Sixteen residents and two heli-ski companies have submitted proposals to the Haines Borough regarding alterations to the heli-skiing map. Residents who submitted proposals were entered into a drawing to determine which resident would represent the public on a five-member map committee. The committee will meet at noon for the next three Fridays to discuss the […]
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Attorney advice needed on conflict
Today I spoke with Mayor Stephanie Scott concerning the issue of Darsie Culbeck’s appearance of a conflict of interest. I was stunned to learn the borough’s legal counsel had not been conferred with in this matter. She indicated that she will now seek legal counsel about this. Manager Mark Earnest should have, at the least, gotten a legal opinion before […]
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Borough pursues area crab closure
Haines Borough Mayor Stephanie Scott is drafting a letter to the Department of Fish and Game suggesting emergency closure of areas around Haines to commercial crabbing. The assembly voted unanimously May 28 for Scott to draft the letter, which will be reviewed by assembly members prior to submittal at the June 11 meeting. Scott called the letter “a […]
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Third Ave. project moving ahead
The Haines Borough and Chilkoot Indian Association are putting a combined $1.3 million toward Third Avenue improvements between Main Street and the Haines Highway. The improvements will include replacement of existing sidewalks and gutters and construction of new sidewalks and gutters along both sides of the street where currently there are none, said manager Mark Earnest. The existing […]
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Lobbyist makes case for fee
The Haines Borough’s Washington lobbyist defended his annual $43,200 fee to the assembly this week, claiming his work on finding funding for the harbor expansion project and other issues warrants the bill. Brad Gilman spoke Monday at a committee of the whole meeting organized by Mayor Stephanie Scott. Scott had questions about the effectiveness of Gilman’s services […]
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Smoothing way to Porcupine: Borough approves road improvement work
Grading and other improvements to Porcupine Road started last week following increased agitation by commercial businesses and property owners requesting repairs. Porcupine Road, which splits off of Haines Highway at 26 Mile, extends eight miles into a mining and logging district where Constantine Metal Resources and other firms operate. Haines Borough public facilities director Carlos Jimenez […]
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Borough weighs bids of headhunting firms
Two headhunting firms proposing to find the Haines Borough a new police chief have submitted bids to manager Mark Earnest, who will forward them to the borough’s personnel committee for review Monday. The committee will meet at 1 p.m. to decide whether to recommend the assembly hire one of the firms in lieu of using the borough’s traditional […]
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Assembly, AP&T to meet June 25
An Alaska Power and Telephone official is angling to pitch the proposed Connelly Lake project to the Haines Borough Assembly at an upcoming meeting. The presentation is tentatively scheduled for June 25, Mayor Stephanie Scott said. Project manager Glen Martin said he intends to ask the assembly to issue a resolution in support of the Connelly Lake hydro project, with the caveat that the […]
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Borough Digest
Tank project hits a bump An error in surveying measurements brought construction of the new Barnett water tank to a halt Saturday, Haines Borough public facilities director Carlos Jimenez said this week. Jimenez said a surveyor made a six-foot error in calculating elevation. The Barnett tank works on a gravity-fed system and is fed by the Tower […]
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Election change hits assembly opposition
Haines Borough Assembly members on Tuesday pulled from the agenda an ordinance aimed at changing assembly and school board election procedures. The ordinance, which was spearheaded by assembly member Debra Schnabel and scheduled for introduction Tuesday, would eliminate the current system in which candidates run against one another for designated, individual seats. Under the change, all candidate names would […]