The Haines Borough Personnel Committee will take up the issue of whether to tighten public access to personnel records, including employee evaluations and job applications. The assembly forwarded the ordinance, which had its first public hearing Tuesday, to the personnel committee for review. If passed, the ordinance would make performance evaluations and job applications of many borough […]
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Benassi launches write-in campaign
Resident Mario Benassi on Monday filed notice of intent with the Haines Borough to run as a write-in candidate for a seat on the assembly. A seven-year resident, Benassi, 50, is a freelance cinematographer and director of photography. He lives at Mosquito Lake. Planning commission member Rob Miller and businessman George Campbell are official candidates for the […]
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Two candidates for assembly, four to vie for school board
Despite a recent change in election procedures and exemption from state financial disclosure requirements, only two candidates filed to fill two seats up for grabs on the Haines Borough Assembly this October. Residents George Campbell and Rob Miller are hoping to secure the two three-year seats, and likely will, though voters can still elect write-in candidates. Incumbents Norm […]
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SE State Fair preview
This weekend’s annual 45th SE Fair offers classic fair events, plus some new ones. See you at the fair! Fair tunes range familiar to exotic Friday night’s headliner The Bad Tenants and Saturday night’s Hillstomp are no strangers to the Southeast Alaska State Fair, but the 45th annual fair has plenty of new faces sprinkled […]
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Police stir leash law discussion
Should the Haines Borough require dog owners to leash their four-legged friends while out in public? Haines Borough police are posing that question to residents following a discussion with Haines Animal Rescue Kennel (HARK) director Steve Vick about whether the town needs a leash law. Under current law, dog owners must keep their canines under control via leash, chain, fence […]
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Assembly to consider raises Tuesday
Where an extra $151,000 for borough employee wages and benefits will come from is a concern for some assembly members, though Haines Borough manager Mark Earnest said the municipality would be able to sustain the increases if the assembly approves a recently renegotiated union contract Tuesday. The assembly will decide Tuesday whether to approve a package of raises and health […]
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‘Corporate personhood’ on agenda
The Haines contingent of “We the People” is pushing the Haines Borough Assembly to pass an ordinance rejecting corporate personhood and restricting the definition of “person” in borough code to human beings. Under Haines Borough code, “person” is defined as “a corporation, partnership, joint venture, the borough and any other public agency, as well as an individual or individuals.” […]
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Local candidate filing period open to July 26
Residents interested in running for Haines Borough Assembly or school board must declare their candidacy and file the appropriate paperwork by July 26. Two assembly seats and two school board seats, all with three-year terms, are available. One school board seat with a two-year term will also be open. Assembly member Norm Smith, whose seat is opening up, said this week “there is no […]
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Assembly retains parking rules
The Haines Borough Planning Commission will have to go back to the drawing board to address parking requirements, as the assembly on June 25 struck down an ordinance endorsed by the commission to relax the rules. The ordinance would have allowed commercial business developers to allow adjacent, on-street parking to count toward parking space requirements with the permission […]
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Borough adopts roster-style ballot
Elections for positions on the Haines Borough Assembly and school board will no longer pit candidate vs. candidate for specific seats. Mayor Stephanie Scott broke a 3-3 tie Tuesday to establish a roster-style ballot, eliminating the current system in which candidates vie for designated, individual seats. Assembly members Debra Schnabel, Joanne Waterman and Norm Smith supported the change; Dave Berry, Steve Vick and Jerry Lapp were opposed. “This system simply […]