Lodging tax board underwrites less than $10,000 in proposals

MEEKER | In accordance with state law, Rio Blanco County lodging taxes amounting to 1.9 percent of the purchase price for units rented for less than 30 consecutive days are to be collected by hotels, motels, bed-and-breakfast inns, condos, campsites, timeshares, auto-camps and trailer parks. This tax revenue is to be spent, after a small administrative cost deducted by the State Department of Revenue, to advertise and market tourism with the exception that capital expenditures…