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DISCUSS STEPS TO SET UP TOURIST DEVELOPMENT TAX <br />Commissioner Wodtke informed the Board that the Tourist <br />Development Tax was amended to allow use of the monies generated <br />for beach restoration. The'Beach Preservation & Restoration <br />Committee unanimously recommended that the Commission start the <br />procedure to see if the voters of the county would agree to <br />establishing a tourist tax. The statute requires that 60 days <br />prior to the enactment of the establishing ordinance that the <br />county appoint mine people to a tourist development council, and <br />the ordinance must go to referendum. Time is of the essence as <br />it is desired to have this on the ballot in March. <br />Commissioner Wodtke continued that a water resource bill was <br />passed in Washington which has not yet been signed by the <br />President, but he believed it will be signed and will authorize <br />our projects in Indian River County. What the Committee is <br />asking the Commission to do is to set in motion the process for <br />the appointment of the Tourist Development Council, the makeup of <br />which is as follows: <br />(e) The governing board of each county which levies <br />and imposes a tourist development tax under this section shall <br />appoint an advisory council to be known as the "...(name of <br />county).. Tourist Development Council." The council shall be <br />established by ordinance and composed of nine members who <br />shall be appointed by the governing board. The chairman of <br />the governing board of the county or any other member of the <br />governing board as designated by the chairman shall serve on <br />shall be the ehelrman of the council. Two members of -the <br />council shall be elected municipal officials, one of whom <br />shall be from the most populous municipality in the county or <br />subcounty special taxing district in which the tax is levied. <br />Three members of the council shail be owneils-.or operators of <br />motels, hotels. recreational vehicle parks, or other tourist <br />accommodations in the county and subject to the tax. Three <br />members of the council shall be persons who are involved in <br />the touristN ndustry and who have demonstrated an interest in <br />tourist development, but who are not owners or operators of <br />motels, hotels, recreational vehicle parka or other tourist <br />accommodations in the county ect_t th tax. All <br />members of the council shall be electors of the county. <br />-- <br />80 <br />L: TBOOK. 66 FGF 280 <br />