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Duchesne County Commission raises transient room tax, approves reserve deputy pay increase and routine spending
Summary
At its June 23 meeting, the Duchesne County Commission adopted Ordinance 25-4-22 to raise the transient room tax to qualify for state grants, authorized a $3-per-hour increase for reserve deputies (estimated $47,341 annual impact), approved several business matching grants and funded a replacement HVAC at the County Justice Center.
The Duchesne County Commission on June 23 adopted Ordinance No. 25-4-22 to increase the county transient room tax and qualify the county for state tourism grant funding, approved a pay raise for reserve deputies, and signed off on routine county spending including small-business matching grants and a new heating-and-cooling system for the County Justice Center.
Ryan, the county tourism director, told commissioners the proposed TRT increase "will enable us to get state funding through grants going forward." Commissioners discussed that local hotel capacity is limited in part because several rooms are tied up by long-term oil-and-gas leases, which reduces nightly-room collections; the tourism…
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