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Board reviews hotel tax receipts, flags unpaid accounts and votes to enter executive session
Summary
Board received a hotel occupancy tax report showing strong second-quarter receipts, discussed unpaid hotels and authorized an executive session to discuss collection issues and specific (unnamed) accounts.
Board members reviewed a second-quarter hotel occupancy tax report showing $287,625 in receipts; the first quarter was recorded at $180,006.51. A board member said the two quarters together suggested the town could be close to its $1,000,000 annual estimate, though the transcript did not provide a precise year-to-date total.
Discussion turned to three hotels reportedly not remitting the tax. Board members referenced an outside firm and collection work: the names mentioned in the meeting were Mike Green (identified as being with Bennett and Cameron) and Jerry Fusco (staff contact handling communications). One board member asked whether the outside firm the board hired was “Escape Scranton” (name not confirmed in the transcript).
Because specific accounts were mentioned and the board’s discussion implicated individual businesses, the board moved, on a motion from Jack with a second from Gary, to enter executive session to discuss the unpaid accounts; the motion was approved. The meeting record indicates the identity of the unpaid entities and details were treated in executive session and not disclosed in the public transcript.
