Prince Edward County is preparing to pull the plug on their rental agreement with the operators of Picton Marina.
During Thursday’s Committee of the Whole meeting, council approved a motion to end their lease of the marina property to Tenacity Marina Corporation. The motion also calls for an expression of interest procedure to locate a new operator before the 2025 summer boating season.
A report put before council by municipal staff highlights a series of problems the municipality has had with the marina operators. Since taking on the lease, services provided to the public haven’t been up to the standard the municipality expected. The report also notes a lack of mandatory revenue reports, and that the operators have missed remittances in 2021, 2022, and 2023.
After brief debate, Councillor Brad Nieman proposed an amendment to the motion, in order to seek a new operator to lease the facility while considering the costs of running the facility in-house.
The committee approved the motion as amended, and sent it on to a future council meeting for final approval.
