Here we go again with another change of borough managers. These changes cost us at least $200,000 each time simply for the change. Lost productivity, getting up to speed, new manager getting known to agencies. Near as I can tell we have only had one manager who worked for us a reasonable time. That being Robert Venables. In Robert’s case he spent his early adult life here, married here, raised his family here, owns a home here. That is not the case with any of the others.
For many years the City of Haines had a strong mayor with administrator. The borough had a strong mayor with office help at one point promoted to administrator. Both worked well for years.
Then came unification with a manager and weak mayor. The record shows it simply has not worked. At least with a strong mayor with admistrator we have a leader for 3 years which is longer than our manager average.
It’s time to wake up and make a change.
Bill Kurz
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