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Council debates entertainment‑tax options but officials say legal and contract limits constrain new ticket levies
Summary
Council members urged exploring entertainment taxes, impact fees and transfer taxes as revenue sources, but administration and staff flagged home‑rule charter limits, state legislation and venue contracts (including county‑level agreements) that restrict imposing new ticket taxes on existing venues.
Council members asked the administration to pursue additional non‑property revenue options to reduce pressure on homeowners, including entertainment taxes, developer impact fees and transfer taxes.
"We did have an RFP done last year, where we explored what other revenues ... so I wanted to explore and see if we can implement that here for Allentown," Miss Patel said, describing prior work to assess other revenue tools.
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