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City of Amery · Polk County · meeting of Oct 1, 2025 · Minutes
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TOURISM COMMISSION PROCEEDINGS
October 1 , 202 5
The Tourism Commission f or the City of Amery met October 1 , 202 5 at City Hall . Clerk-Treasurer,
Taylor Larson called the meeting to order at 1 0 :00 a .m.
Present: Paul Shafer , Tr oy Keller(Via Zoom) , and Sharon Marks
Staff present: Clerk-Treasurer Taylor Larson and City Administrator Alex Mansfield
Others present: Paul Isakson
Motion by Marks ; seconded by Shafer to adopt the agenda as printed.
Ayes – 3 Nays – 0 Motion Carried.
1. Name Commission Chair, Vice-Chair, and Secretary - The commission unanimously agreed
up on Sharon Marks serving as Chair, Paul Shafer serving as Vice -Chair , and Clerk -Treasurer
Larson serving as Secretary .
2. Appointment of Tourism Entity-Amery Community Club - Larson explained to the
committee that by law the City needs a tourism entity to forward 70% of the room tax dollars it
collects to for use to promote the City.
Motion by Marks ; seconded by Shafer to appoint the A mery C ommunity C lub as the tourism
entity to receive room tax monies.
Ayes- 3 Nays-0 Motion carried.
3. Designation of Quarterly Room Tax monies – Lar son explained that the City of Amery
collected $24,142 in Ro om Tax monies in 2024. The 70 % that that needs to be forwarded on
amounts to $16,899.40.
Motion by Shafer ; seconded by Keller to designate 70% of City room tax collected in 202 4 to the
Amery Community Club fo r a t otal contribution of $16,899.40 .
Ayes- 3 Nays-0 Motion carried.
Motion by Shafer and seconded by Marks to a djourn at 1 0 :04 a .m.
Ayes- 3 Nays-0 Motion carried.
Respectfully submitted,
Taylor Larson
Clerk-Treasurer
October 1, 2025
Source: City of Amery website. First collected Oct 19, 2026.