Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Erie County leaders ask for lodging‑tax flexibility to use tourism revenue for public safety and infrastructure
Summary
Erie County officials asked the committee to adopt an amendment allowing counties with fewer than 100,000 residents but high lodging tax receipts to spend two‑thirds of lodging tax collections on public safety, economic development and infrastructure instead of restricting those dollars only for tourism promotion.
Erie County Commissioner Matt Old and Treasurer Caleb Stidham told senators an amendment to House Bill 96 would give smaller counties with outsized lodging tax receipts greater flexibility to use those funds for public safety, economic development and infrastructure.
Old explained that Erie County collects more than $3,000,000 annually in lodging taxes due to…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
