HomeMy WebLinkAboutLTAC Timeline 2026-27 DRAFTLodging Tax Funding Timeline for 2026-27
Note: Tasks that are accomplished during an LTAC meeting are “highlighted” in grey. Any meetings that are not part of a fully-noticed regular meeting schedule are considered “special
meetings” and must be noticed as such, unless a schedule is set and fully-noticed in advance.
Early February
Remind Lodging Tax recipients to submit reporting form for prior year by the deadline: February 28 per RCW 3.25
February 28
Deadline for receiving Lodging Tax reporting forms from LTAC recipients (deadline: February 28 per RCW 3.25)
March
Input State Lodging Tax reports online at Joint Legislative Audit & Review Committee (JLARC).
July 8, 2026, 2:00 pm
Meeting to discuss RFP and timeline edits.
July 24, 2026 10:00 am
Revise RFP and budget
August 18, 2026 9:00 a.m.
Finalize RFP, budget and scorecard
By August 31, 20206
Email RFP to prior 3 years Lodging Tax recipients; Post RFP on county’s website and social media; Send RFP legal notice to newspaper of record.
Opens upon public notice of RFP and closes Friday, September 11, at 4:30 p.m.
Technical Assistance Period wherein applicants can submit questions to staff by email. Answers to those questions are posted on an FAQ on the LTAC RFP webpage after review by the LTAC
Chair, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, or both. Emails are sent to prior 3 years Lodging Tax recipients and any other known applicants when a new question and answer are posted.
September 30, 2026
Deadline for receiving funding proposals. Notify Lodging Tax Applicants of the meeting date/presentation time. RFPs shared with LTAC for review.
OCTOBER 30, 2026 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
LTAC review applications
Cure period
Questions posed by the Committee sent after meeting
Cure period
Answered by the applicants due 5 days after emailed Committee questions sent
November 20, 2026,
8:30am – 12:30 pm
Continue LTAC deliberations
December 9, 2026
12:30pm – 4:30pm
Continued deliberations if needed
Mid December
Present recommendations to BoCC for ratification. Send results to recipients after BoCC approves recommendations. (This could be conducted as a joint meeting of the LTAC and the BoCC
if properly noticed in advance.)
End December
Prepare agreements and send through Contract Review process.
December/January
Schedule agreements on Consent Agenda for BoCC approval and send agreements to funding recipients.