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Council reviews lodging-tax policy draft; mayor flags potential county contribution change
Summary
Mayor Kennedy Horstman summarized a lodging-tax policy and a nearly complete interlocal draft with the county joint tourism board; she said Langley collects roughly $200,000 annually in lodging tax and that the city's current contribution to the county is roughly $50,000 but the draft interlocal would change that to about $25,000.
Mayor Kennedy Horstman paused the agenda item to review several lodging-tax documents including a local policy, a memo from the joint tourism committee and a near-final interlocal draft. She said the topic is complex and recommended a simple slide to explain how multiple revenue streams and distinct RCWs (state statutes) interact with percentage calculations.
Horstman said the city "collect[s] roughly $200,000 total annually in lodging tax" and that by one interpretation about 25% (roughly $50,000) currently goes to the county joint tourism board under existing practice; she said the draft interlocal would change the effective allocation and estimated the contribution moving forward at about $25,000. Council members asked for the committee's scoring methodology for tourism grants and requested clearer numeric slides and attachments so members could reconcile the percentages.
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