Haines Borough Assembly members Daymond Hoffman and Joanne Waterman on Tuesday joined in unanimous votes to put their own recall elections on the ballot for the October municipal election. Resolutions for each recall vote initially were included on the consent agenda for Tuesday’s assembly meeting, which would have given the go-ahead to the recall votes without involving a separate vote […]
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Borough to halt rec center study, pursue planning
The Haines Borough will halt a $14,442 study aimed at determining the need for a recreation center in Haines. Instead, the borough assembly will seek “requests for qualifications” from interested parties to help with planning. Tuesday’s assembly decision followed local confusion about the status of a “programming” study by MRV Architects of Juneau that examined the former […]
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Assembly OKs SEABA permit
The Haines Borough Assembly on Aug. 9 unanimously renewed a commercial permit for Southeast Alaska Backcountry Adventures (SEABA), but members said they want more information on how global positioning system data will be used to track helicopter skiing. Members discussed the permit at a meeting on July 26, but approval was delayed to hear recommendations from police […]
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Voters won’t get tourism tax issue; Rossman, Lapp, Waterman vote keeps question off October ballot
The Haines Borough Assembly on Tuesday shot down a proposed ordinance to put the borough’s municipal sales tax designated for tourism promotion and economic development on the October ballot, surprising residents who put a citizens’ ballot initiative on hold this spring and were absent from the meeting. The ordinance failed to advance to a second public hearing, […]
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Dolphins hire new coach
Tyler Wyatt will make his first trip to Alaska later this month to start his job as the new head coach of the Haines Dolphins swim team. “I’m originally from Colorado, so I know, pretty much, what I’m going to be facing,” Wyatt said. “It’s going to take a period of adjustment, but I’m sure […]
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Election change doubles length of political season
A change in law approved by the Haines Borough Assembly last year effectively doubled the length of the municipal election season. Local politicians are divided on the merits of the change, which extends the duration of a campaign for assembly or school board to at least two months. The change – requested by borough clerk Julie Cozzi – was […]
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Election lineup finalized; Smith and Hess vie for seat, again
The filing period for the Haines Borough’s October municipal election closed Friday, with contested races for Mayor and the Haines Borough Assembly, but a shortage of school board candidates. The race for assembly seat “E” is a rematch of sorts, pitting Karen Hess against Norm Smith. Greg Goodman replaced Smith on the assembly last October, after defeating write-in candidate Hess. […]
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Vick spared from recall
Haines Borough clerk Julie Cozzi on July 21 rejected an application for the recall of assemblyman Steve Vick, on the recommendation of borough attorney Brooks Chandler. Cozzi approved the recall applications for Haines Borough Assembly members Daymond Hoffman and Joanne Waterman on the single charge they failed to perform their duties when they voted June 13 to set a special election instead of […]
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Recall effort initiated
Update, Thursday, July 21 4 p.m .: Haines Borough clerk Julie Cozzi on Thursday afternoon rejected the application for the recall of assemblyman Steve Vick, on the recommendation of borough attorney Brooks Chandler. Chandler in a memo wrote the only “required duty” in the portion of borough code cited in the rejected application was for the assembly […]
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Rec center could make October ballot
A vote to measure demand for a community recreation center could join a potentially crowded ballot in October, but a decision on the future of the building targeted to house the facility might not wait that long. Steve Vick of the Haines Borough Assembly requested for a community center feasibility study to be a discussion item at the […]