In an effort to put rumors to rest and increase understanding, a representative from the Department of Environmental Conservation will answer questions about Tier 3 waters and related legislation beginning 6 p.m. Monday at the Chilkat Center. Increasing interest and controversy surrounding the Chilkat Indian Village’s nomination of the Chilkat River as a Tier 3 water, also […]
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Advisory committee debates river designation
In an effort to put rumors to rest and increase understanding, a representative from the Department of Environmental Conservation will answer questions about Tier 3 waters and related legislation beginning 6 p.m. Monday at the Chilkat Center. Increasing interest and controversy surrounding the Chilkat Indian Village’s nomination of the Chilkat River as a Tier 3 water, also […]
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Mayor Hill limits assembly comments
Haines Borough Mayor Jan Hill used Tuesday’s assembly meeting as a “practice run” for her new policy of allowing assembly members to only speak two times per motion. Hill invoked Robert’s Rules of Order, the widely-used guidebook of meeting procedures. “To save time, no member may speak more than two times on any one motion on the same […]
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Questions surround dismissal of firefighter
The Haines Borough decided last week it will not continue Jenn Walsh’s employment as the Haines Volunteer Fire Department’s firefighter/training officer. The abrupt nature of the Feb. 5 decision and the municipality’s refusal to provide any public explanation this week provoked shock and anger from some members of the fire and ambulance crews. The municipality apparently also […]
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Constantine urges delay on ‘Tier 3’ river protection
Constantine Metal Resources is urging members of the Upper Lynn Canal Fish and Game Advisory Committee to delay any support toward designating the Chilkat River an Outstanding National Resource Water, also known as “Tier 3” protection. The advisory committee will meet at 5 p.m. Friday in assembly chambers to discuss a resolution supporting the Chilkat River’s nomination as an […]
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Borough will pocket $14K left over from HARK funds
More than $14,000 initially designated for nonprofits will be rolled over and added to the Haines Borough’s $2.8 million areawide general fund balance following a Tuesday decision by the assembly. The assembly was trying to figure out what to do with the $14,500 the Haines Animal Rescue Kennel refused to accept during its nonprofit funding […]
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Ward: Hill’s statement incorrect
Former Haines Borough interim manager Bob Ward said this week he never expressed the sentiment that the borough shouldn’t tax citizens and then give that money to nonprofits, contrary to comments Mayor Jan Hill attributed to him last week. Hill cited Ward last week when she revealed the assembly’s nonprofit funding committee had decided to keep the $14,000 the Haines […]
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Clerk pay raise idea triggers critique, flap
“Cruel.” “Vicious.” “Unprincipled.” Those are a few of the words Haines Borough Assembly members and one borough employee used to describe assembly member George Campbell’s comments about clerk Julie Cozzi this week. Prompted by assembly member Mike Case’s proposal to raise Cozzi’s salary from $70,000 to $85,000, Campbell recently sent a seven-page email to fellow assembly members […]
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Assembly to decide fate of HARK’s leftover $14K
If Haines Borough Mayor Jan Hill and assembly members Diana Lapham and Mike Case get their way, $14,000 slated for this year’s local nonprofit funding will instead be banked in the borough’s general fund and remain undistributed. The nonprofit funding committee reconvened to decide what to do with about $14,000 that the Haines Animal Rescue Kennel refused to accept. […]
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‘Big issues’ in upcoming union talks
Negotiations between the Local 71 workers’ union and the Haines Borough are about to begin, and local union representative Tom Brice said members have already identified “five or six real big issues” they want to address aside from compensation. Brice wouldn’t say what those issues are, but said some have to do with clarifying language that has […]