Petersburg runs on diesel generators for several days each June. This year, residents won’t have to pay the usual surcharge for it. Utility Director Steve Harbour announced the decision, considering customer strain with rising rates, and citing combined factors, like community effort, that helped lower load demand and the associated surcharge during this year’s scheduled shutdown.
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The Petersburg Borough Assembly on June 15 unanimously approved two separate tower-related proposals — despite previously rejecting each measure. The Assembly will continue considering the new zoning ordinance for regulating towers, and hold a public hearing for the measure, tonight at 6:00 in the Assembly Chambers. KFSK will broadcast that meeting live.
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Petersburg voters will decide this fall whether to raise the town’s sales tax cap. The measure was previously on the 2024 municipal ballot, but failed by five votes. The Assembly also considered a different potential ballot measure on June 15 — a proposal from the Borough’s electric utility department, requesting a $3.3 million revenue bond.
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The Petersburg Borough Assembly on June 1 rejected both a controversial land sale to Tidal Network and an ordinance updating Petersburg’s zoning code for wireless communications facilities. But both items are being brought back for the Assembly’s consideration tonight (June 15).
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The Petersburg Borough Assembly on Monday (May 18) approved property tax rates for the next year, taking effect July 1. The increases are generally due to area-wide services becoming more expensive.
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Petersburg’s Borough Assembly tonight (May 18) will consider property tax rates for the next year, raising the marine passenger fee by $3, electric rate increases, sewer rate increases, raising the single-purchase sales tax cap, adding a new chapter to Petersburg’s zoning code about towers and wireless communication facilities, and the Borough’s next budget. The meeting happens at 6:00 p.m. and KFSK will broadcast it live.
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The Petersburg Borough Assembly on Monday (May 4) unanimously passed a few changes to the Borough’s current budget. The Assembly also gave initial approval on the next budget, as well as proposed increases to utility rates and Petersburg’s marine passenger fee, which will be considered further at the next meeting.
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A developer is considering using a part of his property in Petersburg for a small-scale data center. The proposed private project is between the Silicon-Valley-based company Greensparc, and the developer who owns the defunct Ocean Beauty Seafoods property on the downtown waterfront. Borough power department officials support the idea, saying it could benefit local customers for years to come.
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