HomeMy WebLinkAbout2026LTAC grants resolution updatedBOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COUNTY OF KITTITAS
STATE OF WASHINGTON
RESOLUTION
NO. 2026-
A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE 2026 HOTEL/MOTEL
TAX FUNDS 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 2026 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 on November 14, 2025,
at Ellensburg City Hall and deliberated to reach a final funding recommendation
which was 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: 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: Resolution 2026-018 awarded the use of 2026 Hotel/Motel Tax funds for
$480,887.39, which the county-wide LTAC Consolidated Work Group
recommended expending.
WHEREAS: Kittitas County designated $341,015.40 to be available for grants as part of this
process, Ellensburg designated $108,259.12, Cle Elum designated $27,340.67,
and Roslyn designated $4272.20; and
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: That Kittitas County hereby awards the 2026
Hotel/Motel Tax fund grants distribution for special events and projects as follows:
Applicant Award
Webb Events 50,500.00
Cle Elum Downtown Association 25,000.00
Top Tier Sports 65,000.00
Ellensburg Downtown Assoc/PLACES 5,500.00
KEEN 15,000.00
Punch Projects 20,000.00
WA State Ski & Snowboard Museum 15,000.00
Roslyn Downtown Association 34,175.00
Ellensburg Downtown Association 47,600.00
Kittitas County Historical Society 17,000.00
Gallery One 15,000.00
Ellensburg Rodeo Association 30,000.00
Suncadia Springfest 2,923.00
Suncadia Harvest Festival 15,000.00
Cle Elum Roundup Association 11,000.00
Valley Theatre 10,000.00
All Things Fun Sports! 7,500.00
Suncadia Wine in the Pines 7,500.00
Junk-tiquen in the Burg 4,000.00
Roslyn Ronald Cle Elum Heritage Club 15,000.00
Suncadia Summer Concert Series 10,000.00
Suncadia Holiday Drone Show 32,489.39
Ellensburg Rodeo Hall of Fame 12,000.00
The Clymer Museum 10,000.00
Ellensburg Shakespeare Project 3,700.00
Total 480887.39