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Southaven aldermen approve routine contracts, adopt state'defined hotel tax language and authorize executive session
Summary
The Southaven Board of Aldermen on Feb. 3 approved multiple routine contracts and resolutions, including an incident-reporting software purchase, a resolution to tax third-party short-term rental facilitators under Senate Bill 2805, engineering and fireworks contracts, and authorized an executive session to discuss personnel and claim matters.
Southaven' The Board of Aldermen on Feb. 3 approved a package of contracts and resolutions that city officials said were needed to maintain services and compliance and to advance planned projects.
City Attorney Nick Manley told the board the fire and EMS departments will replace their incident-reporting system with ImageTrend LLC software to preserve state compliance and eligibility for annual insurance rebate funds. "This contract is with ImageTrend LLC," Manley said, and he reported a one'time fee of $4,360 and a recurring cost of $27,630. The board authorized the mayor and department chief to sign the subscription agreement.
The board also approved a local resolution implementing language from Senate Bill 2805 that City Attorney Manley said expands the statutory definition of "hotel" to include third'party facilitators that arrange short'term rentals, such as online platforms. Manley described the change as bringing entities that facilitate short'term rentals into the same local tax base as traditional hotels; the mayor was authorized to sign the resolution.
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