Ordinance proposes roughly ten percent harbor fee increase

An ordinance introduced at Tuesday’s Petersburg Borough Assembly meeting proposes a 10 percent increase in harbor moorage and use fees. Petersburg Harbormaster Glo Wollen told the assembly the increase is needed to keep harbor revenues in line with rising expenses.

Wollen said the harbor department has absorbed cost increases for four years since the last fee adjustment in April 2022.

Rising utility rates, material costs and employee compensation are driving the need for additional revenue, she said.

The largest expense in the harbor budget is payroll.

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