SUBJECT: Adoption of a Resolution to Allow Qualified Participants to Pay the Transient Occupancy Tax Payments for the Quarters Due on January 31, 2021, April 30, 2021, and July 31, 2021 with a Credit Card Without Assessing the Payor the Credit Card Convenience Fee as Requested by the Merced Hotel Motel Association REPORT IN BRIEF Considers allowing qualified participants to pay the Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) payments with a credit card without assessing the payor the credit card convenience fee from January 19, 2021 through July 31, 2021. RECOMMENDATION City Council - Adopt a motion: A. Adopting Resolution 2021-07, a Resolution of the City Council of Merced, California, authorizing the City Manager to provide economic assistance related to the economic impacts of COVID-19 and to allow qualified participants to pay the transient occupancy tax with a credit card without assessing the payor the credit card convenience fee; and, B. Authorizing the Finance Officer to administer the waivers; and, C. Approving a supplemental appropriation of $15,000 from the unencumbered, unreserved fund balance of the General Fund in order to pay the additional credit card fees.

Consent Item Passed Introduced January 21, 2021

Committee: City Council/Public Finance and Economic Development Authority/Parking Authority
Introduced: January 21, 2021
On agenda: February 1, 2021
Passed: February 1, 2021