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 […]
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Harbor design under scrutiny
Engineer: Plan could create ‘confused seas’ An independent engineer reviewing the design of the Small Boat Harbor expansion says work done to date by PND Engineers is “thorough and well done,” but says the municipality should consider moving the planned entrance. The change would add about $1 million to the estimated $30 million cost of […]
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Decision-making is forum focus
A community forum aimed at “Creating a Positive Future for Haines” attracted about 35 residents to the Chilkat Center Saturday, and zeroed in on perceived limitations of local government for resolving community issues. Resident John Norton said a “mechanism” was needed to engage the community in a “fruitful enlarging of understanding of all the issues […]
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Involvement is not compliance
At the Dec. 15 Haines Borough Assembly session, the always impeccably coiffed Mayor Jan Hill redefined “bad hair day” with her invective against citizen activists. The Mayor read her “prepared statement” with commanding presence, accusing citizens of being “contentious” and “hateful.” I commend this great example of exercising free speech rights – to contest others’ rights as she implored citizens “…must stop […]
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Important to honor mentors
At the Haines Borough Assembly meeting on Jan. 12, Mayor Jan Hill joined Alaska Gov. Bill Walker, the U.S. Congress and President Barack Obama in proclaiming January as Mentoring Month. It can seem routine, as every month seems to belong to somebody. But shining a light on the need for adults who can foster a one-to-one relationship with a child […]