Designs for the new Bobby Storrs Small Boat Harbor are more than halfway done. But it wasn't too late for Unalaska’s city councilors to offer input on the harbor's new configuration this week.

Councilors have previously told PND Engineers that they want the designs to be geared toward Unalaska’s residential small boat fleet. After looking at the latest plans, some councilors asked if it would be possible to adjust the A and B floats to make more space for large commercial vessels.

Mayor Shirley Marquardt suggested that PND's Dick Somerville to "look at opening that up just a little bit to give that extra maneuvering room inside to bring in some vessels that have a little more overhang."

The harbor’s in a tight spot, between the Bering Fisheries dock and the Galaxy Dock.

But larger commercial vessels need more than space. Councilor Roger Rowland said the harbor plans on the table might not provide enough electrical voltage.

"We did not put 480 [volts] in at Carl E. Moses and we’ve got complaints," Rowland said.

Large vessels have been rigging up their electrical systems so they can use the outlets at the Carl E. Moses harbor, Rowland said. He said adding higher voltage -- and more three-phase outlets -- at the Bobby Storrs harbor would be one way to address the problem.

Although council spent more than an hour discussing the harbor, they weren’t asked to take any action. The next step is for PND Engineers to incorporate the city council’s comments -- and public input -- into a 95 percent design plan.

The council had a packed agenda besides harbor plans at this week’s meeting. They unanimously approved the city’s 2015 operating and capital budgets.

They also approved a $40,000 funding request from the city manager and the ports director. The money will be used to hire Northern Economics to write Unalaska’s official response to an Arctic deep-draft port study that left out the port of Dutch Harbor.

City manager Chris Hladick said that Unalaska missed the deadline to provide public comments on the study. He recommending submitting a response before the Army Corps of Engineers advances to the next stage of its study -- writing an environmental impact statement.

In other business, the city council approved contracts for its state and federal lobbyists, valued at more than $155,000.

And the councilors took a first look at language changes to Unalaska’s municipal code. They include a clarified definition of residency for candidates seeking public office, and a new 6 p.m. time slot for city council meetings.

There may not be another regular council meeting until July 8. Currently, too many councilors are planning summer travel to have a quorum during the month of June.