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Resolution approving Partnership Agreement with Visit Milwaukee for January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2028 for tourism promotion and development
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WHEREAS, Wisconsin state statutes dictate how the city is to use hotel/motel tax revenue and requires that a ceratin amount of said funds must be spent on tourism promotion and development; and
WHEREAS, the City of Wauwatosa has contracted with Visit Milwaukee for over forty years for this purpose; and
WHEREAS, historically, contracts were vague in terms of deliverables and the majority of hotel revenue was provided to Visit Milwaukee; however, over the past six years, the city has created the Wauwatosa Tourism Commission which has renegotiated the amount of said funds allocated to the contract with Visit Milwaukee; and
WHEREAS, the new contract contains more robust definitions of deliverables and expectations and will increase the contract fee by approximately $32,000.00;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Wauwatosa enter into the contract from January 1, 2024 until December 31, 2028 with Visit Milwaukee for an annual amount of $300,000.00 with the terms of the contract as more thoroughly described in the Government Affairs meeting on October 10, 2023.
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Recommendation: Approve 7-0