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Chief Administrative Office recommending the Board approve and authorize the Chair to:
1) Rescind Resolution 062-2022 (Attachment A);
2) Sign Resolution 112-2022 for the November 2022 election to place a ballot measure requesting voters to support a 2% Special Tax increase (requiring a 2/3 supermajority voter approval of the unincorporated West Slope - Attachment C) to the County’s hotel/motel tax, also known as Transient Occupancy Tax;
3) Rescind Resolution 063-2022 (Attachment B);
4) Sign Resolution 113-2022 for the November 2022 election to place a ballot measure requesting voters to support a 4% Special Tax increase (requiring a 2/3 supermajority voter approval of the unincorporated Tahoe Area - Attachment D) to the County’s hotel/motel tax, also known as Transient Occupancy Tax; and
5) Pursuant to Elections Code Section 9162 (a) direct staff to return to the Board with draft language for arguments in favor of the two Transient Occupancy Tax increase ballot measures for the November 2022 election.
FUNDING: General Fund - Transient Occupancy Tax.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
On April 25, 2022 (Legistar 22-0498), the Board authorized staff to place two measures on the November 2022 ballot. The first measure would request voters to support a 2% Special Tax increase (requiring a 2/3 supermajority voter approval of the unincorporated West Slope) to the County’s Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) rate, from 10% to 12%, on visitors of vacation home rentals, hotels and motels in the unincorporated portion of the West Slope of El Dorado County. Based on Fiscal Year (FY) 2021-22 TOT figures, the 2% increase would generate approximately an additional $340,000 annually. The additional revenue would be dedicated solely to maintenance of existing roads in the unincorporated portion of the West Slope.
The second ballot measure would request voters to support a 4% Special Tax increase (requiring a 2/3 supermajority voter approval of the unincorporated Tahoe Area) to ...
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