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Council adopts 2025 marina rates after Harbor Commission recommendation
Summary
After debate about lease language and rate calculations, the council added Harbor Commission-recommended marina rates to the agenda and adopted Resolution 2024-213 establishing marina rates for 2025; the resolution passed on recorded roll call.
The council voted to adopt marina rates for 2025 after the Harbor Commission presented a recommended schedule and the mayor and council discussed lease language and calculation by slip versus per-foot charges.
Council members and staff discussed whether the rate language should charge by slip or by linear foot, how commercial leases differ from private slips and whether the harbor commission’s recommended changes were sufficiently clear to issue 2025 leases on January 1. The mayor and staff said they would clarify the lease verbiage and bring the finalized resolution and lease wording to the next meeting if necessary.
A motion was made to add the Harbor Commission’s approved rates to the council agenda; that procedural motion carried. The council then adopted Resolution 2024-213 establishing the Belmar marina rates for 2025. Roll-call votes recorded during the meeting for the adoption of Resolution 2024-213 were: Councilman Donovan — yes; Councilwoman Kenny — yes; Mayor — no; Councilwoman Rondo — yes; Councilman Lis — yes. The resolution therefore carried with four votes in favor and one opposed.
Council members said the Harbor Commission had spent months studying rate options and that the commission will continue to work with council on a rates working group and the lease language. Staff said new leases and rate notices will be finalized for distribution when paperwork and rates are settled early in the new year.
