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Council directs staff to pursue third-party short-term rental registration and tax collection; consultant cost estimated $13,500'$21,000 annually
Summary
Council directed staff to prepare a procurement to hire a third-party consultant to establish and manage a short-term rental registration program, including collection of hotel occupancy taxes. Staff estimated consultant costs of $13,500 to $21,000 per year and annual recoverable HOT of roughly $40,000'$45,000 from identified units.
City staff sought direction March 4 on whether to hire a third-party consultant to establish a short-term rental (STR) property registration and hotel occupancy tax (HOT) collection program. Bobby Lewis, development services director, told council a 2021 internal review identified 72 STRs in Copperas Cove; a recent third-party check found 78 active STR properties.
Lewis said the city's code of ordinances authorizes collection of…
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