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Discover Kodiak and local businesses urge assembly not to redirect bed tax for non‑tourism uses
Summary
Discover Kodiak and local business owners told the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly that using transient accommodation (bed) tax revenues for non‑tourism infrastructure would undermine the fund's purpose and risk services that support air, ferry and visitor‑dependent businesses.
Sabrina Hicks, executive director of Discover Kodiak, told the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly on Dec. 18 that allowing transient accommodation tax revenues to be used for purposes outside tourism — including housing infrastructure — would turn dedicated tourism funds into general surplus and create ongoing risk for the industry. “Once tourism development funds are allowed to be used for purposes outside their original intent, they are no longer viewed as dedicated funds but as surplus funds, and these funds are not surplus,” Hicks said.
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