Queen Anne’s County Marinas may face a rise in the cost of Slip Renewal Fees. County Commissioners are concerned that Queen Anne County Marinas may be undercharging for use of their slips, which sparked the discussion of is this the time to raise the fees associated with the marinas. While the issue did raise some question, nothing was decided. We will learn more at the new QAC County Commissioners meeting on February 28.
Todd R. Mohn, Director of the Department of Public Works for Queen Anne’s County, spoke at the County Commissioners’ Meeting to propose having the next round of slip renewals to only last six months instead of the standard year. This would give the Public Works department the opportunity to review the rates they charge and get a recommendation from the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board.
Philip Dumenil, District Three Commissioner, raised concern simply asking if raising rates would cause slips to not be filled, and therefore missing out on revenue that could be beneficial to the county. Mr. Mohn replied there weren’t any worries about the slips not being filled, that on average five to six slips become available every year and that they have a waiting list of several hundred. That the concern was properly researching what they should charge for use of the marina slips.
According to Mr. Mohn, the average commercial marina will charge $1,500 to $2,500 per season, public marinas charge $1,000 to $1,500 per season, while QAC marinas are around $600. The Parks and Recreation Advisory Board had told Mr. Mohn that the rates were very reasonable considering the amenities the marinas provide. But the Advisory Board had not yet made any recommendations on what to do with the rates.
Steve J Arentz, Commissioner at Large, stated that if raising prices on the marina would work for the March Slip Renewal Fees that they should go ahead and raise the rates a small percentage. This would give public works an idea of if they could raise fees more or keep them at the rate proposed. As of right now nothing is decided and the discussion has been tabled until the next County Commissioners’ Meeting. In which time Todd R. Mohn will have discussed the issue with the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board and figure out if raising fees is viable at this time and if so what percentage it would be raised.
Lainey Harrison says
The ReTHUGlicans of Queen Annes County have managed to raise my property taxes, raise my income taxes to the highest level allowed by law in the State of Maryland, cut services, cut jobs but grow administrations and now they want to raise slip fees too.
I thought republicans were supposed to be for lower taxes and smaller government.