3/17/2025 - City Council - Work Session - Agendas
CITY OF SPRING PARK
WORK SESSION AGENDA
MARCH 17, 2025 – 5:00 PM
SPRING PARK CITY HALL
(Work Session discussion times are approximate)
1. 5:00: Lord Fletchers 2025 Permit Application – Tom Emer
2. 5:30: Hotel Lodging Tax
a. The city can implement an ordinance to collect up to 3% lodging tax.
b. The tax would be collected and remitted by hotels directly to the city (charged as a per night/per
room tax).
c. 95% of the lodging tax needs to be used to fund "a local convention or travel bureau".
d. Possible next steps: determine use for tax within the city; establish process for tax
collection/clearing; ordinance creation; timing and communication plan.
e. Please note: this topic has been discussed previously with past council and mayor.
f. Links: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/469.190;
https://www.house.mn.gov/hrd/pubs/lodgetax.pdf
3. 5:55: Rental Licensing
4. 6:00: Adjourn