Members of a Haines Borough advisory committee May 20 envisioned expanding the Boat Harbor southward, adding moorage for as many as 50 new slips, moving Lookout Park closer to Portage Cove, and extending parking south of the park’s current location. The brainstorming session came at a meeting between the committee and PND Engineers of Juneau, which holds […]
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Borough turning paved roads into gravel
It appears that the Haines Borough’s idea of downtown beautification is to turn paved roads into gravel roads. By re-designating funds that Rep. Bill Thomas secured from the state for paving downtown streets, the borough now is faced with asking the state for funding again for the same roads. In the May 20 edition of the Chilkat […]
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Assembly debates annual grants to non-profits
The Haines Borough Assembly May 25 is slated to adopt its $11 million operating and capital budget, and will consider amending it to include as much as $118,000 in grant requests from community organizations. During discussion at a budget workshop May 11, some assembly members said community organizations on the list provided valuable services in town, but […]
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Assembly OKs 10K pay hike for harbormaster
The Haines Borough Assembly Friday May 7 gave the borough manager the go-ahead to increase harbormaster pay by up to $10,000 to attract the borough’s top candidate, currently harbormaster in Whittier. The borough budgeted $58,000 in wages for the harbormaster position this year, up from $55,000 it paid former harbormaster Christian Racich. The assembly’s okay gives borough […]
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Contract assessor to be hired; Borough abandons attempts for permanent position
The Haines Borough Assembly voted unanimously Tuesday for contracting with an assessing firm to complete borough assessments and to train a local person for the assessor job. Borough manager Mark Earnest said the most qualified job applicant for the assessor and land manager position, Dave Lockrem of Wisconsin, declined the borough’s offer last week. “For whatever reason, it’s hard […]