Short-term rental enforcement and fees
Summary
The city is switching monitoring vendors from Neumo to Deckard Technologies to sniff out unregistered rentals and collect missed hotel taxes. Compliant operators asked the council not to stick them with the bill, and staff said no fee increase is planned. Enforcement has not yet revoked any permits, though 28 applications were denied.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 1
- Last 30 days
- 1
Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Oct 21, 2026.
Impact analysis
$85,500 ongoing from the General Fund for Deckard, plus an amended Neumo contract of $293,595 total.
Neighborhoods plagued by party houses and the city's tax base, if unregistered operators are brought into compliance.
Compliant STR operators worry they'll be charged higher fees to cover enforcement rather than the violators.
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