Indianola nonprofits seek hotel-motel tax funding

Indianola nonprofits are asking the City Council to consider funding from the city’s hotel and motel tax revenue.

The request

The groups are making their case directly to the council. Hotel and motel tax revenue is collected from lodging activity and can become a subject of local budget and funding decisions.

The request concerns money for nonprofit organizations, but the organizations involved and the amounts they are seeking were not identified in the information available for this brief.

Council’s role

The City Council is the public body involved in considering the request. A request to use hotel and motel tax revenue does not by itself establish that funding has been approved. No council decision is identified here.

What happens next

The next step is the council’s consideration of the nonprofits’ pitches. Any later action would clarify whether money is awarded, which organizations receive it and how much each receives.

The development was reported in a Google News result about Indianola nonprofits.