she still wants the seat. Juneau Superior Court Judge Philip Pallenberg last week ruled Goodman did not meet borough residency requirements when he was […]
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Manager gets $6K salary increase
The Haines Borough’s proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year includes a $6,000 pay increase for borough manager Mark Earnest. Earnest will earn $106,000 annually. He was set for a pay raise earlier this year, when Mayor Jan Hill and Haines Borough Assembly members discussed his performance at a March executive session, but the assembly did not approve the increase […]
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Borough to adopt sprinkler allowance
Metered residential water customers could apply for a Haines Borough summertime sprinkler allowance following adoption of an ordinance set for a second public hearing Tuesday. Under the sprinkler allowance, amounts of use in excess of 4,000 gallons per month per unit between June 1 and Aug. 31 will charged at fifty percent of the metered usage. The […]
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Recreation group to reorganize; Members quit in 2008, citing lack of effectiveness
The Haines Borough Assembly on May 10 advanced an ordinance that would form an advisory committee for parks and recreation programs, resurrecting a group that went dormant in 2008. The ordinance would re-establish the borough’s Parks and Recreation Advisory Board as a committee, with more limited powers, and is scheduled for a second public hearing on Tuesday. […]
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Cleanup nets 249 bags of trash
Takshanuk Watershed Council collected 77 bags of garbage as the top nonprofit organization during the April 29-May 9 Community Pride Week. The Haines Chamber of Commerce coordinated the event with the Haines Borough, Acme Transfer, Haines Sanitation and Haines Friends of Recycling. This year’s cleanup totaled 249 bags, topping last year’s haul of 229 bags. Nonprofit […]
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Borough discusses taxi insurance
A Haines Borough requirement of $500,000 general liability insurance for commercial passenger vehicles is tied to the costs of medevac emergencies, borough manager Mark Earnest said at a Haines Borough Assembly commerce committee meeting last week. The committee on May 10 looked at insurance costs for taxi services in the borough, following a request from resident Ned Rozbicki. The borough’s $500,000 […]