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City Council Regular Meeting - 26 Jun 2017
SUBJECT/TITLE: Lodging Tax Advisory Committee 2017 Appointments
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Council Concur
DEPARTMENT: Community & Economic Development
STAFF CONTACT: Cliff Long, Director
EXT.: 6591
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SUMMARY OF ACTION:
Resolution #3288 established the Renton Lodging Tax Advisory Committee and authorizes Council to review
membership annually and fill any committee vacancies.
Revisions to the Renton Municipal Code (RMC), approved by legal review, state that the Committee will have at least
five members appointed by the City Council (See Exhibit A).
Under the proposed ordinance, three new appointments are requested to fill vacancies and join the three existing
committee members. The current committee members include:
• Michael Schabbing, General Manager of Marriott Renton Hotels
• Brent Camann, Renton Chamber of Commerce; and
• Pretti Shridhar, City of Renton Deputy Public Affairs Administrator
Appointments of the following individuals are requested to fill vacancies on the committee:
• Mitchell Shepherd, Board Member with the Renton Municipal Arts Commission
• Angela Mose, General Manager of Red Lion Hotel & Conference Center Seattle-Renton; and
• Rusty Middleton, General Manager of Hyatt Regency Lake Washington
EXHIBITS:
A. Draft Ordinance
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Approve an ordinance amending the Renton Municipal Code to make allowances for additional committee
members beyond the originally allotted five member appointments; and approve the following appointments
to the Lodging Tax Advisory Committee: Mitchell Shepherd, Board Member with the Renton Municipal Arts
Commission; Angela Mose, General Manager of Red Lion Hotel & Conference Center Seattle-Renton; and Rusty
Middleton, General Manager of Hyatt Regency Lake Washington.
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CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON
ORDINANCE NO. ________
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, AMENDING SECTION
2‐16‐3 OF THE RENTON MUNICIPAL CODE, CLARIFYING LODGING TAX ADVISORY
COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP LANGUAGE BY ALIGNING IT WITH STATE LAW, AND
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I. Section 2‐16‐3 of the Renton Municipal Code, is amended as follows:
2‐16‐3 MEMBERSHIP:
The Lodging Tax Advisory Committee shall have five members and shall consist of
at least five (5) members, appointed by the City Council. The Lodging Tax Advisory
Committee shall include at least two (2) members who are representatives of a
business required to collect taxes under Chapter 67.28 RCW, and at least two (2)
members who are persons involved in activities authorized to be funded by
revenue received under that chapter. One such member shall be the president of
the Greater Renton Chamber of Commerce, and another member shall be the City
of Renton’s Communications Director. Persons eligible to be appointed as
representatives of a business collecting tax may not be appointed as a person
involved in activities authorized to be funded by the revenue from the tax. Persons
eligible to be appointed as persons involved in activities authorized to be funded
by the revenue from the tax may not be appointed as representatives of a business
collecting the tax. The fifth One member of the Committee shall be an elected
official of the City.
ORDINANCE NO. ________
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SECTION II. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or work of this
ordinance should be held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a court or competent jurisdiction,
such invalidity or unconstitutionality thereof shall not affect the constitutionality of any other
section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or word of this ordinance.
SECTION III. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty (30) days after
publication of a summary of this ordinance in the City’s official newspaper. The summary shall
consist of this ordinance’s title.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this _______ day of ___________________, 2017.
Jason A. Seth, City Clerk
APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this _______ day of _____________________, 2017.
Denis Law, Mayor
Approved as to form:
Shane Moloney, City Attorney
Date of Publication:
ORD:1953:6/14/17:scr