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Brookings council reviews TAC 2.0 ordinance; public urges higher tourism-promotion share of lodging tax
Summary
Council reviewed ordinance 26-818 to re-establish the Tourism Advisory Committee (TAC 2.0) and to update transient lodging tax language; members suggested technical edits and public commenters urged increasing the share of lodging tax spent on tourism promotion.
The Brookings City Council reviewed ordinance 26-818, a proposal to reconstitute the Tourism Advisory Committee (often called TAC 2.0), and to update the city's transient lodging tax (TLT) language at its March 5 meeting. Staff presented the ordinance and described the committee's history and the proposed revisions to Chapter 3.10 of the municipal code.
A staff member told the council the TAC was established in 2012, disbanded in 2020 and that staff had prepared drafts and workshops after council direction. The staff presentation noted the ordinance also updates older TLT language in Chapter 3.10 to modernize terminology and correct references that predate current…
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