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State delegation meets Middletown council to review 2026 priorities including hotel tax, library reimbursement and housing
Summary
Middletown’s council and its state legislative delegation met to review the town’s 2026 General Assembly priorities: capturing short-term rental fees, keeping a 1% hotel tax increase benefit, updating library reimbursement rates, creating a high-cost special-education fund, and seeking help on housing and transportation projects.
Middletown’s town council met with members of its state legislative delegation to set and explain the town’s legislative priorities for the 2026 General Assembly session, including legislation to update library reimbursement rates and measures to support housing and local transportation projects.
The town’s council president opened the discussion by thanking the delegation and the town’s lobbyist, Rick McAuliffe, and highlighting last session’s wins — notably a 1% increase in the local hotel tax and amendments that helped the town collect fees from short-term rentals. The council repeatedly asked the delegation to pursue changes that…
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