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Board selects Grand Foundation field‑of‑interest model to manage lodging‑tax community priorities fund
Summary
After hearing options and testimony from the Grand Foundation and local stakeholders, the Board voted to have the Grand Foundation administer the county's lodging‑tax community priorities fund using a field‑of‑interest, hybrid committee model.
The Board of County Commissioners directed staff to implement Option 1: a Grand Foundation field‑of‑interest fund, using a hybrid model in which a stakeholder committee reviews applications and makes recommendations that the board will formally approve.
"The way the most success for these type of funds...is to always have a committee that can represent the stakeholders with how the money goes out," said Megan Ladin, executive director of the Grand Foundation, outlining how a hybrid committee of foundation staff, board members and county representatives could review applications and provide transparent recommendations to the BOCC. Commissioners weighed administrative cost and transparency concerns and ultimately voted to proceed with the Grand Foundation model, conditioned on any required approvals from the Foundation's board.
Community stakeholders spoke in support of using an established administrator. Katie Veil of Grand Beginnings urged efficiency for childcare and housing investments. Commissioners said the decision does not lock future boards into a single approach and noted mechanisms for periodic review and annual budgeting.
