RES 98-10 LODGING TAX ADVISORY COMMITTEERESOLUTION NO. 98-10
A RESOLUTION of the City of Bainbridge Island, Washington, establishing
a Lod~ng Tax Advisory Committee and appointing members thereto.
WHEREAS, the City of Bainbridge Island currently levies a lodging tax pursuant to Chapter
67.28 RCW; and
WHEREAS, the State Legislature has passed SSB 5867, enacted as Chapter 452, Laws of 1997,
which modifies or repeals some previous lodging tax authority, but also adds new lodging tax authority;
and
WHEREAS, SSB 5867, requires 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, replaces the current lodging tax authority with a new statutory scheme;
and
WHEREAS, to insure continued authorization for the imposition of the lodging tax it is deemed
to be in the best interest of the City that a lodging tax advisory committee be created and that a proposal
be submitted to this committee regarding continuation of the lodging tax or charge in the use of tax
revenues; now, therefore,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, WASHINGTON, DOES
RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1 There is hereby created a City of Bainbridge Island Lodging Tax Advisory
Committee to serve the functions prescribed in SSB 5867, which was enacted as Chapter 452, Laws of
1997.
Section 2. The membership of the Lodging Tax Advisory Committee shall consist of five
members appointed by the Mayor and contimed by the City Council. Two members shall be
representatives of businesses required to collect the tax, and two members shall be persons involved in
activities authorized to receive funding from revenue derived from the tax. The chair of the committee
shall be the chair of the City Council Community Relations Committee. The membership of the Lodging
Tax Advisory Committee shall be reviewed annually and recommendation of changes presented to the
City Council.
Section 3. The following persons are initially appointed to serve as members of the City of
Bainbridge Island Lodging Tax Advisory Committee: Jack MacArthur, Chamber of Commerce; Grant
Griffin, Kitsap Convention & Visitors Bureau; Fred Gruber, Island County Inn; Catherine Jones; and City
Council members Shelly Halligan and Liz Murray.
PASSED by the City Council this 19th day of February, 1998.
APPROVED by the Mayor this 10m day of March~. . ,.,.
GHT SUI~ON, Mayor
A~ST/AUTHE~IC~TE:
SUSAN P. KASPEK, City Clerk