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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2772 RESOLUTION NO. 2772 A RESOLUTION of the City Council of Bremerton, amending Resolution No. 2666 and appointing members to the Lodging Tax Advisory Committee, and setting criteria for application and review by the City Council and the Committee. WHEREAS, the City of Bremerton currently levies a lodging tax pursuant to Chapter 67.28 RCW; and WHEREAS, the State Legislature passed SSB 5867, enacted as Chapter 452, Laws of 1997, which modified or repealed some previous lodging tax authority, but also added new lodging tax by the City; and WHEREAS, SSB 5867 required that, in cities with a population over 5,000, any new imposition of a lodging tax enacted under Chapter 67.28 RCW be first submitted for consideration to a Lodging Tax Advisory Committee not less than 45 days in advance of final action on the lodging tax by the City; and WHEREAS, SSB 5867 was effective on July 27, 1997; and WHEREAS, SSB 5867 replaced the current lodging tax authority with a new statutory scheme; and WHEREAS, to insure continued authorization for the imposition of the lodging tax, the City created a Lodging Tax Advisory Committee by Resolution No. 2626; now, therefore BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BREMERTON CITY COUNCIL THAT Section 1. The membership of the Lodging Tax Advisory Committee shall continue to consist of at least five members appointed by City Council. In the event a member becomes incapacitated or is otherwise unable to serve, the member's organization may appoint a designee to serve in the member's stead until the City Council appoints a new member. One member shall be an elected official of the City who shall serve as chair, two or more members shall be representatives of businesses required to collect the tax, and two or more members shall be persons involved in activities authorized to be funded from the tax. The City Council will review the membership on an annual basis and make changes as appropriate by motion at a City Council Meetinq. Section 2. The following criteria must be met annually and included in applications by all applicants and recipients or any use or disbursements of the Hotel/Motel Lodging Tax funds, and any reserve created with Tax funds: A. Maintain and present a Business Plan to the City Council. The plan must include an itemized annual budget with line items indicating where and how tax funds will be expended to enhance the tourism trade within the City of Bremerton. All of the requesting organization's sources of income shall also be reflected in the budget, and shall be given weight during the reviewing process. B. The Business Plan shall also include an on-going plan to collect funds by charging admission, advertisement sales, grants, organizational memberships, private donations, or other means that would contribute to the increasing independence of the requesting organization. C. Any statutorily required proposal from the City Council to the Committee shall be dated and submitted in writing as shown in attached Exhibit "A", Application and Review Procedures. PASSED by the City Council of the City of Brernerton this 6th day of September, 2000. CAROL ARENDS Council President EXHIBIT A HOTEL/MOTEL LODGING TAX APPLICATION AND REVIEW PROCEDURES The following procedures have been approved by the Bremenon City Council in its effort to establish a fair and expedient process to evaluate the potential recipients of Hotel/Motel Tax funds. 1. All applications shall be submitted to the City Clerk's Office, 239 - 4tn Street, Bremertort, Washington 98337, no later than August 15 of the calendar year preceding distribution. All applications shall be submitted on the City's Application form~ and he ~iEnecLhy an anthnrized representative of the Applicant. 2. Within ten (10) days after the deadline for submission of applications, the Lodging Tax committee will he provided_ all information submitted by the applicants for review. For purposes of RCW 67.28.1815, the current year's allonafinn~ of the ~nd_vzill be,_ nnn~ittered t.o he the City Council's proposal to the Committee. 3. The Lodging Tax Committee shall submit its recommendation to the Cky Council for distribution or use of Hotel/Motel Tax funds no later than October 20. A copy will immediately he provided to the Mayor. 4. The Committee's comments shall include an analysis of the extent to which the applicants will accommodate activities for tourist or increase tourism and the extent to which the proposal will affect the long term stability of the Hotel/Motel Tax fired. The Committee may make recommendations for the use of the HoteVMotel Tax revenue. 5. Any false statement made by an applicant during the application and review process shall be cause for termination of consideration of distribution. Any funds distributed based upon reliance of the misstatement may be required to be refunded to the City if requested by the City Council. 6_ Any funds disbursed to applicants axe based upon projections of revenues from the Hotel/Motel Tax. In the event of shortfall of actual receipts, disbursements shall be adjusted in the final quarter on a_ pro rata basis among all recipients.