Title
An Ordinance to create Section 2.52 of the City of West Allis Revised Municipal Code establishing a West Allis Tourism Commission.
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The Common Council of the City of West Allis do ordain as follows:
Part I. Section 2.52 of the Revised Municipal Code of the City of West Allis is hereby created to read:
1) Creation. Section 66.0615 of the Wisconsin State Statutes permits a single municipality the ability to create a Tourism Commission. This amendment to the City of West Allis Revised Municipal Code ("RMC") hereby creates a West Allis Tourism Commission.
2) Purpose. The City of West Allis recognizes that marketing of the City as in important part of a broad-based tourism promotion and development program resulting in economic development benefits. The Tourism Commission shall have the following purposes:
a. To be the receiving body and monitor the collection of local room tax revenue at an amount apportioned per State Statutes.
b. To provide the City a Commission whose role would include tourism promotion and development through marketing of projects to promote the City, tourist informational services, or municipal development significantly used by tourists, and attract tourists.
c. To fund tourism marketing for activities and products available in the City of West Allis.
d. To contract with the West Allis Convention and Visitors Bureau to perform the functions of a tourism entity by obtaining staff, support services, and assisting in development and implementation of programs to promote the City of West Allis to visitors.
3) How Constituted and Terms. Members of the Commission shall be appointed by the Mayor and shall be confirmed by a majority vote of the members of the Common Council who are present when the vote is taken. Commissioners shall serve for a one-year term, at the pleasure of the appointing official, and may be reappointed. The West Allis Tourism Commission shall consist of five (5) Commission members.
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