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Commissioners outline TRT uses for mitigation, roads and visitor services in Green River
Summary
Emery County officials said TRT (tourism) funds can be spent only on mitigation or marketing for tourism; commissioners described mitigation spending on a sheriff deputy, a local road employee and visitor-center support while travel-board staff noted $35,000 budgeted for events.
County commissioners and travel-board staff used a Green River meeting to explain how TRT (transient-room-tax) revenue can be spent and to outline local projects funded through mitigation and marketing allocations.
Travel-board staff and commissioners said TRT dollars have two allowable uses: mitigation (public-safety, infrastructure, staffing tied to tourism impacts) and marketing (tourism promotion). Commissioners described mitigation spending that has supported a full-time road-department employee assigned to Green River, a deputy position in the sheriff’s office to maintain local law-enforcement presence, visitor-center and museum support and trails-crew match funding used to maintain access.
Travel-board staff said roughly $35,000 was allocated for events this year, and that additional event supplies (canopies, tables) were purchased to support local gatherings. Commissioners and staff also discussed earlier proposals to use a portion of TRT mitigation funds for EMS retention stipends and to consider larger seed investments for economic projects if multi-year agreements could be arranged.
Officials asked community groups to apply for TRT project funds, noting marketing proposals must be clearly related to tourism and that mitigation projects require demonstrable links to visitor impacts. They encouraged residents to participate in budget hearings and submit project requests to the travel board.
