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Gulf County TDC reports record bed-tax year; commissioners press for stronger short-term rental enforcement and golf-cart rules
Summary
Gulf County TDC reported a record bed-tax year and roughly 1,200 documented short-term rental properties; commissioners pressed staff for stronger enforcement of unlicensed rentals, better emergency-contact data and corridor-specific golf-cart rules to reduce safety incidents.
Miss Williams, a representative of the Gulf County Tourist Development Council, opened the TDC portion of the workshop with performance figures and program updates. "We finished the year up nearly 3 and a half percent" and collected "more than $4,900,000," she said, and added the licensing portal now documents "more than 1,200 properties" with roughly 1,060 licenses issued for the calendar year.
Commissioners responded with questions about compliance and unregistered rentals. One commissioner said rental operators are "playing cat and mouse with us" and urged the board to consider policy tools to capture owners who list properties across multiple platforms.…
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