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Depoe Bay council weighs harbor user fee, asks harbor commission to propose ways to close $85,000 gap
Summary
At a March 4 work session, the Depoe Bay City Council reviewed proposals to generate more harbor revenue, heard legal and business concerns about a per-passenger or "head" fee, and directed the harbor commission and staff to study options including moorage, launch and storage fee increases to close an $85,000 shortfall.
At a March 4 work session, the Depoe Bay City Council discussed options to raise harbor revenue to cover an estimated shortfall and asked the harbor commission and city staff to recommend ways to make up roughly $85,000 in the harbor budget.
The discussion focused on whether to pursue a marine passenger/harbor user fee, raise moorage and launch fees, or adopt other user charges and storage fees. Council members and harbor stakeholders raised legal, administrative and equity concerns, and no formal fee was adopted at the session.
City staff presented a draft revenue proposal and budget figures; the council heard that the harbor operated at a structural deficit that is currently made up in part by transfers from the general fund and by transient lodging tax (TLT/TRT) revenues. Council members asked for clearer accounting of harbor revenues and…
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