Some residents at 26 Mile Haines Highway want their area rezoned like the Mud Bay planning and zoning district, which now specifically prohibits heliports. Helicopter skiing tour provider Southeast Alaska Backcountry Adventures (SEABA) has shown repeated interest in establishing a heliport at .6 Mile Chilkat Lake Road. As of this week, resident Jessica Plachta said she has […]
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Borough seeks interest for revived committee
The Haines Borough is accepting applications for its re-established Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee through 5 p.m. Tuesday, June 21. The Haines Borough Assembly last month adopted an ordinance that revived an advisory committee for parks and recreation programs. The committee’s members would serve staggered, three-year terms. Those interested in the mayor-appointed committee should submit a letter of interest […]
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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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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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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 […]
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ATVs on local roads? Borough gets request
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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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 […]