Hoquiam Public Facilities District approves consent agenda; staff reports slight sales-tax dip and auditor finds compliance

The Hoquiam Public Facilities District board approved its consent agenda and received a staff financial report showing sales-tax collections fell 0.2% from the prior year to about $613,000.

Sarah, a staff member who delivered the report, said convention-center revenues and lower expenses helped operations and allowed the district to request a smaller portion from the Lodging Tax Advisory Committee to cover mandated operations. "It did go down point 2%. It's still trending, obviously, at 613,000," Sarah said.

Sarah also told the board that the Washington State Auditor's Office conducted an audit of the public facilities district and found it in "complete compliance with those restricted funds" and with the management of those funds; she said the audit is available on both the district's and the auditor's websites.

Board Chair Brian Shea, who identified himself as the city administrator for the city of Hoquiam and a long-serving PFD board member, asked whether the board would need to meet again this year to approve the PFD budget. Sarah said the city council has typically handled that step and that, because debt payments were on budget, another PFD meeting likely would not be necessary unless circumstances change.

There were no board member reports. When asked about Ocean Shores' capacity ahead of the Razor Clam Festival, Sarah said the area was busy. The board tentatively scheduled its next meeting for February 2027 "in lieu of anything that the convention center may need to come forward with," and then adjourned.

A motion to approve the consent agenda was moved and seconded and carried by voice vote; the meeting record did not include a roll-call tally identifying who moved or seconded by name.