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Fair Board seeks equipment support as Lodgers' Tax receipts lag pre-disaster levels
Summary
Fair Board requested about $12,000 to replace arena grooming equipment; Lodgers' Tax Coordinator reported receipts remain below pre-disaster levels and Treasurer warned to curb allocations to preserve carryover funds.
Fair Board President Billy Bob Shafer thanked the Commission for fairground improvements and asked for assistance replacing worn arena grooming equipment with an estimated cost of $12,000; he said the Fair Board had roughly $5,000 on hand and had unsuccessfully sought college assistance. Commissioners recommended the Fair Board submit the request as part of the upcoming budget process.
Shelly Williams, Lodgers' Tax Coordinator, said 301 short-term rental properties were registered and that August receipts were $2,000 higher than the prior year but still below pre-disaster levels. Treasurer Sherrie Huddleston cautioned that revenues were down $14,000 for February year-over-year and urged conservative allocations to avoid depleting carryover funds; the committee has implemented a new evaluation and scoring process and some applicants agreed to delay requests to avoid overburdening the current fiscal year budget.
