A quarter-cent capital improvement sales tax renewal shared the ballot, and voters approved it for the fourth time. It's a chance to bring revenue into the city. One-third is appropriated for administrative expenses necessary to the operation of the Visitors' Center. The remaining third is for the creation and purchase of materials, and for activities that will directly promote the Rolla area and the Visitors Center. The Chamber will receive this tax until the year 2018.
Chambers elsewhere operate primarily from membership dues and fundraising.
The Rolla Area Chamber of Commerce is NOT a branch of the Rolla city government. It does not have elected officials. It is a private organization whose sole purpose is to represent the business sector and their profits.