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Committee reports modest hotel/motel tax increases and a small recovery from Lane County
Summary
Staff reported higher hotel/motel-tax receipts this year and described a small recovery after re‑submitting commercial property lists to Lane County; committee discussed possible reallocation rules under a pending state bill.
Committee members reviewed hotel/motel-tax revenues and noted an increase in receipts in the current year. Staff cited a packet figure for motel‑tax receipts and said recent correspondence with Lane County produced an additional small payment after addresses were re-submitted.
"I actually wrote down every single address because we, again, have the Florence zip code, and so we were not getting credit for that... then we got another $300 back," the staff member said, describing a targeted effort to recover owed lodging taxes. Members discussed a pending legislative bill mentioned in the packet that would change how hotel/motel taxes can be allocated (currently cited in discussion as a 30%/70% split), but the committee noted the bill had failed in past sessions and did not provide a statute citation.
The committee asked staff to continue tracking hotel/motel-tax receipts and to provide updated estimates when the Council packet is prepared.
