McMinnville officials could be facing an uphill battle to increase the city’s hotel tax greater than 2.5 percent. “We pulled the occupancy tax resolution because counsel wanted to advise us of some other things that he thought we should be aware of,” said Alderman Everett Brock.Presented was a letter from Senator Janice Bowling advising city officials that they could be held at 2.5 percent by state legislators, despite legislation that allows collection of up to five percent. “The Tennessee Department of Tourism, the Tennessee Department of Revenue, the Tennessee Tourism Association, and the Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee prefer the total amount of tax paid by any hotel or motel guest in the state of Tennessee not to exceed 17.25 percent,” said Bowling.