Many counties and municipalities continue to fund the lighting of interstate and highway exits through state accommodations taxes. I was under the impression that this was an acceptable expenditure?
Although the Committee has in the past found the purchase and installation of lighting of interstate and highway exits and the installation of landscaping an acceptable expenditure, the Committee feels as though that the maintenance and operating costs of these assets might not be the best use of accommodations tax funds. Normally, this is something considered a “normal expense” of the municipality or county. Although the Committee is not recommending funds be withheld at this time, we would like for entities to consider this for the future and notify the Committee of steps being taken to fund the lights from some source other than state accommodations tax funds. Question:: Recently, someone asked about applying for atax funds to fund the salary of a staff member who does website updates and answering tourist inquiries. Could it be applicable as long as they could give the percentage of the staff time that actually applies to the tourism effort? Answer: For the first part of your quest
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