The Haines Borough has hired a “community and economic development special projects manager” to work for two months on tasks related to downtown revitalization and projects previously assigned to executive assistant to the manager Darsie Culbeck. The “emergency hire” of seasonal Haines resident Christina Baskaya is only temporary, said manager David Sosa. An emergency hire can occur […]
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Assembly to consider new, high-ranking job Tuesday
Haines Borough Manager David Sosa said this week that if the proposed community and economic development director position is not approved by the assembly, executive assistant to the manager Darsie Culbeck will be able to return to his regular position this fall. Culbeck’s last day at the borough was May 16. He will be […]
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Assembly endorses new office in trailer
The Haines Borough is looking to buy a 450-square-foot trailer to use as extra office space despite having an empty desk at the administration building and empty offices in the public safety building. The $12,500 “mobile office” would be located behind the administration building on Third Avenue. Manager David Sosa said the trailer would be used as […]
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Budget would shift jobs, add to office
Haines Borough interim manager Julie Cozzi released her draft $12 million budget for the upcoming fiscal year Tuesday, which includes a proposal to add more offices onto the borough administration building and creation of a community and economic development director position. The community and economic development director would replace the executive assistant to the […]
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Assembly to revisit heliport issue
The Haines Borough Assembly agreed last week to hear an appeal of a Feb. 13 planning commission decision denying a conditional use permit for a heliport at .6 Mile Chilkat Lake Road. The assembly will hear the appeal by Scott Sundberg Tuesday, co-owner of Southeast Alaska Backcountry Adventures. SEABA has sought a heliport at the site since 2008. The idea was most […]
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Permanent Fund interest unspent
For years, the Haines Borough has not used the full share of the interest it’s authorized to spend annually from the borough’s $8 million permanent fund. Whether to tap into that pool – about $1.4 million in the fund’s “earnings reserve” – likely will be a topic for borough assembly leaders as they take up the coming […]
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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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SEABA agrees to pay $21K to BLM
A Haines helicopter skiing company has agreed to pay more than $21,000 in fines and fees for flying on federal lands closed to the activity 54 times during 78 days of operation during the past two years. Southeast Alaska Backcountry Adventures signed a plea agreement containing the allegations, which was filed recently in federal district […]
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Chief hopeful explains leaving job
Interim Haines Borough Manager Julie Cozzi said this week she was comfortable with a police chief candidate’s explanation of why he resigned a $96,000-per-year job as chief in suburban Boise after being placed on leave in 2007. Bill Musser worked on the force at Meridian, Idaho, for 20 years before being promoted to chief in 2003. “We’ll […]
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In 2013, projects belied forecast
For the first time since the rebuilt Haines School was oriented toward Old Haines Highway in 2007, students could make it to the school along a sidewalk. The $975,000 project was one of several changing the face of downtown in the past year. Work also started on the $6 million Soboleff-McRae Veterans Village and the […]