Haines leaders grapple with police, economic development budget questions

Haines, Alaska. (Bruce Barrett/Flickr Creative Commons)
Should the Haines Borough have a five-officer police force? $95,000 in government funding? How should the borough go about giving money to nonprofits? These are some of the questions the assembly has to decide on next week, in the fiscal year 18 borough budget.http://khns.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/23BudgetwINTRO.mp3Interim Manager Brad Ryan’s proposed spending plan includes an about $117,000 boost to the police department, w