The start of 2016 is bringing with it much change for the Port of Coupeville.

One of the first immediate changes that is port administration will be moving down to space at the Greenbank Farm.

Executive Director Forrest Rambo said he has already started moving furniture and hopes to be mostly moved in by the end of next week.

The port will share the Jim Davis House with the Organic Farm School.

The port office on Front Street will become an office for newly re-titled facilities maintenance supervisor Damon Stadler.

He will share the space with the store, Collections, that leases the front of the building.

The move will also bring some rental income from Collections that has never come in before, Rambo said.

Some port employees are moving to salaried positions and will be splitting time between both the wharf and Greenbank Farm.

Former administrative assistant Lisa Dugger returned to help out part time during the transition.

Accounting services will also transition from Edwards and Associates to Whidbey Water Services at the end of the month.

“The transition has been on so many different levels — staffing, the management group leaving, the port getting efficient,” said Commissioner Mike Diamanti. “I think that by staying in touch with Forrest and staying in touch with the issues, we’re working on what can be done, what needs to be done and identifying what’s next.”

“January and February are going to be busy months making decisions and setting policies,” he added.

The port is also still trying to work out the acquisition of some farm inventory, which will be negotiated with the former management group, Rambo said.

Whidbey Pies Cafe owner Jan Gunn proposed buying a forklift from the management group and keeping it in its current location rent free in exchange for letting the port use it when needed.

It’s a win-win situation, Rambo said. “I think it’s quite appropriate we do that.”

The commissioners agreed.

Rambo has also been in talks with people who may be interested in working as an events coordinator at the farm, but he said that he will probably be filling that role for the next several months as the port figures out its financial situation.

The port won’t receive its reimbursement from the fuel line replacement project grant until April and levy funds don’t come in until the end of the quarter.

The next Port of Coupeville meeting is 10 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 13 at the Coupeville Masonic Lodge.