For months, the Eagle Town Board has grappled with the question of how to finance a community marketing effort.
On Tuesday night, members honed in on a possible solution — increasing the current lodging occupation tax by $2.
Since the mid 1990s, the town of Eagle has charged a hotel lodging occupation tax of $2 per night, per rented room with the proceeds going to the town’s open space fund.
In November, the town board will bring a new proposal to the voters that would increase that fee to $4 per night, per rented room with the estimated annual proceeds of $110,000 going to marketing efforts.
“The intent of what we are trying to do is to promote business in the town of Eagle,” said town board member Scott Turnipseed. “I’m all over this. I think we should do it.”
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