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Stafford council directs public works to pursue wayfinding signs using hotel-occupancy tax funds

2703523 · March 19, 2025
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The council unanimously directed staff to find a wayfinding vendor and pursue new directional signage funded by hotel-occupancy tax, with staff and legal noting rules about state right-of-way and TxDOT approvals for some locations.

The Stafford City Council on March 19 voted unanimously to direct the public-works director to engage a wayfinding company and begin work on city-branded directional and visitor signage funded with hotel-occupancy tax (HOT) dollars.

Council members said HOT revenue has grown and that state law restricts hotel-occupancy tax to uses that promote tourism. Councilman Herrera and others described the program as a chance to buy and install attractive signs that would direct…

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