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Town board approves home-rule requests to renew 2% hotel occupancy tax for next biennium
Summary
The board approved two home-rule request forms — for Assembly and Senate bills — to renew the town’s 2% hotel occupancy tax for another two-year period; staff said the town has 26 hotels and seeks to maintain the local tax authority.
A town official presented home-rule request forms seeking state approval to continue DeWitt’s local 2% hotel occupancy tax for the coming two-year period and to support Assembly bill 5,244 and Senate bill 4,596 (bill numbers as listed in the packet). The official said the town has 26 hotels and that, collectively, local room-occupancy tax collections in the county exceed $56 million; the town’s local 2% tax was enacted previously as a two-year authorization and requires reauthorization.
Councilor Jack moved and Councilor Bernard seconded each of the two home-rule request motions (one for the Assembly measure and one for the Senate measure). The board voted by voice both times and the motions carried.
Staff said they are actively pursuing delinquent hotel collections and recently recovered a small delinquent payment; the official said two hotels remain on a follow-up list. The board asked staff to submit both forms to the state as provided in the packet.
Ending: The board approved the two home-rule request forms and authorized staff to submit them for legislative action; staff will continue collection efforts for delinquent hotels.
