Scott Swanson
Linn County Commissioners last week approved what amounts to a 5 percent transient occupancy tax that will be collected from county businesses that offer lodging to visitors.
The approval was unanimous, with little discussion at their meeting on Tuesday, July 3.
The actual tax will be 3 percent, but the agency collecting the tax will collect a fee of 2 percent of whatever fees visitors pay to stay in local lodging houses –…