As negotiations wind down, city officials hope for September haulout opening

As negotiations wind down, city officials hope for September haulout opening

City officials are close to wrapping negotiations with the contractor set to run the city’s new marine haulout, allowing Sitka’s fishing fleet to haul boats and make repairs locally for the first time in several years.Highmark Marine will operate the city-owned facility at the Gary Paxton Industrial Park. The Kodiak-based marine fabricator has been negotiating contract terms with the city for several months. As a result of those negotiations, in…