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St. Pete Beach staff propose multiple parking fee changes to raise revenue; commissioners approve package minus card surcharge
Summary
City staff proposed changes to parking pricing — including time‑of‑day and seasonal surcharges, aligning county-park rates with city rates, and reclassifying Fridays — that staff estimate could raise hundreds of thousands annually. The board approved moving the package forward but excluded passing through a 3% credit‑card fee.
City staff outlined a series of parking price changes intended to boost local revenues and help fund infrastructure needs.
Kathleen Murray, who said she works in the city manager’s office, told the Review Committee that annual metered sales in St. Pete Beach are about $6,000,000 and the average parking transaction is $8.67. She presented a menu of options: pass through the 3% credit‑card fee to customers (staff estimated this would amount to roughly $160,000 a year, given current average transactions), add a "sunset" premium between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. (estimated roughly $280,000 annually if raised by $1/hour), adopt a seasonal surcharge (staff estimated about $475,000 for a $1/hour addition Feb. 1–April…
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