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Urbana Hotel Tax Sees Increased Growth
URBANA--The City of Urbana is seeing more than 30 percent in growth rate, through their hotel-motel tax, for the last fiscal year.
This stems from a one percent tax increase, that took effect this past October.
It was a heated debate back in 2011, when for the first time in eight years,
Urbana Mayor Laurel Prussing vetoed something.
In this case, this veto meant cutting more than $70,000 in funding for tourism.
After cutting ties with the Champaign County Visitor's Bureau, Prussing later proposed a one percent hotel-motel tax increase.
City council upheld her veto, and passed the tax increase.
Prussing adds, even without the raise, Urbana's hotel-motels saw an 18 percent increase in revenue, compared to Champaign's 9.6 percent.
With the tax increase added in, the total hotel-motel tax revenue jumped 35 percent.
She says, the proposed tax raise stemmed from the recession, when they needed to find places to cut spending.
Currently, Urbana has a six percent hotel-motel tax.
Meanwhile, Champaign has a five percent hotel-motel tax.
Reported by: Marine Glisovic
Urbana Hotel Tax Sees Increased Growth
URBANA--The City of Urbana is seeing more than 30 percent in growth rate, through their hotel-motel tax, for the last fiscal year.
This stems from a one percent tax increase, that took effect this past October.
It was a heated debate back in 2011, when for the first time in eight years,
Urbana Mayor Laurel Prussing vetoed something.
In this case, this veto meant cutting more than $70,000 in funding for tourism.
After cutting ties with the Champaign County Visitor's Bureau, Prussing later proposed a one percent hotel-motel tax increase.
City council upheld her veto, and passed the tax increase.
Prussing adds, even without the raise, Urbana's hotel-motels saw an 18 percent increase in revenue, compared to Champaign's 9.6 percent.
With the tax increase added in, the total hotel-motel tax revenue jumped 35 percent.
She says, the proposed tax raise stemmed from the recession, when they needed to find places to cut spending.
Currently, Urbana has a six percent hotel-motel tax.
Meanwhile, Champaign has a five percent hotel-motel tax.
Reported by: Marine Glisovic
