Port of Hoodsport ensures finances in order

The Port of Hoodsport opened 2023 by ensuring its finances were in order.

Port of Hoodsport Operations Manager Kathleen Wyatt noted Jan. 18 that Port Commissioner Lori Kincannon, during the previous month’s port meeting, had tasked Wyatt with doing “a real comparison, with real numbers, on the end-of-year, and it turns out, we did go over budget,” by $15,230, before she went into further detail about how it was offset.

“We did put in the $20,000 from January 22nd’s resolution to cover the Hoodsport trail park,” Wyatt said. “So, our ending balance became $104,707, which was actually $10,000 ove...