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Inver Grove Heights shifts convention-and-visitors operations to Chamber, approves lodging-tax agreement
Summary
The council approved an agreement to place the city’s Convention & Visitors Bureau under the River Heights Chamber of Commerce, remitting 95% of lodging-tax revenues monthly to the Chamber, while retaining oversight through quarterly reports and a seven-member advisory board; the change takes effect June 1.
The Inver Grove Heights City Council on March 9 approved an agreement to transfer operational maintenance of the city’s Convention & Visitors Bureau (Visit IGH) to the River Heights Chamber of Commerce, effective June 1, and authorized remitting 95% of lodging-tax revenues to the Chamber monthly.
City administrator Ellen, presenting the proposal, said the shift would remove the CVB as a city board and place operations with the Chamber while keeping city oversight in place: "the city would remit 95% of the lodging tax revenues to the chamber monthly," she said, adding that quarterly…
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