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Council asked to add $3,750 per year from hotel/motel tax for church fireworks site; formal vote deferred to regular meeting
Summary
City staff requested that council add to the regular meeting agenda a proposal to appropriate $3,750 per year from hotel/motel or hospitality taxes to cover the city’s share of fireworks staged from First United Methodist Church property for 2025–26.
City staff asked the Marietta City Council during the agenda review to add a funding request to the regular meeting agenda that would allocate $3,750 per year from the hotel/motel tax (or applicable 3% hospitality fund) to help pay for fireworks staged from First United Methodist Church for two years.
The staff presentation said the church requested payment because the fireworks shell fall zone removes most…
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