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Baker City and Baker County spar over division of transit-lodging tax funds as Baker City prepares to leave IGA
Summary
Baker City and Baker County officials debated how to divide unspent transient lodging tax revenues after Baker City notified the county it will end its intergovernmental agreement; county counsel said the ordinance requires TLT requests go through the TLT committee and be administered under the ordinance.
Baker City and Baker County officials debated how to divide several years of unspent transient lodging tax (TLT) revenue after Baker City notified the county it will terminate its intergovernmental agreement (IGA) governing TLT administration.
Barry Murphy, Baker City manager, told the county board that Baker City’s council approved a letter asking the county to “work with the county to fairly split the ending fund balance.” He said the city requested a short suspension of tourism-related facility funding through June 30 to prevent a rush of end-of-fiscal-year spending that would reduce an apparent ending fund balance.
County counsel Kim Mosier answered that the county ordinance creating the TLT program…
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