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Simpsonville approves welcome center budget; council confirms accommodations-tax allocations
Summary
Council approved the welcome center budget and voted to adopt the accommodations tax advisory committee's recommendations, confirming how annual state accommodations-tax revenues are allocated locally.
The Simpsonville City Council on Feb. 11 approved the welcome center budget as presented and voted to accept the recommendations of the Accommodations Tax Advisory Committee.
City staff told council that the city distributes state accommodations-tax revenue according to the formula discussed at committee: the first $25,000 goes into the general fund; an additional 5 percent is added to the general fund; and the remainder is allocated to the welcome center and events. Staff clarified the allocation as roughly 30 percent for the welcome center and 65 percent for events from the portion that is designated for visitor-related activities.
The welcome center budget covers a portion of salaries, utilities, facility rent and materials handed to visitors. Council moved to approve the budget as presented; the motion passed with a recorded voice vote of "7 to 0." Two weeks earlier the same allocations and the accommodations-tax advisory committee recommendations had been presented at a committee of the whole meeting; council moved the advisory committee recommendations to the business agenda and approved them at the Feb. 11 meeting.
Whitney Ferguson of the Simpsonville Area Chamber had been noted earlier as the chamber representative associated with the welcome center. The transcript shows no dissent recorded during the business meeting votes on these items.
