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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COUNTY OF KITTITAS
STATE OF WASHINGTON
RESOLUTION
NO. 2023- _________
A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE 2023 HOTEL/MOTEL
TAX FUND GRANTS
WHEREAS: RCW 39.34.080 and other Washington State law, as amended, authorizes any city
to contract with any other city/county to perform any governmental service,
activity or undertaking which each contracting city/county is authorized by law to
perform; and
WHEREAS: the governing bodies of Kittitas County and the cities of Ellensburg, Cle Elum, and
Roslyn previously entered into an interlocal agreement for the purposes of creating
a consolidated lodging tax grant process for special events and projects; and
WHEREAS: in accordance with the interlocal agreement, Kittitas County solicited applications
for the distribution of the 2022 Hotel/Motel tax funds in the form of reimbursable
grants for special events and projects throughout Kittitas County; and
WHEREAS: in accordance with the interlocal agreement, the respective Lodging Tax Advisory
Committees (LTACs) or designees of Kittitas County and the cities of Ellensburg,
Cle Elum, and Roslyn have reviewed all the applications submitted to Kittitas
County; and
WHEREAS: in accordance with the interlocal agreement, Kittitas County compiled the various
participating entity's scoring and funding recommendations and forwarded them to
the combined county-wide LTAC Consolidated Work Group for further review;
and
WHEREAS: in accordance with the interlocal agreement, the combined county-wide LTAC
Consolidated Work Group met in an open public meeting November 18, 2022, at
Ellensburg City Hall to receive presentations from applicants recommended for
funding. On January 4, 2023, the combined county-wide LTAC Consolidated
Work Group met in an open public meeting on WebEx and deliberated to reach a
final funding recommendation which is to be forwarded to each entity's legislative
body for final approval; and
WHEREAS: in accordance with an amendment to the interlocal agreement, each participating
municipality agreed to make available 13% of their annual lodging tax collections
to be awarded through the consolidated lodging tax grant process; and
WHEREAS: Kittitas County designated $232,378.87 to be available for grants as part of this
process, Ellensburg designated $53,321.22 Cle Elum designated $23,529.60, and
Roslyn designated $1,018.21; and
WHEREAS: the combined county-wide LTAC Work Group recommended expending
$310,247.90 of the designated funds; and
WHEREAS: in accordance with the interlocal agreement, Kittitas County will provide notice to
each successful applicant and will require a contract be agreed to by each
successful applicant prior to funding awards being available for reimbursement;
and
WHEREAS: in accordance with the interlocal agreement, Kittitas County will serve as the
single reimbursing agency for all successful applicants and will bill each
participating municipality's lodging tax fund for its respective share of any
reimbursements awarded and applied for; and
WHEREAS: the recommended expenditures did not use the total sum of funds available, and
thus the excess funds shall be returned to the contributing municipalities pro
rata to be used for any purposes allowed by the statutes applicable to these funds,
and
WHEREAS: the legislative authorities for Kittitas County and the cities of Ellensburg, Cle
Elum, and Roslyn are approving only their respective lodging tax fund grant
awards.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: That Kittitas County hereby awards the 2023
Hotel/Motel Tax fund grants distribution for special events and projects as follows:
Roslyn Downtown Association $ 17,231.79
Kittitas County Chamber of Commerce - Pioneer Days $ 14,050.00
Dru Bru Taproom and Brewery - Glow Run $ 1,700.00
Webb Events LLC - Cowboy Cross $ 45,500.00
Kittitas County Chamber Summit Series $ 5,000.00
Ellensburg Rodeo Hall of Fame $ 29,065.78
Ellensburg Rodeo $ 20,000.00
Punch Projects: Fire House Project $ 25,000.00
Easton Memorial Day Celebration $ 3,360.90
Suncadia’s Kaleidoscope Festival $ 15,000.00
Roslyn Ronald Cle Elum Heritage Club Cultural Tourism Outreach $ 20,000.00
Cle Elum Roundup Association $ 5,470.40
Washington State Ski & Snowboard Museum $ 16,000.00
Kittitas County Historical Society, Inc. $ 15,000.00
$ 232,378.87
ADOPTED this __________day of ______________, 2023
SIGNATURE BLOCKS
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
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Chairman
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Vice-Chair
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Commissioner
ATTEST: CLERK OF THE BOARD
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Julie Kjorsvik