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Commissioners schedule work session after lengthy transit/lodging-tax talks with Baker City and tourism stakeholders
Summary
Commissioners and city and tourism stakeholders agreed to a March 19 work session to resolve Baker City’s proposed split of transient lodging tax responsibilities, contract transitions and budget allocations ahead of the July 1 fiscal year change.
Discussion on March 12 focused on Baker City’s decision to assume direct control of some tourism-promotion responsibilities previously managed through the county’s transient lodging tax (TLT) structure and on how to transition contracts and budgets by July 1.
County staff and commissioners said the city voted to approve its own IGA and intends to pick up some contracts. County staff noted a number of operational questions remain: how to apportion the current fund balance, the effective cutoff date for county-funded contracts, and whether the county…
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