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Committee advances 2025 tourism business plan and $750,000 lodging-tax expenditure plan to consent
Summary
The committee moved to place on the Jan. 20 consent calendar the county tourism promotion area business plan for 2025 (funding $3,304,859) and the 2025 local hotel-motel fund expenditure plan ($750,000); both amounts were included in the council-adopted 2025–26 budget.
Snohomish County staff presented a package of tourism funding items on Jan. 14 and the Finance, Budget and Administration Committee moved those items to the consent calendar for upcoming council action.
One item was the Snohomish County tourism promotion area business plan for 2025. The staff summary states the plan provides for funding at recommended levels totaling $3,304,859, an amount included in the council-adopted 2025–26 budget, and authorizes the county executive to execute necessary contracts under $50,000. The committee moved the motion for GLS/consideration; committee leadership indicated the item will be placed on consent for the Jan. 20 council meeting.
A related item, described in staff materials as Motion 2056, approves the 2025 local hotel-motel fund expenditure plan recommended by the Snohomish County Lodging Tax Advisory Committee. The total 2025 recommended funding is $750,000 and was included in the adopted 2025–26 budget. Committee members expressed appreciation for staff and volunteer time on the advisory committee; no substantive debate occurred. Both items were advanced for calendaring and consent consideration; no final funding approvals were taken at the committee meeting.
