The borough assembly will begin the process of reviewing manager Mark Earnest’s contract and conducting his performance evaluation in early January. The assembly approved an extension of Earnest’s contract through July 2014 pending a review of contract conditions and a satisfactory evaluation at a meeting last month. Assembly member Joanne Waterman reminded the assembly during its Nov. […]
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Borough, district sort project costs
An upcoming engineer’s evaluation at the Haines School is aimed at determining whether a ventilation system in the school’s relocated art room needs replacing. It also may determine if the Haines Borough or school district foots the bill for work on the system. The borough is responsible for “major maintenance” to the school building but whether it […]
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Car tax encounters opposition: Assembly wants more details on proposal
Haines Borough Assembly members and residents expressed misgivings about a proposed motor vehicle registration tax Tuesday. The assembly postponed a vote on the motor vehicle tax ordinance, which would compel residents to pay $22 every two years for each of their vehicles regardless of size, type, and age. The tax would raise about $40,000 annually […]
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Electric fence planned at landfill
Community Waste Solutions and the Alaska Chilkoot Bear Foundation are partnering up to construct an electric fence around the CWS building to deter bear activity around the landfill. The fence will surround areas where bear-attractant waste is stored, including the 800-square-foot CWS building. Bear Foundation representative Richard Folta said electric fences have proved very effective […]
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Mayor raises question about insider contracts
Haines Borough Mayor Stephanie Scott is looking into whether borough code could have been followed more carefully in the awarding of a borough contract to a borough committee member earlier this year. Lenise Henderson Fontenot, a member of the Facilities Master Plan Steering Committee, received a $9,000 contract to conduct the needs assessment portion of a larger project […]
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LED lights to go up along Third Avenue
With the goal of becoming more energy efficient, the Haines Borough Assembly recently contracted with Alaska Power and Telephone to install 16 new LED lights along Third Avenue. The current, high-pressure sodium lights will be replaced by the LED lights, which are both brighter and more efficient, AP&T power supervisor Danny Gonce said. The total project will […]
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Two mines employ 29 residents
Mayor Stephanie Scott told the Haines Borough’s Port Development Steering Committee on Aug. 23 that 27 local residents hold jobs at the Kensington and Greens Creek mines. Scott later said she got that number from “someone on a plane.” Scott’s source appeared to be good. According to recent interviews with officials at the two mine operations, 29 […]
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Two mines employ 29 residents
By Karen Garcia Mayor Stephanie Scott told the Haines Borough’s Port Development Steering Committee on Aug. 23 that 27 local residents hold jobs at the Kensington and Greens Creek mines. Scott later said she got that number from “someone on a plane.” Scott’s source appeared to be good. According to recent interviews with officials at the two […]
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Mayor pushes downtown mural
Haines Borough Mayor Stephanie Scott said owners of the shuttered Coliseum Building on Main Street are agreeable to taking boards off windows during summer months, but balked at Scott’s idea for a mural on the structure. “I’m a little discouraged, but I’m not giving up. I still believe conversation should be the solution versus taxation (and regulation),” Scott […]
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Assembly floats vehicle tax plan
Besides casting ballots in the national election, residents on Nov. 6 get to weigh in on a Haines Borough motor vehicle registration tax, a proposal aimed at addressing junked and abandoned cars. On Tuesday, the assembly voted 5-1 to introduce an ordinance for the tax, which would be collected by the state and raise $40,000 annually for […]