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Middletown council authorizes pursuit of state legislation to permit up to 2% local hotel tax increase
Summary
The council passed a resolution authorizing the town solicitor and administrator to work with state legislators to enable the town to add up to 2 percentage points to the local hotel tax, an effort intended to generate nonproperty tax revenue; council estimated roughly $1.6 million in revenue per 1% increase.
The Town of Middletown Council on April 28 approved a resolution authorizing town staff and the solicitor to pursue enabling state legislation that would allow the town to add up to two percentage points to its local hotel tax.
Town staff explained the proposal is intended to create a nonproperty revenue source to offset the fiscal impacts of tourism on municipal services. The resolution asks the town solicitor and administrator to work…
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