A charter change for areawide policing might not make it to the October ballot. The Haines Borough Assembly voted 4-2 to hold a third public hearing for the ordinance at their Tuesday meeting to give staff time to hash out disputes in interpretation of charter language. “We’ve had some information that caused us to have more than […]
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We need to fix cruise impacts to communications
Am I the only person in Haines that feels resentment about the huge increase in cruise ship visits without a corresponding increase in infrastructure? It is routine on ship days to have calls dropped, or be completely unable to make calls. While a ship is in, the internet has two speeds—very slow and stopped. I […]
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The future of valley mining looks good
Recent articles and comments in CVN as well as others I’ve heard prompt this letter. The good news is Constantine continues to move forward as a high income, job producer with much negative overembellishment expressed by some, who often find themselves on the wrong side of history. The future of mining in the surrounding district […]
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Borough Briefs
KHNS receives borough funding The Haines Borough Assembly unanimously approved a $20,000 allocation Thursday to KHNS in the wake of stripped state funding. Last month, KHNS station manager Kay Clements requested the money from the assembly after Gov. Mike Dunleavy eliminated public radio funding, which amounted to about $75,000 for KHNS. To compensate for cuts, the department […]
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Borough Briefs
School enrollment higher than projected Haines school enrollment is more than projected, which will result in an increase in the school’s budget. Last November, school administrators had projected this school year’s enrollment at 233, which would have resulted in a $154,000 loss in revenue for this fiscal year. Enrollment is now projected at 246, school […]
Posted inPublic Safety, News
Should the assembly be in charge of police chief?
The assembly voted 5-1 on July 18 to elevate the Haines Borough chief of police position to a borough officer. That would put the chief directly under the supervision of the assembly instead of the borough manager. At least one assembly member has criticized the move as leading to politicization of the police department. The chief of […]
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Brad Ryan offered Skagway borough manager position
Brad Ryan offered Skagway position On July 18, the Skagway Borough Assembly unanimously voted to offer its vacant manager position to Haines public facilities director Brad Ryan. Ryan was selected among two other finalists, former city managers in Maryland and Michigan. Ryan received the official offer on July 23 and said Wednesday he was still […]
Posted inLocal News, Haines Borough
Borough Briefs
Quarterly sales tax collections down Sales tax collections submitted to the Haines Borough for the first quarter of 2019 are down 3.6 percent, or $17,000, from the same quarter last year. Borough manager Debra Schnabel said the reasons for the dip are a poor heliskiing season, costing the borough about $8,000, and the borough assembly’s decision to no longer […]
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Borough Briefs
Hearing set for solid waste proposal The Haines Borough Assembly introduced a taxpayer-funded solid waste management program ordinance along with a ballot measure that would increase borough sales tax by 1 percent to pay for the operation, maintenance and enforcement of the program that is estimated to cost between $350,000 to $450,000. The revenue would, in part, […]
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High bidder for harbor project complains to assembly
On June 27, borough staff recommended the assembly proceed with awarding a harbor project to low-bidder Hamilton Construction. But the assembly took no action after public facilities director Brad Ryan removed himself from further discussion following allegations against him by the losing bidder and as a former assembly member accused that same bidder of inappropriately […]