Agenda Released for City Council Special Called Meeting Thursday January 25 at Noon on Proposed Hotel/Motel Tax

Crossville city council will meet in special called session at Noon on Thursday, January 25 for an expected brief meeting.

The Main item on the agenda is the required second approval of a resolution requesting the Tennessee General Assembly approve a change to the Crossville City Charter allowing the city to assess a hotel/motel tax proposed at 3 percent. 

Crossville City Hall

In addition, the resolution requests the legislature to approve a waiver to actually allow the city to legally assess the tax.  The state has issued a number of such waivers in the last few years as the law does not allow both the county and city to assess the tax unless it was done prior to 1988 or whichever entity instituted it first.  The County currently charges a 7.5 percent hotel/motel tax.

According to Cumberland County Finance Director Nathan Brock in the fiscal year 2016-17 the County collected $829,757.00.  The city's expected revenue from the tax would be just under $300,000 for the same time frame. 

The resolution was first approved in a special called meeting on Tuesday evening January 23.

Other items on the agenda are routine ordinance readings including establishing the Sports and Event Council, budget amendments and final reading of the ordinance discouraging smoking at Garrison Park.