Wrangell Sentinel -

The borough assembly adopted changes Tuesday night to the harbor's liveaboard fee policy to make it easier for collection.

The assembly earlier had backed away from a plan to increase the liveaboard fee, from $85 a month to about $117 a month. Instead, the assembly decided to rework the fee schedule and definitions of who needs to pay the fee.

Under the ordinance, which passed unanimously, a liveaboard vessel is defined as "any vessel utilizing the harbor as a primary residence for one or more persons." Anyone who uses their vessel as a dwelling for 60 or more calendar days, and pays an annual...