Board: 15% of lodgers tax remains for events - Silvercity Daily Press

Board: 15% of lodgers tax remains for events - Silvercity Daily Press

By JUNO OGLE Daily Press Staff Eighty-five percent of Silver City’s lodgers tax revenue has been used for fixed costs, leaving the town less than $60,000 to distribute to event-producing organizations this year, according to a report from the revived Lodgers’ Tax Advisory Board at the Town Council meeting Tuesday night. Mayor Simon Wheaton-Smith called it “unconscionable,” and the use of the tax money for museum salaries became a discussion...