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Council narrows Visit Fergus Falls contract to one year, calls for marketing plan and subcommittee
Summary
After heated debate about control of lodging-tax dollars and the absence of the Visit Fergus Falls executive director, the Fergus Falls Committee of the Whole voted to amend a proposed multi-year agreement to run through Dec. 31, 2026, and charged a council subcommittee with evaluating longer-term marketing options and an RFP process.
Fergus Falls City Council members voted in Committee of the Whole on April 1 to amend a proposed professional services agreement with Visit Fergus Falls so the contract would run through Dec. 31, 2026, while the council forms a subcommittee to evaluate longer-term marketing options.
The motion followed a lengthy public and council debate over who should control lodging-tax funds and how the city should market the Big Wood Event Center during a major interstate closure this summer. Andrew Bremseth, the city staff member who led negotiations, said the agreement increases the lodging-tax administrative fee retained by the city from 3% to 5% and explicitly charges Visit Fergus Falls with marketing the Big Wood Event Center and developing a new convention-center website. Bremseth…
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