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Voters approve Dirksen for auditor, rural hotel tax

MASON CITY – Voters in Cerro Gordo county approved a hotel tax in rural areas and elected Democrat Riley Dirksen as the county’s new auditor.

Dirksen achieved 96.61% of the vote in an unopposed election. 2.45% of eligible voters showed up to the polls; Dirksen beat the write-ins 712 to 25.

Rural hotels will impose a tax after voters approved a ballot measure, 86-69, or 55.48% in favor. The Local Hotel and Motel Tax at the rate of seven percent (7%) in the unincorporated areas of Cerro Gordo County will be effective July 1, 2018. The tax collected will be used for “the acquisition of sites for, or constructing, improving, enlarging, equipping, repairing, operating, or maintaining of recreation, convention, cultural, or entertainment facilities including but not limited to memorial buildings, halls, and monuments, civic center convention buildings, auditoriums, coliseums, and parking areas or the payment of principal and interest, when due, on bonds or other evidence of indebtedness issued by the county for those recreation, convention, cultural, or entertainment facilities; or for the promotion and encouragement of tourist and convention business in the county and surrounding areas; and the remaining revenues derived from the Local Hotel and Motel Tax be used for all other purposes permitted by Chapter 423A of the Code of Iowa.”

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