[Adopted 7-17-2023 by Ord. No. 07-03-2023]
Pursuant to § 66.0615, Wis. Stats., the Village shall create a Tourism Commission for the purpose of monitoring and distributing the collection of room taxes to be used for tourism promotion and tourism development. Tourism promotion and development is defined as any of the following that are significantly used by transient tourists and reasonably likely to generate paid overnight stays:
A. 
Marketing projects, including advertising media buys, creation and distribution of printed or electronic promotional tourist materials, or efforts to recruit conventions, sporting events, or motorcoach groups.
B. 
Transient tourist informational services.
C. 
Tangible municipal development, including a convention center.
The Commission shall consist of five members. The chair shall be the Village President, one other member shall be a Village Trustee, one member shall be the Village Administrator, one member shall be a representative of a lodging facility that collects room tax, and one shall be a citizen member. All Commissioners shall serve for a term of one year at the pleasure of the Village President and may be reappointed.
A. 
The Tourism Commission shall meet regularly and no less than on an annual basis.
B. 
The Commission shall use the room tax revenue it receives from the Village for tourism promotion and tourism development in the Village.
C. 
The Commission shall report annually to the Village Board the purposes for which the revenues were spent.