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Orangeville discusses joining county-administered 1% transient room tax
Summary
City staff described ordinance 2025-4 to enable collection of a county-administered 1% transient room tax from hotels and short-term rentals; council discussed mechanics and noted the city is not yet on the county distribution list. No final vote was taken at the meeting.
City staff presented proposed ordinance 2025-4 on August 14 to enable Orangeville to collect a 1% transient room tax (TRT) on short-term rental activity and hotel stays. "This is for... basically rental properties like hotels and Airbnbs and that kind of thing to start collecting this 1% tax," said Amanda, who summarized the measure and the county distribution process.
Council members emphasized that the ordinance would not raise the tax rate but would put the city on the list to receive funds the county administers. "So this isn't doing more tax. This is just getting what's already being taxed," the chair said during the discussion.
Amanda said the collected funds are sent to the county and then distributed; she noted Orangeville is currently not included on the county distribution list and that adopting the ordinance would allow the city to begin receiving its share. No formal vote on ordinance 2025-4 was recorded at this meeting; the item was discussed and council moved on to other agenda items.
Why it matters: transient room taxes are a common local revenue source tied to lodging and short-term rentals; adding Orangeville to the county distribution list would allow the city to capture funds already collected in the local economy. The council did not adopt the ordinance at this session; further action was implied as a next step.
