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LTAC trims $32,500 media contract, reassigns $5,000 to local event grants
Summary
Sunnyside’s Lodging Tax Advisory Committee voted to reduce a proposed $32,500 media contract with Yeswaco to $27,500 (removing deliverables that could not be completed before Cinco de Mayo), then approved a $3,000 award to the Sertoma Club and declined Miss Sunnyside’s $19,000 LTAC request.
The Sunnyside Lodging Tax Advisory Committee voted April 3 to ask the city to approve a reduced $27,500 contract with Yeswaco after members agreed a full $32,500 scope would deplete the committee’s remaining funds and that some deliverables could not be completed before Cinco de Mayo.
The committee had $120,000 budgeted for 2026 and identified $86,500 in prior recommendations, leaving roughly $33,500 unallocated. “If we approve the $32,500, that would wipe us out,” said Monica Hoffstedder, an LTAC committee member, during the discussion about the vendor proposals. Members argued the video and photography components tied to Cinco de Mayo could…
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