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Commission debates MTAB bylaws after advisory board vote removes Chamber voting seat; commissioners split on next steps
Summary
The Moab Tourism Advisory Board’s recent vote to replace the Chamber of Commerce’s voting seat with a city representative drew several public speakers and a divided commission; commissioners instead approved a plan to expand the board to nine members to retain the Chamber seat.
A contentious agenda item from a June 10 Moab Tourism Advisory Board (MTAB) meeting returned to the county commission on June 17 after multiple public speakers and mixed advisory‑board recommendations. The issue: how to comply with HB 456 (2025), which requires municipal representation where a municipality generates more than half of transient room tax (TRT) revenue, and how to structure the MTAB’s voting membership.
At a recent MTAB meeting, members voted 5–2 to remove the Moab Area Chamber of Commerce as a voting member and give a voting seat to the City of Moab to comply with HB 456. The change prompted multiple public commenters at the commission meeting…
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