{"id":190692,"date":"2025-05-13T14:20:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T18:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/?p=190692"},"modified":"2025-05-13T21:59:43","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T01:59:43","slug":"lake-of-bays-mat-task-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/lake-of-bays-mat-task-force\/","title":{"rendered":"Lake of Bays establishes MAT Task Force"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>At its May 13 council meeting, Lake of Bays Council approved a report from staff moving forward with the implementation of a Municipal Accommodation Tax Task Force.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The task force will help shape the Township\u2019s MAT program, supporting and growing local tourism, states a release issued by the municipality following the meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the municipality, staff reviewed eight applications from the public using set guidelines. The group consists of members of council, municipal staff, tourism organizations, and representatives from both large and small accommodation providers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The group will hold its first meeting in June and continue working throughout the summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> &#8220;Its focus will be developing recommendations on how to use funds and the tourism partnerships the program will support. Staff will present these recommendations to Council in the fall of 2025,&#8221; states the release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the recommendations from staff are approved by council at that time, the implementation of the Municipal Accommodation Tax could begin in January 2026, according to Morgan Lonsdale, Economic Development Coordinator for the Township.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Municipal Accommodation Tax (MAT) Task Force members<br>Members of council:<\/strong><br>Councillor Robert Lacroix \u2013 Vice-Chair<br>Councillor Michael Peppard<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Members representing accommodation providers:<br><\/strong>Halley Clover, Executive Director, Huntsville\/Lake of Bays Chamber of<br>Commerce<br>Val Hamilton, Executive Director, Muskoka Tourism<br>Bruce Howell, Owner, Colonial Bay Resort<br>Patti Dryden, Owner, Tally Ho and Short-Term Rental Operator<br>Andy MacCulloch, Short-Term Rental Operator<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Municipal staff members<\/strong>:<br>Chief Administrative Officer \u2013 Geoff Carleton &#8211; Chair<br>Economic Development Coordinator \u2013 Morgan Lonsdale<br>Deputy Clerk \u2013 Laura Vaisanen &#8211; Secretary<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more about the Municipal Accommodation Tax and the Task Force, visit&nbsp;<strong><u><a href=\"https:\/\/engage.lakeofbays.on.ca\/municipal-accommodation-tax\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lakeofbays.on.ca\/MAT<\/a><\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler!<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\"><u>here<\/u><\/a> to receive our email digest with links to our most recent stories.<br \/>\nLocal news in your inbox so you don&#8217;t miss anything!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"background: #5cb85c url('https:\/\/d1iczxrky3cnb2.cloudfront.net\/red_logo.png') no-repeat 37px; color: #fff; text-decoration: none; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; display: inline-block; font-size: 16px; padding: 15px 38px; padding-left: 75px; -webkit-border-radius: 2px; -moz-border-radius: 2px; border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 #1f5a89; text-shadow: 0 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);\" href=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/support-huntsville-doppler\">Click here to support local news<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At its May 13 council meeting, Lake of Bays Council approved a report from staff moving forward with the implementation of a Municipal Accommodation Tax Task Force. 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