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Daytona Beach staff propose tiered vendor fees as city says event runs a $75,000–$85,000 net deficit
Summary
City staff presented a proposed tiered fee schedule for Bike Week and Biketoberfest vendors and said city costs exceed event fee revenue by about $75,000–$85,000; commissioners asked staff for comparative fee data from neighboring Ormond Beach and Volusia County before deciding.
City staff told the Daytona Beach City Commission at a May workshop that the city spends more to stage Bike Week and Biketoberfest than it collects in vendor fees and proposed a tiered fee schedule to better reflect tent sizes and event length. City Manager Derek Feacher framed the session as feedback and not a final vote: “Tonight is not a full fledged vote night where we're voting on the master plan. This is to provide you the feedback that was ... received.”
The master-plan presentation by staff member Mr. Brown explained why staff compared Daytona Beach fees to other event-host cities. "So the reason why we were looking at the fees was that there was a discussion about, how do our fees relate to others," Brown said, and showed Leesburg, Panama City and Sturgis as comparators. Brown described a proposed tiered…
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