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Resort tax panel recommends 2025–26 spending plan, adds $65,000 Safe Streets match
Summary
The resort tax advisory committee reviewed draft 2025–26 revenues and recommended the budget to city council with a $65,000 Safe Streets grant match and a conditional increase to tennis‑court funding, while preserving a $300,000 year‑end reserve and holding other projects as ‘holdovers’.
The Resort Tax Advisory Committee voted to recommend the draft 2025–26 spending plan to city council, adding a $65,000 grant‑match for a federal Safe Streets action plan and leaving a conditional increase for tennis‑court funding if additional revenues materialize. The committee’s recommendation will be forwarded to the full council for final approval.
Committee chair (S2) told members the resort‑tax collections for the year are slightly above last year, with strong summer lodging and restaurant sales offsetting softer winter lodging collections. He said the committee is not budgeting to spend an approximately $600,000 contingent collection; that amount is being held in reserve pending final year‑end reconciliations. “The majority of it is going 45.2% to basically streets and snowplowing,” the chair said, and noted 0.25 of the resort tax is reserved for stormwater work.
Board members discussed a series of project requests that together total roughly $870,000. Among the line items the committee reviewed were park improvements (Bridal Park and Pride Park), a proposed walking trail on Brewery Hill, an ice‑rink holdover request (no hard budget supplied this year), and a request to raise the tennis‑court allocation from $200,000 to $300,000.
The committee also agreed to set aside $65,000 in the advisory recommendation to provide a local match for a forthcoming Safe Streets grant application; members said the match would allow the city to pursue federal funds for sidewalks and street safety projects. “It would be nice to have it in this budget year,” a member said, adding that postponement could delay the grant application another year.
Public commenters urged clearer access to budget documents and a longer‑range list of projects so residents understand timing and funding status. Mary Decker, a resident who identified herself during public comment, said, “we can’t see any of this,” urging that materials be posted earlier so the community can engage.
A motion to recommend the budget to council, with the $65,000 Safe Streets match and conditional tennis‑court increase, was moved and seconded and the chair declared the motion carried. Committee members volunteered to help present the resort tax budget and survey results at the next council meeting.
The committee’s recommendation is advisory; the city council will review and adopt final budget numbers at its meeting on the scheduled council agenda.
