The New Glarus Village Board met on Tuesday, January 15, at 7:00 p.m. In the public comment section, Brianna Lenzlinger spoke in opposition to the proposed increase in the room tax. Lenzlinger said she had spoken with a bus company who told her that hotel prices are an important factor in determining where they will stay on the trips.

When the board took up the issue during the regular meeting, there were two proposed amendments to the room tax ordinance. One would raise the room tax percentage from 5% to 7% and the second amendment would adjust the distribution of the percentages from 90%...