Assembly passes harbor fee increases in close vote

In a close vote the Wrangell City and Borough Assembly approved a new fee structure for the community’s harbors and dock facilities.

Already approved once on its first reading by the Assembly last month, the increases being put forward would institute a 10-percent increase to outside and inside dock face moorage, storage, port development fees and most boatyard rates. Those increases would also incorporate an anti-inflationary rise of two percent per year.

Transient moorage rates have been rescheduled, shifting from flat per-foot rates to a sliding scale based around 0-30, 31-55, 56-100 and 10...