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College Place Lodging Tax panel drops required oral reports; keeps written reporting
Summary
The College Place Lodging Tax Advisory Commission voted to remove a requirement that funded organizations give oral presentations to city council, while keeping written reporting deadlines and updating application and contract language to eliminate a September 30 reporting clause.
The College Place Lodging Tax Advisory Commission voted to remove a requirement that organizations funded by lodging-tax dollars give an oral presentation to city council, while retaining a written-report requirement and clarifying application and contract language.
The change, discussed at the commission's meeting, edits the 2026 application and related contract language so that funded agencies must provide a written report within 30 days after their event or by Dec. 31, whichever comes first. The commission agreed that oral presentations should be optional and, if desired by a funded agency, arranged through the city clerk and noted in award letters rather than included as a mandatory item in the application.
Commission members debated how and when reports should be collected and…
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