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Custer County commissioners approve lodging-tax ballot measure to fund housing and childcare
Summary
The Custer County Board of Commissioners voted to place a ballot measure on the Nov. 4, 2025 coordinated election that would raise the county lodging tax from 2% to 6%, dedicating two-thirds of the increase to workforce housing and childcare and retaining one-third for tourism marketing.
Custer County commissioners on Wednesday approved a resolution to put a lodging-tax increase before county voters on Nov. 4, 2025, raising the county’s lodging tax from 2% to 6% and carving the new rate into three equal parts: 2% for tourism advertising and marketing, 2% for childcare for the county workforce, and 2% for workforce housing.
The measure, adopted as Resolution 25-32, will appear on the coordinated election ballot after the board’s voice vote. Phil Kanda, county chairman of the board of commissioners, moved to adopt the resolution; the motion was seconded and carried by voice vote with commissioners present answering in the affirmative.
Why it matters: Commissioners and local advocates said the county’s labor market and child-care shortage make new, locally controlled revenue attractive. In presentations to the board, local housing and child-care advocates cited county-level data showing a shrinking share of residents in the 20-to-64…
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