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Port Angeles council approves $163,613 in lodging-tax reserves after legal dispute
Summary
After a prolonged legal discussion about the Lodging Tax Advisory Committee’s (LTAC) membership, the council approved using $163,613 in excess lodging-tax reserves to partially fund 11 previously underfunded grant applications.
The Port Angeles City Council approved using $163,613 from excess lodging-tax reserves to fund 11 previously underfunded or unfunded applications, after a debate over whether the LTAC recommendation was legally valid.
The council action follows an LTAC recommendation made at a March 20 meeting and a legal discussion at the council meeting about whether the LTAC had the statutorily required membership when it made the recommendation. City Attorney Bloor told councilors the controlling legal issue was whether a quorum had existed for LTAC when it voted and said, “what you look at to determine the validity of a meeting is whether there's a quorum or not.”
Why it matters: Lodging-tax distributions must comply with Washington statutes that set committee…
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