City Council - Regular Meeting

Thank you.

According to the ordinance, I am therefore certain that this ordinance should be updated.

I suppose you are asking the question in the context of... Let's say... Or if it is an ongoing work, or are you talking about a change?

Let's say that it is adopted today and goes from $2 to $4. Obviously, it is not done automatically. Someone must give his approval. Who would be the person or the group in charge of approving it?

Yes, it would be, at the end of the day, the advice to proceed with the approval of a modification of the ordinance. Would you need a vote from... Yes, it would essentially be necessary to follow the same process as during its creation. That's what I think.

And then, before leaving today, by depositing these files, she just wanted me to make sure to underline or insist on the case up to Eiger. So, if the law is adopted, it's up to 4 dollars. Obviously, you have the possibility to leave it at 2 or 2%, 3%. They simply want to increase it or adjust it up to $4 or up to 4% of the price of the room.

I would also add, as far as group offers are concerned, there are obviously not many communities that do this. One of the reasons is that it is much more tedious to proceed in this way. Each of these offers should have its own distinct offer advice, so you duplicate the process every time you want to create one. It is therefore not really an effective way, I suppose, to manage the global objectives of the community.

So, does Aaron expect something from this group? Or an approval? Or what? I read in their documents that Sioux Falls, Rapid City and others have in some way taken the step or are pressing for it. Or is it just informative?

Informative, and then she wants to answer all the questions that local councilors could have. And then, in the end, it would bring our legislators to support it. If they learn that Michel's advisory council supports them, they will have conversations with our legislators and they will then have these... ...conversations of support during the legislative session to try to make it adopted as well.

I know that it's mentioned every year at the legislative level.

It's a bit like if everyone voted for the 90s and that everyone outside voted against it.

What about legislation and legislators? I don't know. It depends largely on whether it's an electoral year or not. They don't want it to pass.

Without putting pressure on me at the moment.

You know, for Michel, for example, if we go to 4%, it would be a tax of 6 dollars on our property.

You can turn on your microphone.

But if it happens, hypothetically, a project like this one who is looking for help, it's something that could come back to this group and you could decide to add a dollar or two specifically for a project.

Nous allons avancer.

Je ne veux pas... Ouais, juste avancer ici.

Donc... Si on passait un pourcentage, est-ce difficile ?

Parce que je pense que ce serait facile sur une base par chambre. I think it would just be necessary. You know, at the moment, hotels just declare the number of rooms and revenues, so we have to be proud of what you declare. It would probably be a little more difficult, however.

The hotel would mainly rely on its number of rooms.

Yes, probably.

And each customer would have on their invoice 4% of their tariff. True.

I imagine that you may not be able to see the change in the number of rooms, as this group is currently doing, as where you are compared to the same period last year, to see if things have an impact.

C'est peut-être un peu plus difficile à suivre, mais vous pourriez ajuster la façon dont ces séjours sont déclarés également. Donc, je veux dire, c'est vrai. Vous pouvez changer la façon dont c'est formaté et obtenir quand même les informations dont vous avez besoin.

Très bien. Dernier point à l'ordre du jour. Plus ou moins en me basant sur les deux dernières années, January, April, July, early July seems to be the meeting to hold for our budget for the following year. Then we have a meeting here in September. More or less, I will continue with this format in the future unless there is a need or something justifies to convene a meeting in a month other than this listed. I imagine all returns or others, but more or less, once again, out of concern for coherence with the last few years, January, April, we will have one earlier in July to obtain budget information, then one in September. And finally, depending on the needs, if something comes up.

Very well, a motion to raise the session.

Je propose.

Appuyez. Pas bien, la séance est levée. Merci. Je ne sais pas comment dormir.