By Karen Garcia Haines Borough Mayor Jan Hill recently honored water/sewer operator Scott Bradford for receiving the Small Wastewater System Operator of the Year Award from the Alaska Water Wastewater Management Association. The statewide award was voted on by Bradford’s peers and professional associates. Bradford also won the AWWMA’s Small Water System Operator of the Year Award in 1998. Layla […]
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Assembly votes to give ad hoc committees clearer direction
The Haines Borough Assembly decided unanimously Tuesday to give ad hoc advisory committees clearer direction by formalizing them through resolutions. The assembly will need to pass a resolution for each ad hoc group defining its purpose, timeline and goals. Unlike long-term advisory committees that deal with broad topics, like ports and harbors, ad hoc groups are formed […]
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Borough to ask state to conduct vehicle speed studies
Assembly rejects boat storage at harbor lot The borough assembly voted unanimously to ask the Alaska Department of Transportation and Alaska State Troopers to initiate speed studies on two sections of state-owned roads after Cathedral View Drive residents petitioned the assembly to lower speed limits near their neighborhood. Two residents asked the borough to address […]
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Listen to the majority
l listened to the audio of the March 24 PHAC meeting. I believed the Mayor that the borough was not involved. Because of what was said like “No one say ore terminal” and “We need to phrase this right or there will be an firestorm,” the committee openly catered to foreign interests and everyone in that room knew […]
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We can’t afford to close the pool
There are many good reasons to keep the pool open this summer, the least of which is that we can afford to, and I would argue that we can’t afford not to. The pool saves lives, builds community connections as swimmers are all ages and come from all walks of life, and it’s critical for […]
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Need nonprofits to assist refugees
Two of the nine US Volunteer Agencies involved with resettling people from war-torn parts of the world have responded thus far with a desire to partner with a local non-profit to host a family of refugees. I have been working mainly with the United States Committee on Refugees and Immigrants, and expect to receive a […]
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Code review commission recommends changing authority to suspend officers
The Code Review Commission on April 14 recommended to the Haines Borough Assembly a code change that would shift the power to suspend borough officers from the borough manager to the assembly. Currently code says the borough manager can suspend officers — the borough clerk, chief fiscal officer and attorney. But only the assembly can permanently remove officers. […]
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Assembly approves phase 3 concept for Lutak Dock
Officials attempt to assuage ore transfer concerns The Haines Borough Assembly voted 5-1 to approve conceptual plans for Phases 1, 2 and 3 of the Lutak Dock—a controversial vote for many residents who opposed phase 3 because they thought the designs were catered toward Canadian mining interests, though borough officials and an engineer deny the charge. Some residents worried […]
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Keep Haines swimming
As the borough drafts our community’s budget for the coming year, I urge them to sustain support for the swimming pool. The facility serves young and old, builds life-saving skills and bolsters mental and physical health. As a longtime swimmer in Haines, I have never seen pool usage so high. We have also met the […]
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Harbor committee up to old tricks
It’s not surprising that the town’s Ports and Harbors Advisory Committee is playing fast and loose with the standards for public meetings. This same group blew $20 million on a “harbor expansion” that six years later has not resulted in the addition of one single slip at our harbor (but did manage to splat four […]