SUNRIVER, OR -- The Sunriver Service District met with Deschutes County Administrator Tom Anderson, Thursday, to discuss funneling some Transient Room Tax (TRT) dollars to the district. Currently, the district receives TRT funds indirectly, through the Central Oregon Visitors Association.
Murray says the district plans to officially ask the Deschutes County Budget Committee to share some of those TRT funds, later this month. "The primary source of our revenues is property taxes, but the growth in that source is limited. Given that, and the constraints we'll be up against in the future, we thought that we will be challenged to keep delivering the services that are needed out here."
He plans to ask for $150,000 in ongoing TRT funds and a one-time expenditure of $300,000 for a planned fire and police training facility.