The Haines Borough Assembly last week voted to send a retraction letter to a state agency after discovering a previous letter had been sent without assembly approval. The initial letter was sent to the Alaska Mental Health Trust Land Office regarding the potential leasing of nearly 100,000 acres of land near Haines to mineral exploration and production. […]
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Preschool gets lease extension
After hearing testimony from supporters of the Chilkat Valley Preschool Tuesday, the Haines Borough Assembly voted unanimously to extend the nonprofit’s lease of the Human Resources building until June 30, 2015. The assembly voted at its previous meeting to terminate the preschool’s lease in June. The additional year will give the preschool board time to solidify plans […]
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Assembly nixes buried utilities on Third Avenue
The Haines Borough Assembly last week revisited the question of burying utility lines downtown, in regards to the upcoming rebuilding of Third Avenue. The assembly had a similar discussion last summer after Alaska Power and Telephone relocated several large power poles during reconstruction of Front Street, leading some residents and assembly members to complain about view obstruction. […]
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Preschool pursues modular unit on school grounds
Members of the Chilkat Valley Preschool board agreed Monday to pursue purchase of a modular structure to be located on the Haines School grounds as the preschool’s new home. They’ll also push the Haines Borough Assembly for reconsideration next week of its recent action terminating the school’s lease of the borough’s Human Resources Building effective June, as […]
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Board lukewarm to site plan
An idea to site a modular Chilkat Valley Preschool building on the Haines School grounds received a lukewarm reception at Tuesday’s school board meeting, but members said a final decision on the matter may be up to the Haines Borough Assembly, as the borough owns the school property. Preschool board chair Alissa Henry apprised the board of the […]
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Assembly to mull electric rate role
The Haines Borough Assembly will decide Tuesday whether it wants to submit a legal document that would allow borough representatives to participate in the investigation process regarding a proposed power rate increase in Haines. At its Jan. 28 meeting, the assembly voted to have an attorney assess whether or not submitting a petition to intervene in the […]
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Decision on preschool upsetting
On Tuesday evening, I listened to our president’s State of the Union address. Among other things, he expressed the importance of making early childhood education an opportunity for all children. On Wednesday evening, I was back in my kitchen listening to KHNS again, and learned the Haines Borough Assembly voted to end Chilkat Valley Preschool’s lease on […]
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New manager gets $98K, 35 days leave
The Haines Borough Assembly unanimously approved a compensation package Tuesday for incoming manager David Sosa that includes a $98,000 annual salary, 35 days of leave and a $10,000 travel stipend. The three-year contract includes a 3.5 percent salary bump in the second and third years. The 35 days of leave does not include 11 paid holidays. The […]
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Crays offered police chief job
The Haines Borough Assembly Tuesday accepted interim manager Julie Cozzi’s recommendation to hire police chief candidate Richard Crays. The assembly also authorized Cozzi to begin contract negotiations with Crays and capped the potential salary at $73,000. Crays accepted the job pending negotiations of hiring terms, Cozzi said. In a CVN interview Wednesday, Crays said he needs to […]
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Meeting minutes lag; office workload cited
Minutes from Haines Borough Assembly meetings reaching back to November haven’t been drafted or approved due to high workload, borough staff said at the Jan. 14 assembly meeting. Assembly member George Campbell asked staff why minutes still hadn’t been drafted from several previous assembly meetings. “We’ve got minutes from October that have not been approved, and that […]