(A) Appointment of members. The Perham Area Tourism Bureau is hereby established for the purpose of advising and assisting the City Council on the promotion of the Perham area as a tourist destination and/or convention site and in the allocation and utilization of the lodging tax proceeds collected within the city to further that purpose. The Tourism Bureau shall recommend to the Mayor, and with approval of the City Council, shall appoint five members to serve on the Tourism Bureau, two of whom shall be representatives of the lodging industry in Perham, two of whom shall be representatives from the Perham Area Chamber of Commerce (either paid or unpaid representatives), and one from the City who will represent the City Council. In the event the city enters into any joint powers agreements with any other political subdivisions for the collection, administration, and disposition of a lodging tax imposed by such entities pursuant to M.S. § 469.190, as it may be amended from time to time, the political subdivisions party to joint powers agreements with the City may recommend an additional individual as their representative.
(B) Terms. Tourism Bureau members shall be appointed for three-year terms and can be re-appointed when their term expires.
(C) Meetings, administrative rules and matters. The Perham Area Tourism Board shall meet a minimum of twice a year, and the members shall determine the place of the meetings and shall adopt its own rules and regulations governing such meetings, subject to the provisions of this chapter. They shall elect their own chairperson and serve without compensation.
(D) Recommendations to Council. The Perham Area Tourism Board shall make recommendations to the Council on the promotion of the Perham area as a tourist destination and/or convention site and for the allocation and utilization of the lodging tax proceeds.
(Ord. 292, passed 11-9-09; Am. Ord. 370, passed 3-9-15)