Public hearings on port draft 2024 budgets set this week

Port commissioners in Port Townsend and Port Angeles will conduct public hearings on draft 2024 budgets this week.

The meetings were listed in Eye on the Peninsula in Saturday’s PDN, but the meeting agendas were not available until after deadline.

• The Port of Port Angeles commissioners will conduct a public hearing regarding their 2024 budget, tax levy and comprehensive scheme during a special meeting at 9 a.m. Tuesday.

The hybrid meeting is at the port commission offices, 338 W. First St. in Port Angeles.

To join the meeting online, visit https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87195331033?pwd=RWhwdmxWM3A2dGEwNkZZSFZFUFM0UT09.

To listen only, call 1-253-215-8782 and enter webinar ID 871 9533 1033; no passcode is required.

Comments may be submitted until 8 a.m. Tuesday to braedij@portofpa.com or by calling 360-461-9515.

The proposed budget is in the agenda posted at https://portofpa.com/about-us/agenda-center.

• The Port of Port Townsend commissioners will continue a public hearing on the draft 2024 budget when it meets at 1 p.m. Wednesday.

The afternoon session also will include discussions about rates, property tax levy and the industrial development district tax levy and a public hearing regarding a resolution amending the port’s scheme to incorporate the acquisition of the Short Family Farm and other capital projects.

At its morning session at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, commissioners will discuss the 2011 Eco-Industrial Park feasibility study.

The hybrid meetings are in the Point Hudson Pavilion Building, 355 Hudson St., Port Townsend.

To join either of the meetings online, visit https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86269043651?pwd=MDlybTZHSmxaRW5BMW1Caj dOTUJHUT09.

To listen only, call 1-253-215-8782 then enter meeting ID is 862 6904 3651 and password 911887.

The meeting agendas, the proposed budget and resolution 804-23 are posted at https://portofpt.com/about-us/port-commission/meeting-minutes.

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