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State auditor walks board through TRT reporting form as members debate visitor definition and SAR/EMS reimbursement
Summary
The Division of Outdoor Recreation advisory board reviewed the state auditor's transient room tax reporting form and discussed administrative rules and a draft mitigation grant application, focusing on how to define "visitor," whether to require documented actual costs for search-and-rescue/EMS reimbursements, and the role of county tourism advisory boards.
SALT LAKE CITY ' The Division of Outdoor Recreation's advisory board on Thursday reviewed the Utah State Auditor's county transient room tax (TRT) reporting form and discussed final changes to administrative rules and a draft grant application meant to reimburse visitor-related public-safety and infrastructure costs.
Seth Ovidson of the Utah State Auditor's Office walked the group through the Excel reporting form, showing fields for transient room tax collections, carryover, and mitigation categories such as search-and-rescue, law enforcement, solid waste and emergency medical services. "This is the report that is statutorily required, and we do the enforcement for it," Ovidson said as he described how counties submit the form and how the auditor's office plans to move it to an electronic web form later this year.
Board members raised multiple practical questions for the grant application and scoring matrix. A central issue was how to define "visitor" for eligibility and prioritization; Selena Sinclair of the Utah Tourism Industry Association recommended relying on the Kem C.…
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