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Committee OKs $50,000 dredging repairs and up-to-$50,000 for Hampton Harbor study gap
Summary
The committee approved $50,000 from the harbor dredging and pier maintenance fund for emergency repairs and approved up to $50,000 to cover the state's portion of the USACE Hampton Harbor 107 feasibility study after staff reported a roughly $34,000 shortfall.
The Capital Budget and Capital Project Overview Committee approved two harbor-related expenditures on Monday to ensure safety and to complete a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers feasibility study.
Myles Greenway, acting port director, told the committee that item 24008 authorizes the expenditure of $50,000 from the harbor dredging and pier maintenance fund for emergency or necessary repairs to division facilities that support vessel safety and essential docking and fuel services for emergency responders. The committee moved, seconded and unanimously approved the expenditure.
Greenway then presented item 24009, asking for up to $50,000 from the same fund to partially support the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Hampton Harbor (Section 107) feasibility dredging study. Greenway said the division previously secured ARPA funds to cover the state's portion but that recent estimates have changed and staff identified roughly a $34,000 gap. He asked for authority to use up to $50,000 to close that gap.
Chris Shea of the Legislative Budget Assistant staff said the packet includes a follow-up report (item 7) that tracks emergency expenditures and that the division typically provides an itemized report once a year after spending emergency money.
Both motions were moved, seconded and the committee recorded the votes as carried unanimously.
Next steps: the Port Division will proceed with emergency repairs and will provide the committee with an itemized report of expenditures in a future meeting.
