Lodging Tax Vote Orange Beach

TWO COASTAL ALABAMA TOWNS ARE
HOPING TO CASH IN ON VISITORS AT
THE BEACH. TONIGHT... THE ORANGE
BEACH CITY COUNCIL WILL VOTE ON
A PROPOSED INCREASE
TO THE LODGING TAX.
NEWS FIVE'S MARY SMITH EXPLAINS
WHAT
THIS COULD MEAN FOR YOUR NEXT
HOTEL
STAY.
CITY COUNCIL IS SET TO VOTE ANY
MINUTE ON THIS LODGING TAX
INCREASE.
IF IT PASSES. YOU COULD SEE A 2-
PERCENT INCREASE ON YOUR
BILL AT HOTELS HERE IN ORANGE
BEACH.
THE CURRENT LODGING TAX SITS AT
11-PERCENT. JUST LIKE GULF
SHORES.
HOWEVER. BOTH CITIES SAY THEY
WANT THAT TO INCREASE TO 13-
PERCENT TO IMPROVE LOCAL
INFRASTRUCTURE.
HERE IN ORANGE BEACH.
RESIDENTS ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT
INCREASED TRAFFIC AND
DETERIORATING INFRASTRUCTURE.
THE CITY SAYS IF IT PASSES. IT
WOULD RAISE BETWEEN 4 TO 6
MILLION
DOLLARS A YEAR FOR A RESERVE
FUND.
MOST OF THE RESIDENTS WHO SPOKE
OUT AT THE MEETING HERE
TWO WEEKS AGO. SEEM TO BE IN
FAVOR OF THE TAX INCREASE.
BUT TONIGHT. CITY COUNCIL WILL
HEAR FROM LOCAL LODGING
OFFICIALS TO GET THEIR TAKE.
ON A RELATED NOTE. GULF
SHORES WILL BE VOTING ON ITS 2-
PERCENT INCREASE THIS UPCOMING
MONDAY.
THE MEETING IS JUST GETTING
STARTED SO I AM GOING TO HEAD
INSIDE.
I'LL HAVE MORE FOR YOU ON THE
GULF COAST CW NEWS AT 9 AND NEWS
5 AT 10.
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