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Tinian mayor urges restored municipal operating funds, hotel tax allocations and assessment of developer tax on DOD projects
Summary
Tinian Mayor Edwin Piaudon told the House Ways and Means committee the mayor’s office needs larger operating and emergency funds, that hotel-occupancy allocations for municipalities should not be suspended in FY-26, and that the developer’s tax should be assessed on Department of Defense projects and contractors.
Tinian Mayor Edwin Piaudon told the House Standing Committee on Ways and Means that the municipality needs increased operating and emergency funding and that certain suspended local revenue streams should be restored.
“First and foremost, I respectfully request that the legislature provide sufficient operating funding…for the mayor’s office and all government agencies,” Mayor Edwin Piaudon said during the FY‑2026 budget hearing in the Tinian Courthouse. He told members his office manages a wide range of services with 141 positions on the payroll and supports municipal operations that include parks, the library, scholarships and emergency preparedness.
The mayor told the committee the municipality has received only $153,000 in hotel‑occupancy allocations between December 2023 and…
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