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KITTITAS COUNTY <br />Board of County Commissioners <br /> <br />AGENDA STAFF REPORT <br /> <br />AGENDA DATE: January 18th, 2022 <br /> <br />ACTION REQUESTED: Request the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) sign a Resolution allocating $174,416.79 of Hotel/Motel Funds towards the 2022 Lodging Tax Fund Grants Program for <br />Special Events and Projects. <br /> <br /> <br />BACKGROUND: The Cities of Ellensburg, Roslyn and Cle Elum along with Kittitas County have an Interlocal Agreement in place to create a consolidated lodging tax grant process for special <br />events and projects. They each signed an Amendment to the Interlocal Agreement stating each entity will dedicate 13% of their lodging tax funds to the Consolidated Lodging Tax process. <br /> The Consolidated Lodging Tax Advisory Committee Work Group met in an open public meeting on November 19, 2021 and deliberated to reach a final funding recommendation to be forwarded <br />to each entity’s legislative body for final approval. <br /> <br />INTERACTION: The Consolidated Work Group recommended expending $242,239.75 of lodging tax funding to be designated for special events and projects. Kittitas County designated $174,416.79 <br />to be available for grants as part of this process, Ellensburg designated $45,842.75 Cle Elum designated $21,388.87, and Roslyn designated $595.08 <br /> <br />RECOMMENDATION: Approve a Resolution allocating $ $174,416.79 of Kittitas County Hotel/Motel funds towards the 2022 Lodging Tax Events/Projects Grants as listed in the Resolution. <br /> <br />HANDLING: Original – Clerk of the Board <br /> Electronic Copy – LTAC Clerk <br /> Electronic Copy – Dora Van Epps <br /> <br />ATTACHMENTS: Draft Resolution <br /> Ellensburg Resolution No. 2021-041 <br /> Cle Elum Resolution No. 2021-028 <br /> Roslyn Resolution No. 2021-006 <br /> <br />LEAD STAFF: Taylor Crouch, LTAC Clerk <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />