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Council increases lodging-tax disbursement to $85,000 in ordinance 619-2026
Summary
Council adopted Ordinance 619-2026 to raise lodging-tax disbursement from $78,000 to $85,000 and postponed broader lodging-tax changes until June (M/S Gilbert/Boyce; M/S Hoffman/Higgs to postpone).
On May 14 the Electric City Council approved Ordinance 619-2026 to increase lodging-tax disbursements to $85,000, up from the previously approved $78,000.
Councilmember Matt Gilbert moved the ordinance and Councilmember Robbin Boyce seconded; the motion carried unanimously. Council separately voted to postpone a broader discussion of lodging-tax policy changes until the June meeting.
The minutes record the specific dollar change and the procedural decision to defer broader policy discussion; no detailed reallocation or recipient agencies were specified in the minutes.
