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Harbor board seeks fee increases and builds dredging reserve as harbor fills faster than in past years
Summary
Harbor Board Chair Tim Greer presented a FY2027 budget prioritizing a dredge fund after warning the harbor is silting more quickly; he proposed incremental fee increases and other levers to close a funding gap while planning for a federal dredging timeline.
Tim Greer, Harbor Board chair, presented a three‑page FY2027 budget focused on creating funds for future dredging, saying the harbor is “filling in quicker than it has in years past.” He outlined current fund structure (revenue split between dredge fund and operating fund), recent fee changes and a plan to normalize revenues and raise fees where needed to build the dredge reserve.
Board members pressed for details on fee assumptions, waiting‑list length and timing; Greer said the harbor typically runs about $100,000 a year in revenue and that some line items in FY2026 remain to be reconciled, but emphasized the need to get in the federal queue for dredging well before 2032. He described possible levers — modest fee increases, tighter measurement of vessel LOA and limited additional moorings — and said the harbor board will return with a plan in the fall to align fees to projected dredging costs.
