Lawrence tourism leader asks for more discussion regarding appropriate use of transient guest tax fund

A local tourism leader is asking that the Lawrence City Commission closely consider whether recent shifts in how the city spends an additional sales tax charged to Lawrence visitors are appropriate.

As part of its study session Tuesday, the commission discussed its recent allocation of transient guest tax funds at the request of Explore Lawrence, the travel and tourism organization for Lawrence and Douglas County. Explore Lawrence Executive Director Michael Davidson said that in recent years the city had made several changes to how those funds were spent.