Board finalizes hotel-motel application language and orders standardized reporting form
Josh presented a revised hotel-motel fund application aligned to county statute 55 ILCS 5/5-1030 and asked that a standardized accounting/reporting form be included in the application packet; board approved forwarding the finalized packet to the full board for approval and agreed to shorten post-event reporting from 90 to 60 days.
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Josh presented a finalized draft of the hotel-motel fund application and checklist, noting edits to align the language with county code. He explained that counties and municipalities are authorized to levy a hotel-motel tax and use funds to promote tourism and events that attract nonresident overnight visitors, and that the application wording was adjusted to mirror the county code’s eligible purposes.
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