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Residents press Safety Harbor commission over marina rate increases and access to records
Summary
Multiple residents urged the Safety Harbor City Commission to revisit proposed marina rate increases and to improve transparency after a public-records request was quoted at $444.45; commissioners said legal constraints require marina users to cover costs but staff will return with policy options.
Several residents told the Safety Harbor City Commission on Dec. 1 that proposed marina rate increases risk pricing longtime slip holders out of the harbor and that the city should be more transparent about the data used to set new rates.
Mike Hembry of 24 Hickory Lane said the city compared Safety Harbor’s proposed lease rates to a Bel Air facility that he said is not comparable because it has open-water access; “the data simply does not support that,” he said, and he told the commission a public-records request he filed was quoted at $444.45 in staff time to locate…
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