Commissioners weigh using tourism reserves to fund new sales position

Aug 18, 2026

County officials debated whether to fund a proposed full-time tourism sales position from the tourism fund for one year or require tourism to cover it; commissioners noted the fund has carried a multi-hundred-thousand-dollar balance and asked for monthly reporting on results.

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Decatur County commissioners spent the opening portion of the meeting debating how to pay for a proposed full-time tourism sales position that the county’s tourism board says is needed to market the county’s facilities and events.

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