Council OKs changes to lodging, alcohol ordinances

By Sarah Brown
Lebanon Local
The City Council on Nov. 10 approved changes in two ordinances that will allow the Oregon Department of Revenue to collect the city’s transient lodging tax and clarify the difference between permits for selling and using alcohol in parks.
Finance Director Matt Apken explained that in the past several years the Department of Revenue and state Legislature made it possible for the state to collect the city’s local transient lodging…