Town could eliminate hotel tax committee

La Conner Town Council will consider adopting an ordinance that would disband the town’s Lodging Tax Advisory Committee.

The town established the advisory committee in 2009 to study and make recommendations on how the “bed tax” collected from overnight visitors in the local hotels and inns is spent. By law, the money is to go for things that accommodate activities for tourists or attract tourists to the area.

But the state law governing the committee role was changed a few years ago, making it impossible for the Town Council to adjust the amounts allocated to the various groups that receive lo...