Department of the City Manager's Office
Reference: Extension of Time Frame for Use of the Lodging Tax Funds Awarded for the 2020 Calendar Year
To: Mayor Gregory Mills and Members of City Council
Through: Jane Bais DiSessa, City Manager
Prepared By: Nicole Samson, Senior Management Analyst
Date Prepared: November 17, 2020
PURPOSE
Request that the City Council consider approving the Brighton Lodging Tax Advisory Committee's recommendation to extend the timeframe for 12 months for use of the 2020 grant allocations from the Lodging Tax Funds awarded in 2020. The new deadline for use of these previously awarded amounts will be December 31, 2021.
Last fall, the Council approved funding $460,000 worth of grants in 2020 with Lodging Tax Funds through Resolution 2019-119. These grants were awarded to the following grantees: Brighton Economic Development Corporation, the Brighton Cultural Arts Commission, the Office of Youth Services and the Brighton Youth Commission. Due to COVID-19 and the resulting public health orders, many of the events during this year were canceled, postponed or held virtually. As a result, the EDC has used 44% of the granted funding, BCAC has used 26% of the granted funding and the Office of Youth Services and the Brighton Youth Commission was not able to use any of the granted funding. Extending the timeframe on the use of the Lodging Tax Funds awarded in 2020 another 12 months will allow the grantees more time to expend the unused funding award to them on the previously approved activities.
STRATEGIC FOCUS AREA
Financially Responsible
Strong Regional Relationships and Partnerships
BACKGROUND
On November 8, 2011, the voters of the City approved the imposition of a Lodging Tax to be effective January 1, 2012, in the amount of three percent on short term lodging of less than 30 consecutive days. The revenue from this tax can be used for the purpose approved by the voters for "economic development, special events, cultural arts facilitie...
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