With a projected $300,000 in hotel occupancy tax (HOT) funds to be accrued by the end of January, Wimberley city leaders chose to decrease the HOT rate as they decide on the best way to use the money.

By a 4-1 vote, the Wimberley city council reduced the HOT rate for hotel rooms in Wimberley from 5 percent to zero. Council member Bob Dussler voted in opposition to the measure.

Mark Bursiel, chairperson of the Wimberley HOT committee, said the committee voted 6-1 in favor of reducing the rate to z...