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. August 16, 1984
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AMEND ROOM TAX ORDINANCE
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A GENERAL ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF OSHKOSH AMENDING SECTION 8-1.1 OF
THE OSHKOSH MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO ROOM TAX.
The Common Council of the City of Oshkosh do ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. That Section 8-1.1 pertaining to "HOTEL & MOTEL:
PERMIT & REGULATIONS" is hereby amended to change the percent of room
tax from 4 to 5�.
SECTION 2. That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect
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A ugust 16, 1984
Oshkosh City Council
Dear Council Members:
I apologize £or not being able to attend this meeting of the
Oshkosh City Council. My reason for writing this letter is to
address the 5% Room Tax Issue.
We would like to go on record as having the Holiday Inn of Oshkosh
and Sam S. Schahet & Co., owners, as being 100� £or this izcrease.
Our reasons are as follows:
1. We feel the benefits would be passed on to all
the hotels, not just specific properties.
2. We are not "tax happy", but we want our Convention
Bureau to be First Class and have every advantage
necessary to bring business into our hotels and
the community.
3. We are in the process of spending a tremendous
amount o£ money to renovate our £acility. I
feel that it is important to have a Convention
Bureau that can do a first class job of promoting
, business leads to pass onto these properti�s.
F9e want you to know that one o£ the primary con-
siderations in the decision to remodel our facility
was the £act that we have had a strong convention
bureau in the past. We would expect this bureau to
remain strong through growths such as is possible
bv this tax increase.
4, Finally, not all facilities are afforded the luxury
of having a large sales sta££ to seek out all of
these business leads. We pay our taxes to have the
Convention Bureau do this, along with our sales staffs,
and why � ould we not have the freedom to benefit
£rom these additional sales leads?
In closing, I wish to reiterate our position of being £or the
5% increase in Room Tax. Your consideration is appreciated.
S'ncerely,
. � ��G�
Kevin E,�hnson
General anager
Holiday Inn-Oshkosh
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