Information

Type: Deliberation

Department: BOCC - Board of County Commissioners

Directors' Update: April 19, 2023

Business Meeting: April 25, 2023

Summary:

Appoint Lodging Tax Advisory Committee member

The other members are:

• William "Dean" Croshaw: four-year term that expires Dec. 31, 2025
• Mischa Cowles: six-year term that expires Dec. 31, 2023 (Resolution 19-140)
• Mary Garrison: two-year term that expires Dec. 31, 2023
• Di Morgan: six-year term that expires Dec. 31, 2023 (Resolution 19-058)
• Harry Bhagwandin: four-year term that expires Dec. 31, 2025

Publications:

Cover Letter To: Ryan Southard: ryan@littleowlcabin.com

Additional Copies To:

Resolution

WHEREAS, RCW 67.28.1817 states that a municipality with a population of 5,000 (five thousand) or more should establish a Lodging Tax Advisory Committee (LTAC); and

WHEREAS, the committee must include an equal number of individuals who represent businesses required to collect tax under this chapter (“providers”) and individuals involved in activities authorized to be funded by lodging tax revenue (“users”); and

WHEREAS, Chris Roden, who represented the Lewis County Public Utilities District (PUD), a "provider," stepped down from the committee in January 2023; and

WHEREAS, Ryan Southard, who owns Little Owl Cabin in Packwood, has expressed an interest in serving on the committee; and

WHEREAS, it is in the best public interest to fill the vacancy left by Chris Roden's departure.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the BOCC hereby appoints Ryan Southard as a "provider" representative on the Lodging Tax Advisory Committee to serve out the remainder of Chris Roden's unexpired two-year term, which ends Dec. 31, 2023.

DONE IN OPEN SESSION this 25th day of April, 2023.