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Aurora staff propose raising hotel‑occupancy tax from 3% to 6% and adding $10 comped‑room fee
Summary
City finance staff presented an ordinance to raise Aurora’s hotel‑occupancy tax from 3% to 6% and to add a $10 per‑day fee for comped rooms; staff said the change would roughly double current hotel tax revenue and that the item will return on unfinished business for ordinance wording and definitions.
City finance staff told aldermen on July 15 that an ordinance to increase Aurora’s hotel‑occupancy tax from 3% to 6% and to add a $10 daily fee for comped rooms is under consideration and would be effective Jan. 1, 2026, if adopted. Chris Minnick, the city’s CFO, said the existing tax — enacted in 1987 at 3% — produces roughly $550,000–$585,000 annually, and the proposed change plus new casino hotel rooms could raise roughly $1.1 million when the casino rooms begin normal operations.
Key details from staff presentation: the city currently has about 635 hotel…
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