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Commission reviews request to appropriate hotel-motel funds for downtown law enforcement; finance staff says expenditures qualify under rules
Summary
The sheriff asked commissioners to appropriate hotel-motel tax funds to support enhanced law enforcement downtown; finance staff said the expenditures meet tourism-related requirements and the sheriff reported extensive overtime already worked under the existing allocation.
The Hamilton County Commission heard a request to appropriate up to $135,395.83 in hotel-motel tax funds to support enhanced law enforcement efforts in downtown Chattanooga. The sheriff and county finance staff said the spending qualifies under the tax’s tourism-related rules and would support deputy overtime for events and downtown patrols.
The sheriff told commissioners the funds were originally allocated in a 2023 program for…
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