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Marina Commission urges deeper, grant-funded dredging and recommends lower transient slip fees
Summary
The Marina Commission presented its annual report to the Havre de Grace City Council on Feb. 3, recommending capital work, continued slip rates at $72 per foot next fiscal year, a cut in transient-slip fees and prioritizing dredging and engineering for disposal sites.
Havre de Grace, Md. — The Marina Commission presented its annual recommendations to the City Council on Feb. 3, saying the marina’s enterprise fund has a healthy balance and urging the city to prioritize capital repairs and dredging while lowering transient-slip fees to attract short-term visitors.
The commission’s report, delivered by Chair Josh Argentino, said the marina operating fund had a balance of $352,963 as of Jan. 28, 2025 and an ending fund balance including the prior year of $1,114,831. “Right now, current rates are $70 per foot and will be increasing to $72 per foot next fiscal year,” Argentino told the council and recommended no further permanent rate increases for permanent slips based on the fund balance.
Why it matters: the commission argued deeper and less-frequent dredging would reduce recurring…
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