Lodging Tax advisory Committee

Meetings

Members

  • Councilman Scott Prato - Chair
  • Bobbi McCracken
  • Lee Bacon
  • Navpreet Saroya
  • Jackie Elsos
  • Staff Representative: Katy Williamsen, Finance Director kwilliamsen@aberdeenwa.gov

Overview

The Lodging Tax Committee is made up of at least five members appointed by the Mayor. The chair of the Committee is the Chair of the City of Aberdeen Finance Committee, two of the members have to collect the tax (i.e. hotel owners, etc.) and two members are recipients of the fund.  For more information please contact the Aberdeen Finance Department at 360-537-3201 or kwilliamsen@aberdeenwa.gov.

Attracting Visitors & Encouraging Tourism

This fund was created for the purpose of paying all or any part of the cost of acquisition, construction, or operating of stadium facilities, convention center facilities, performing arts center facilities and/or visual arts center facilities, or to pay or secure the payment of all or any portion of general obligation bonds or revenue bonds issued for such purpose or purposes under this chapter or to pay for advertising, publicizing, or otherwise distributing information for the purpose of attracting visitors and encouraging tourist expansion.

Lodging Tax Reporting FORMS 

2026 State Reporting Form

2026 State Reporting Budget

2026 LTAC Invoice Receipt Form

TBD

Lodging Tax Fund Application

The 2026 Funding Cycle Application documents are due by Thursday, November 6th, 2025 at 4:00 p.m.

  • All organizations that are awarded funding will be required to submit an end-of-the-year financial report detailing all income received from your event/project and all expenses associated with your event and /or project
  • At least 25% matching funds
  • A copy of the organization's board members, including addresses and phone numbers
  • How the project will benefit the City of Aberdeen, specifically tourism projects that relate to overnight stays in the City of Aberdeen's Hotels and Motels
  • Must be a registered non-profit or governmental agency.

View the 

2026 Lodging Tax Grant Application Packet

2026 LTAC Grant Application Fillable Doc