OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (KFOR) – Oklahoma City’s city council unanimously voted to move forward with a proposed hotel occupancy tax increase on Tuesday. The increase would go from the current rate of 5.5% to 9.25%, charged to visitors for each night’s stay in hotels or home-share properties. The approval of the ordinance allows for two public hearings on the measure. The first will be held May 14th and the second on May 21st, before going back to the city council for final approval. If the council gives the hotel tax hike the thumbs up, it will then go before voters for a special election in August. Zac Craig, president of the city’s convention and tourism bureau, presented the plans before the council. He said the increase had been considered for years. “We had discussions all the way back to 2017 and 2018,” said Craig. The last time Oklahoma City voters approved an increase in the hotel tax was in 2004. It passed with 89.4% of the votes. Red Cross responds to Barnsdall, Bartlesville...
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