After the Mayor at the last Borough Assembly Meeting on Oct. 26 introduced Ordinance 21-10-598 to remove the limit on the number of heliski permits, we were given a lecture on the merits of Free Enterprise by member Stickler. She espoused the virtue of letting business and commerce grow unimpeded; the government’s role is to stay out of the […]
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Assembly introduces law to axe heliski permit cap for a year
The Haines Borough Assembly introduced an ordinance on Tuesday that would remove the cap on heliski operators in the borough for only one year. The ordinance also would require the borough manager to allocate skier days earlier in the year; it would mandate that operators pay the $5-per-skier-day fee before the season, instead of after, as current code allows; […]
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Potential FEMA funding delayed
The Haines Borough won’t be eligible to apply this year for millions of federal disaster mitigation dollars that could help compensate Beach Road residents for landslide damage and buy out properties threatened by future slides. A state specialist and borough staff revealed at an Oct. 13 meeting that Haines can’t apply this cycle for FEMA’s Building Resilient […]
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Commerce committee considers break from grocery sales tax
The Haines Borough Commerce Committee is considering a temporary tax exemption on groceries in Haines. While the committee still needs to iron out details and hasn’t made any recommendations, a Tuesday discussion centered on a suggestion to eliminate sales tax on groceries, or provide tax rebates, for three months in the winter. Committee member Carol Tuynman proposed […]
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Assembly creates commercial fisheries advisory board
The Haines Borough Assembly created an advisory board to guide the borough’s response to state and federal regulations that affect Haines’ commercial fisheries. The board will comprise seven members: four permit holders, a seafood processor and two community at-large seats. Each permit holder will represent a different sector of Haines’ commercial fisheries. Seats are reserved for a […]
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Huling, Schnabel elected to assembly
Clay, Wald, Shove, Dryden seated on school board Tyler Huling and Debra Schnabel won the election for Haines Borough Assembly, according to unofficial results released Tuesday evening. Huling, who turns 30 next week, led the four assembly candidates with 552 votes. Schnabel, 69, came in second with 535 votes. Brenda Josephson and Richard Clement placed in third and […]
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Vote Josephson for important issues
After I was elected to the Haines Borough Assembly, the Mayor of Bethel, Alaska, told me, “When you run for office, you have all kinds of plans to get things done. Then you spend most of your time in office just making sure worse things don’t happen.” His words proved true. Two proposals particularly – greatly expanding municipal […]
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Assembly inches toward removing heliski limit
Haines Borough Mayor Douglas Olerud cast a tie-breaking vote Tuesday to draft an ordinance to change borough code and eliminate the current limit on heliski permits. The vote followed a lengthy debate among assembly members—as well as several weeks of committee meetings and years of input from the public—about how the borough should regulate the heliski industry. Citing the need to […]
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Assembly approves shop local effort, public participation program
The Haines Borough Assembly voted unanimously on Tuesday to adopt a new Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) that aims to increase public involvement in infrastructure projects. Based on a model recently established by the Fairbanks-North Star Borough, residents will be able to submit their own proposals for local infrastructure projects during a “nominations” phase, followed by evaluation by […]
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Greg Schlachter and Chris Hill married Sept. 18 at Calleva Farm in Dickerson, Md. Chris’ sisters Robin and Angie officiated Saturday’s nuptials. The wedding party included the bride’s brother Brandon Hill of Silver Spring, Md .; and friends Ashley Wallet, Asheville, N.C, and Lora Morris, Charlotte, N.C., Greg’s brother Michael Schlachter of Boulder, Colo., and friends Nathan Jauvtis, Ithaca, N.Y., Tim Tyre, Washington, D.C. and Brad Ryan of Skagway. Parents Jim and JoAnn Schlachter of Poulsbo, Wash., and Brandon and […]