Haines Borough Assembly candidate Karen Hess said she was consulting an attorney following a 4-2 assembly decision Tuesday to certify the election of former police chief Greg Goodman. Hess had 10 days to appeal the decision to Superior Court. Members Daymond Hoffman, Norm Smith, Steve Vick and Joanne Waterman voted in favor of certifying Goodman’s election, with Jerry Lapp and Scott Rossman opposed. […]
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Heli-ski ordinance on tap Tuesday; Committee of whole to take up revisions to law
A committee-of-the-whole meeting has been scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Tuesday to discuss potential rezoning that would be tied to a new commercial skiing tour ordinance. The group will gather before their regular meeting as the Haines Borough Assembly. “If we can get this hammered out at a committee-of-the-whole meeting and even get it just in paperwork to […]
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Assembly moves on Picture Point
The Haines Borough on Tuesday voted 4-2 to authorize manager Mark Earnest to negotiate the purchase of all or a portion of Picture Point for up to $750,000. Earnest told the assembly he’d been approached by a person interested in discussing a method for the borough to acquire a part of the five-acre property, ostensibly one or both of […]
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Assembly: No to Button
On a 5-1 vote, the Haines Borough Assembly Tuesday denied a request by Dave Button to operate a kayak tour in Lutak Inlet. Button previously sued the borough when it didn’t renew his tour permit. The borough had compiled a long list of complaints about his operation. On Tuesday, only member Scott Rossman voted against the denial, and he […]
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Old gym gets stay of execution
The Haines Borough Assembly voted 4-2 last week to demolish the primary and elementary schools, but to leave the elementary gym and its east wing for potential renovation. Members Jerry Lapp and Scott Rossman, who would take down all the buildings, voted in opposition. Demolition of the primary building and elementary school’s west wing is scheduled to be complete […]
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Assembly will pay for Mosquito Lake heat project
The Haines Borough Assembly Tuesday voted 5-1 to use $65,000 in borough funds to pay for the Mosquito Lake School heating system. Two-thirds of the cost of the $186,550 project will be paid by a state grant. The decision keeps intact a contract with Dawson Construction and moves the project ahead, effectively bypassing objections by the borough school […]
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Should ambulance charge fee for calls?
Should the Haines Borough charge for ambulance service? The borough assembly recently directed staff to investigate what other like-sized Alaska communities charge for an ambulance call in the wake of a $41,000 deficit for the service in the current fiscal year. Member Jerry Lapp, who chairs the borough’s finance committee, said a $50 fee for an ambulance call […]
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Boiler fires school board discussion
The Haines Borough last week put on hold replacement of the Mosquito Lake School heating system to hear concerns from school board members who question the project’s pricetag and design and say they were left out of decision-making. The school board on Monday will revisit the issue at its regular meeting starting 7 p.m. in the school open area. On July […]
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Election season opens Geise seeks assembly seat
Two seats on the Haines Borough Assembly and three on the school board are up for grabs in the Oct. 5 municipal election. The candidate filing period for local office opened Monday and closes 5 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 24. Candidate packets are available on the borough’s website and at the borough administration building on Third Avenue. Eligible candidates must […]
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Borough workers get 3 percent-plus raise
The Haines Borough Assembly last week unanimously approved a three-year contract with its employees’ union, including an immediate 3 percent raise for all positions and smaller raises the next two years. The contract also includes raises larger than 3 percent for 26 of about 75 borough jobs. They include 15.5 percent for pool custodian, 7 percent for […]