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Port Orchard lodging-tax committee sets timeline, outlines application requirements ahead of FIFA year
Summary
The Port Orchard Lodging Tax Advisory Committee agreed on application materials and proposed a schedule for presentations in early December and deliberations the following week; staff signaled roughly $130,000 available with a FIFA-related $30,000 set-aside.
Port Orchard’s Lodging Tax Advisory Committee agreed on deadlines and application standards on Nov. 10 as it prepared to solicit proposals for the coming year’s tourism-related grants.
Councilmember John Morrissey, who chaired the meeting, told the new and returning members the city expects roughly $100,000 historically but that finance staff budgeted approximately $130,000 for the coming year, and that the committee should reserve about $30,000 for projects tied to FIFA-related waterfront beautification. “We are here to allocate the tax dollars that we collect on any and all lodging facilities within the city limits,” Morrissey said.
The committee discussed a fast…
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