Members of the public wishing to testify during a public hearing at a Haines Borough Assembly meeting will now have to sign up ahead of time. Mayor Jan Hill recently renewed the practice, which requires members of the public seeking to testify at a public hearing to use a sign-in sheet placed on a table outside the assembly chambers. […]
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Bridge would eat up funds for outdoors class
A popular after-school program may be a casualty of the Haines Borough’s budget this year, as funding for the environmental education class is being shifted to replace a bridge in Excursion Inlet. Takshanuk Watershed Council has received funds for the Chilkat Forest Investigators since 2009 from the borough’s Title III forest receipts. Until 2009, the […]
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Harbor petition denied, but analysis planned
The Haines Borough Assembly on Tuesday told concerned residents it would not slow plans for expansion of the Small Boat Harbor, but agreed to discuss an economic analysis of the project at a Finance Committee meeting next week. Tresham Gregg submitted an informal petition to the assembly with 100 signatures asking the borough to suspend engineering work […]
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Fuel spill stains 16 yards of soil at Lutak Dock
On April 21, at about 10:30 a.m., 125 gallons of jet fuel spilled from a Delta Western truck rack onto the ground at Lutak Dock. The dock’s owner, the Haines Borough, didn’t find out about the spill until two days after the fact, and when it did, it wasn’t from those responsible. Though Delta Western officials said they […]
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Sosa hires interim police chief
A former Cordova police chief has conditionally accepted the position of interim police chief for the Haines Borough. Robert Griffiths of Scappoose, Ore., accepted manager David Sosa’s job offer Tuesday, pending completion of a background check. Sosa said he and Griffiths are in the process of discussing a salary and a start date. Griffiths worked as […]
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Proposal to eliminate comment period dies
An ordinance that would have cut the second public comment period at Haines Borough Assembly meetings has died. Assembly member Mike Case proposed the ordinance with Mayor Jan Hill’s endorsement. Before it could be introduced on April 14 at the assembly level, it was pulled from the agenda and sent to the Government Affairs and Services Committee due to […]
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Sosa: Borough likely to sell trailer
After buying a $12,500 trailer to house the Haines Borough’s public facilities director, it appears the director in the next fiscal year will be either moved into the administration building or put back into the borough offices on the second floor of the Public Safety Building. The issue arose Tuesday when assembly member George Campbell […]
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Public participation plan released
Borough effort seeks to improve process The Haines Borough released its draft Public Participation Plan last week, a 12-step effort outlining how the borough can better engage the public in the formation of important policies, laws and regulations. The plan, drafted by community and economic development director Bill Mandeville, was prompted by citizens and assembly members voicing […]
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Case: End 2nd comment period
Swift opposition sends idea to committee Opposition to an ordinance that would eliminate the public comment period at the end of Haines Borough Assembly meetings pushed the legislation into committee before it could even be discussed at the assembly level. Though the ordinance proposed by assembly member Mike Case was initially scheduled for introduction Tuesday, comments from […]
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Move Lookout Park to lot corner?
Members of the Haines Borough’s Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee last week expressed support for moving Lookout Park to a location in the southeast corner of an expanded parking lot at the Small Boat Harbor. The seven-member group – which as of this week has seats open for four voting members – lacked a quorum, […]