I recently spoke at a borough meeting about increased assessments placing an undue burden on taxpayers when mill rates are left the same. I likened the situation to 20 years’ worth of tax increases in just three years. The assembly seemed unable to grasp the concept. Spelled out, it looks like this: According to local […]
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Assembly tempers talk on non-profits
The Haines Borough Assembly voted Tuesday to fund hazardous waste collection for local businesses on a limited, trial basis and to increase grants to local organizations to $100,000. That’s down from $118,500 requested but up from $82,000 that will be spent in the current year. The decision on local grants won’t be final until the borough budget […]
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Borough pays for big bang
The Haines Borough plans to celebrate the municipality’s centennial with an expanded fireworks display, but at least one assembly member is afraid the rockets’ red glare will come too close to home. On a motion by member Scott Rossman, the assembly Tuesday approved $6,000 for Fourth of July fireworks, double the amount it spent last year. Combined […]
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‘Gentlemen’s agreement’ at Chilkoot?
A dispute between tour operators and lodge owners Fred and Sue Folletti about the use of Chilkoot River Road which flared last summer hasn’t gone away. Some tour operators are questioning a Haines Borough request that they not pull over in front of the Follettis’ lodge there. Borough officials, including police chief Gary Lowe, made the request at […]
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Harbor group envisions next work to existing basin
Members of a Haines Borough advisory committee May 20 envisioned expanding the Boat Harbor southward, adding moorage for as many as 50 new slips, moving Lookout Park closer to Portage Cove, and extending parking south of the park’s current location. The brainstorming session came at a meeting between the committee and PND Engineers of Juneau, which holds […]
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Assembly needs to learn to say ‘no’
Reading in the CVN of the requests for non-profits I remembered an article I read in the Fairbanks News-Miner. If my memory serves me correctly the headline was, “North Star Borough rejects non-profit organization’s request.” The sum of the article was that the non-profit organizations had requested $750,000, up from $280,000 the year before. The borough denied […]
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Borough, tribe seal deal to swap utility, road work
The Haines Borough will pay for water and sewer mains in the Chilkoot Indian Association’s new subdivision in exchange for money to maintain local roads under a deal the assembly approved recently. The assembly voted unanimously to approve a $1.2 million grant to CIA.Work on the water and sewer mains for the Chilkoot Estates subdivision was set […]
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Downtown paving job waits until at least 2011
If you spill your coffee driving down Third Avenue, you might consider a bib. Resurfacing of downtown streets – recently a high priority for the Haines Borough – will likely wait until 2011 or later, according to borough manager Mark Earnest. Failure to secure funding of the project by the Alaska Legislature torpedoed the borough’s main funding […]
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Assembly debates annual grants to non-profits
The Haines Borough Assembly May 25 is slated to adopt its $11 million operating and capital budget, and will consider amending it to include as much as $118,000 in grant requests from community organizations. During discussion at a budget workshop May 11, some assembly members said community organizations on the list provided valuable services in town, but […]
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Books help those with mental illnesses
In an effort to provide informative, helpful resources to the entire community, Lynn Canal Counseling Services applied for and was awarded a $500 grant from the Chilkat Valley Community Foundation, an affiliate of Alaska Community Foundation, to purchase mental health and substance-abuse related materials for the public library. The grant required matching funds to be raised. LCCS […]