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Council adopts home rule request to extend hotel/motel tax renewal period to three years
Summary
To align with amended state legislation, the council adopted a home rule request asking the state to allow a three-year renewal window for the city's occupancy tax (hotel/motel tax).
City attorney explained that state legislation changing the renewal period for local occupancy taxes from two to three years requires the city to adopt a home rule request to effect the change locally. Council members said the measure mirrored the request adopted previously but updated the period to three years to match the amended state language (discussion SEG 2514SEG 2546).
Council moved, seconded and adopted the home rule request by voice vote. The measure does not change the tax rate itself; it only requests the state authorize the longer renewal window to reduce the frequency of local reauthorization under the new state amendment.
