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Point Roberts TBD funded by per‑liter gas levy; leaders say revenues and interest earnings must be clarified
Summary
CAC members explained the TBD is funded by a per-liter gas charge and that investments and border traffic declines have reduced receipts compared with pre‑COVID levels; committee members said they will publish yearly inflows and interest-earnings data.
CAC cochairs explained that Point Roberts' TBD is funded by a per‑liter charge on fuel sold in the community and that the account has been moved into interest‑bearing investments to grow the principal.
"Every time you fill your tank with gas, you're growing the fund," said Jeff Christopher, the PRCAC representative from the Point Roberts Taxpayers Association. Christopher and others said the fund historically rose to roughly $1,000,000 but that monthly receipts have declined since the COVID era because fewer people have been crossing the border to buy fuel. Hansen said pre‑COVID monthly inflows were about $18,000 and that recent monthly inflows average roughly a third of that level, noting the precise current figures will be published after county reporting is provided.
Speakers discussed options to increase revenue, including a proposal repeatedly raised by local advocate Mark Robins to raise the gas levy by 0.5–1¢ per liter. Christopher described that proposal as previously brought to PRCAC but not voted on by the county during the meeting. The cochairs said investing the principal and pursuing grants that require local match are two paths to sustaining a program of projects.
