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KITTITAS COUNTY <br />Board of County Commissioners <br /> <br />AGENDA STAFF REPORT <br /> <br />AGENDA DATE: March 7, 2023 <br /> <br />ACTION REQUESTED: Request the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) sign a Resolution allocating $232,378.87 of Hotel/Motel Funds towards the 2023 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 18, 2022, and January 4, 2023, and deliberated to reach a final funding recommendation <br />to be forwarded to each entity’s legislative body for final approval. This year, there were more funds available than funding requests. There were $81,211.19 excess. To evenly distribute <br />the remaining balance back to the municipalities. 20.7% was taken off each original contribution and given back to the original municipality to create a new total that will fully fund <br />the projects/events without excess. <br /> <br />INTERACTION: The Consolidated Work Group recommended expending $310,247.90 of lodging tax funding to be designated for special events and projects. Kittitas County designated $232,378.87 <br />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. <br /> <br />RECOMMENDATION: Approve a Resolution allocating $232,378.87 of Kittitas County Hotel/Motel funds towards the 2023 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. 2023-005 <br /> Cle Elum Resolution No. 2023-001 <br /> Roslyn Resolution No. 2023-001 <br /> <br />LEAD STAFF: Emily Smith, 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 />