Amador County – The Plymouth City Council last week voted to call an election for a 4 percent increase in the city’s Transient Occupancy Tax from 6 percent to 10 percent. The council passed a resolution that will call for the election and place the question on a city-wide ballot in the November election. The council on April 8th directed staff to prepare the resolution for an increase of the Transient Occupancy Tax on hotels, motels and mobile home parks inside city limits. The change would occur only with a 50 percent plus 1 vote of registered Plymouth voters. A non-binding advisory measure will accompany the TOT measure on the ballot. City Manager Dixon Flynn recommended a 12 percent TOT tax, or a 6 percent increase. The council unanimously agreed to start the paperwork for 10 percent earlier this month, and on Thursday approved the new resolution. City Attorney Steven Rudolph in a report said the ordinance and resolution would submit the changes to the voters, along with “an advisory measure,” as prepared on city council direction. The advisory would be “asking voters whether 2 percent of revenue form the increase in the Transient Occupancy Tax should be used for streets, parking and landscaping, and whether the remaining 2 percent should be used for tourism including promotions, events, signage, advertising and other related expenses.” Rudolph said the “transient occupancy tax is a type of tax that a city may levy on the privilege of occupying a room in a hotel or a similar place of lodging within a city.” He said the 6 percent TOT in Plymouth has remained the same since the tax went into effect in 1980. Plymouth’s 6 percent TOT tax raised $75,000 last year, and Finance Manager Jeff Gardner said the 4 percent increase could add another $50,000 to that total. Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Thursday, 29 April 2010 07:06
Plymouth Places 4% TOT Increase on November Ballot
Amador County – The Plymouth City Council last week voted to call an election for a 4 percent increase in the city’s Transient Occupancy Tax from 6 percent to 10 percent. The council passed a resolution that will call for the election and place the question on a city-wide ballot in the November election. The council on April 8th directed staff to prepare the resolution for an increase of the Transient Occupancy Tax on hotels, motels and mobile home parks inside city limits. The change would occur only with a 50 percent plus 1 vote of registered Plymouth voters. A non-binding advisory measure will accompany the TOT measure on the ballot. City Manager Dixon Flynn recommended a 12 percent TOT tax, or a 6 percent increase. The council unanimously agreed to start the paperwork for 10 percent earlier this month, and on Thursday approved the new resolution. City Attorney Steven Rudolph in a report said the ordinance and resolution would submit the changes to the voters, along with “an advisory measure,” as prepared on city council direction. The advisory would be “asking voters whether 2 percent of revenue form the increase in the Transient Occupancy Tax should be used for streets, parking and landscaping, and whether the remaining 2 percent should be used for tourism including promotions, events, signage, advertising and other related expenses.” Rudolph said the “transient occupancy tax is a type of tax that a city may levy on the privilege of occupying a room in a hotel or a similar place of lodging within a city.” He said the 6 percent TOT in Plymouth has remained the same since the tax went into effect in 1980. Plymouth’s 6 percent TOT tax raised $75,000 last year, and Finance Manager Jeff Gardner said the 4 percent increase could add another $50,000 to that total. Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.Latest from
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