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Council tweaks LTAC application language, raises 2026 lodging‑tax funding level
Summary
Council discussed changes to the lodging tax (LTAC) grant application to ask applicants how they will reduce reliance on city LTAC funding; members debated weighting and bonus‑point approaches and unanimously approved a $25,000 increase in the 2026 lodging‑tax funding level to $475,000.
Oak Harbor council members debated wording and scoring for the Lodging Tax Advisory Committee’s grant application and approved a higher funding level for the 2026 LTAC cycle.
Councilmember Stuckey asked staff about questions added to the application to assess sustainability and how applicants would become less reliant on LTAC funds. Wendy Horn, the city’s grants administrator, said staff reworded the question to ask applicants how they plan to become less dependent on LTAC…
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