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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1998-417ORDINANCE NO AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF DENTON AND THE GREATER DENTON ARTS COUNCIL FOR THE PAYMENT AND USE OF HOTEL TAX REVENUE, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS SECTION I That the Mayor is hereby authorized to execute an agreement between the City of Denton and the Greater Denton Arts Council for the payment and use of hotel tax revenue, under the terms and conditions contained in the agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto and made a part hereof SECTION II That this ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its passage and approval PASSED AND APPROVED this the day of &&�/1/ ..; JACK &JCER, MAYOR ATTEST, JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY BY APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF DENTON AND GREATER DENTON ARTS COUNCIL (CY1999-2001) PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT AND USE OF HOTEL TAX REVENUE THIS AGREEMENT made between the City of Denton, Texas, a municipal corporation (the "CITY"), and the Greater Denton Arts Council, a non-profit corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Texas (the "COUNCIL") WHEREAS, Tex Tax Code §351002 authorizes the CITY to levy by ordinance a municipal hotel occupancy tax ("hotel tax") not exceeding seven percent (7%) of the consideration paid by a hotel occupant, and WHEREAS, by ordinance, the CITY has provided for the assessment and collection of a municipal hotel occupancy tax in the City of Denton of seven percent (7%), and WHEREAS, Tex Tax Code §351 101(a) authorizes the CITY to use revenue from its municipal hotel occupancy tax to promote tourism and the convention and hotel industry by advertising and conducting solicitations and promotional programs to attract tourists and convention delegates or registrants to the municipality or its vicinity, and the encouragement, promotion, improvement, and application of the arts including instrumental and vocal music, dance, drama, folk art, creative writing, architecture, design and allied fields, painting, sculpture, photography, graphic and craft arts, motion pictures, radio, television, tape and sound recording, and other arts related to the presentation, performance, execution, and exhibition of these major art forms, and WHEREAS, the COUNCIL is well equipped to perform those activities, and WHEREAS, Tex Tax Code §351 101(c) authorizes the CITY to delegate by contract with the COUNCIL, as an independent entity, the management and supervision of programs and activities of the type described hereinabove funded with revenue from the mumcipal hotel occupancy tax, NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the performance of the mutual covenants and promises contained herein, the CITY and the COUNCIL agree and contract as follows I HOTEL TAX REVENUE PAYMENT 1.1 Consideration. For and in consideration of the activities to be performed by the COUNCIL under this Agreement, the CITY agrees to pay to the COUNCIL a portion of the hotel tax revenue collected by the CITY at the rates and in the manner specified herein (such payments by the CITY to the COUNCIL sometimes herein referred to as the "agreed payments" or "hotel tax funds") 12 Amount of Payments (a) As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following specific meanings (i) The term "hotel tax revenue" shall mean the gross monies collected and received by the City as municipal hotel occupancy tax at the rate of seven percent (7%) of the price paid for a room in a hotel, pursuant to Texas Tax Code 351 002 and City Ordinance Hotel tax revenue will include penalty and interest related to the late payments of the tax revenue by the taxpayer (u) The term "Collection penod" will mean the collection period for the CITY's fiscal year It will include hotel tax revenue due to the City for the relevant fiscal year and collected through the 22nd day of the month following the close of the relevant fiscal year (ui) The term "base payment amount" shall mean a net amount of money equal to the total hotel tax revenue collected by the CITY during any relevant period of time (i e , fiscal year or fiscal quarter), less (1) attorney and auditing costs incurred during such relevant period of time for costs of collection or auditing of hotel taxpayers Attorney and auditing costs include fees paid to attorneys or agents not in the regular employ of the CITY for which attorneys or agents effect compliance or collection of the hotel tax from taxpayers, and (2) court costs and other expenses incurred in litigation against or auditing of such taxpayers (iv) The term "contract quarter" shall refer to any quarter of the calendar year in which this Aeement is in force Contract quarters will end on March 315`, June 30a', September 30 , and December 31 �` of each contract year (b) In return for satisfactory performance of the activities set forth in this Agreement and all attachments hereto, the CITY shall pay to COUNCIL an amount of money in each contract year equal to the lesser amount of Thirteen and Twenty -Eight One Hundredths percent (13 28%) of the annual base payment amount or the fixed contract amount of One Hundred Ten Thousand Two Hundred Ninety-eight Dollars ($110,298) This amount will be divided into quarterly payments equal to 25% of the annual fixed contract amount, unless the CITY can show with reasonable certainty that the annual base payment amount will be less than originally estimated for the fiscal year The fourth quarterly payment will represent 25% of the fixed contract amount or the unpaid remainder of 13 28% of the base payment amount, whichever is less Each quarterly payment is subject to receipt of unused funds from the prior contract period and the receipt of the required quarterly reports Funding for calendar year 2000 and calendar year 2001 is dependent upon, and subject to, budget approval by the City Council for those periods Upon, and subject to, budget approval, the budgeted annual payment for calendar years 2000 and 2001 are subject to an annual escalation of not more than 4% 1.3 Dates of Payments (a) The term "quarterly payments" shall mean payments by the CITY to the COUNCIL of those amounts specified in 112, above, as deterrmned by the hotel tax revenue collected (b) Each quarterly payment shall be paid upon receipt of the required reports and after the 25`s day following the last day of the contract quarter If quarterly financial and performance reports are not received within thirty (30) days of the end of the applicable contract quarter, the recipient may be held in breach of tlus Agreement The CITY may withhold the quarterly Page 2 payment(s) until the appropriate reports are received and approved, which approval shall not unreasonably be withheld 14 Other limitations regarding consideration. (a) The funding of this project in no way commits the CITY to future funding of this program beyond the current contract period Any future funding is solely the responsibility of the COUNCIL (b) It is expressly understood that tins contract in no way obligates the General Fund or any other monies or credits of the CITY Further, COUNCIL understands that funding for the CY2000 and CY 2001 years is expressly contingent upon the availability and allocation of budgeted hotel tax funds during CITY's FY1999-2000 and FY2000-2001 budget years, respectively (c) CITY may withhold further allocations if CITY determines that COUNCIL's expenditures deviate materially from their approved budget II. USE OF HOTEL TAX REVENUE 2.1 Use of Funds. For and in consideration of the payment by the CITY to the COUNCIL of the agreed payments of hotel tax funds specified above, the COUNCIL agrees to use such hotel tax funds only for advertising and conducting solicitations and promotional programs to attract tourists and convention delegates or registrants to the municipality or its vicinity by the encouragement, promotion, improvement, and application of the arts including instrumental and vocal music, dance, drama, folk art, creative writing, architecture, design and allied fields, painting, sculpture, photography, graphic and craft arts, motion pictures, radio, television, tape and sound recording, and other arts related to the presentation, performance, execution, and exhibition of these major art forms, as authorized by TEx TAx CoDE §351 101(a) (3) & (4) Funds for any calendar year which are unused by midnight December 311 of that year shall be refunded to CITY within thirty (30) days 2 2 Administrative Costs. The hotel tax funds received from the CITY by the COUNCIL may be spent for day-to-day operations, supplies, salaries, office rental, travel expenses, and other administrative costs that are incurred directly in the performance by the COUNCIL of those activities specified in 12 1 above and are allowed by TEx TAx CoDE §351 101(f) 2 3 Specific Restrictions on Use of Funds. (a) That portion of total administrative costs of the COUNCIL for which hotel tax funds may be used shall not exceed that portion of the COUNCIL's administrative costs actually incurred in conducting the activities specified in ¶21 above (b) Hotel tax funds may not be spent for travel for a person to attend an event or conduct an activity the primary purpose of which is not directly related to the promotion of local tourism and the convention and hotel industry or the performance of the person's job in an efficient and professional manner Page 3 III. RECORDKEEPING AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS 31 Budget. (a) The COUNCIL shall prepare and submit to the City Manager of the CITY an annual budget (see Exhibit "A") as approved by the City Council for each calendar year, for such operations of the COUNCIL in which the hotel tax funds shall be used by the COUNCIL This budget shall specifically identify proposed expenditures of hotel tax funds by the COUNCIL In other words, the CITY should be able to audit specifically where the funds in the separate account relating to hotel tax funds will be expended The CITY shall not pay to the COUNCIL any hotel tax revenues as set forth in Section I of this contract during any fiscal year of this Agreement unless a budget for such respective fiscal year has been approved in writing by the Denton City Council authorizing the expenditure of funds Failure to submit an annual budget may be considered a breach of contract, and if not remedied is considered grounds for termination of this Agreement as stated in paragraph 4 2 (b) The COUNCIL acknowledges that the approval of such budget by the Denton City Council creates a fiduciary duty in the COUNCIL with respect to the hotel tax funds paid by the CITY to the COUNCIL under this Agreement The COUNCIL shall expend hotel tax funds only in the manner and for the purposes specified in this Agreement, TEX TAX CODE §351 101(a) and in the budget as approved by the CITY 32 Separate Accounts. The COUNCIL shall maintain any hotel tax funds paid to the COUNCIL by the CITY in a separate bank account with segregated accounting, such that any reasonable person can review the source of expenditures of tax funds A bank reconciliation report (see Exhibit "B") is required with each quarterly report 33 Financial Records. The COUNCIL shall maintain complete and accurate financial records of each expenditure of the hotel tax funds made by the COUNCIL These funds are required to be classified as restricted funds for audited financial purposes, and may not be used for supporting services, including, but not limited to, auditing fees and attorney's fees Upon reasonably advance written request of the Denton City Council, the City Manager or designate, or any other person, shall make such financial records available for inspection and review by the party making the request COUNCIL understands and accepts that all such financial records, and any other records relating to this Agreement shall be subject to the Public Information Act, TEX Gov'T CODE, ch 552, as hereafter amended 34 Quarterly Reports Within thirty days after the end of every contract quarter, COUNCIL shall furmsh to CITY (1) a performance report of the work performed under this Agreement describing the activities performed pursuant to this Agreement during that contract quarter, and (2) a list of the expenditures made with regard to hotel tax funds pursuant to TEX TAX CODE §351 101(c) Both the performance and expenditure reports will be in a form either determined or approved by the City Manager or designate (see Exhibit "B") The COUNCIL shall respond promptly to any request from the City Manager of the CITY, or designate, for additional information relating to the activities performed under this Agreement Page 4 35 Notice of Meetings. The COUNCIL shall give the City Manager of the CITY reasonable advance written notice of the time and place of all meetings of COUNCIL's Board of Directors, as well as any other meeting of any constituency of the COUNCIL at which this Agreement or any matter the subject of tlus Agreement shall be considered Tlus provision shall not be deemed to require the COUNCIL to give notice of any executive session of the Executive Committee of the COUNCIL IV. TERM AND TERMINATION 41 Term. The term of tins Agreement shall commence on January 1, 1999 and terminate at midnighton December 31, 2001 Tlus term shall be a period of three years 42 Termination Without Cause. (a) This Agreement may be terminated by either party, with or without cause, by giving the other party sixty (60) days advance written notice (b) In the event this contract is terminated by either party pursuant to Section 4 2(a), the CITY agrees to reimburse the COUNCIL for any contractual obligations of the COUNCIL undertaken by the COUNCIL in satisfactory performance of those activities specified in 112 1 and 2 2 above and that were approved by the Council through the budget, as noted in 13 1 Tlus reimbursement is conditioned upon such contractual obligations having been incurred and entered into in the good faith performance of those services contemplated in 1¶2 1 and 2 2 above, and further conditioned upon such contractual obligations having a term not exceeding the full term of this Agreement Notwithstanding any provision hereof to the contrary, the obligation of the CITY to reimburse the COUNCIL or to assume the performance of any contractual obligations of the COUNCIL for or under any contract entered into by the COUNCIL as contemplated herein shall not exceed 66 2/3% of the current quarterly payment (c) Further, upon termination pursuant to 14 2(a), the COUNCIL will provide the CITY 1) Within 10 business days from the termination notification, a short-term budget of probable, expenditures for the remaining 60 day period between termination notification and contract termination This budget will be presented to Council for approval within 10 business days after receipt by CITY If formal approval is not given within 10 business days and the budget does not contain any expenditures that would be prohibited by the Texas Tax Code, and is within the current contractual period approved budget, the budget will be considered approved, 2) Within 30 days, a full accounting of all expenditures not previously audited by the City, 3) Within 5 business days of a request from the CITY, a listing of expenditures that have occurred since the last required reporting period, 4) a final accounting of all expenditures and tax funds onithe day of termination The COUNCIL will be obligated to return any unused funds or funds determined to be used improperly Any use of remaining funds by the COUNCIL after notification of termination is conditioned upon such contractual obligations having been incurred and entered into in the good faith performance of those services contemplated in 2 1 and 2 2 above, and further conditioned upon such contractual obligations having a term not exceeding the full term of this Agreement Page 5 43 Automatic Termination. Tlus Agreement shall automatically terminate upon the occurrence of any of the following events (a) The termination of the legal existence of the COUNCIL, (b) The insolvency of the COUNCIL, the filing of a petition in bankruptcy, either voluntarily or involuntarily, or an assignment by the COUNCIL for the benefit of creditors, (c) The continuation of a breach of any of the terms or conditions of this Agreement by either the CITY or the COUNCIL for more than thirty (30) days after written notice of such breach is given to the breaching party by the other party, or (d) The failure of the COUNCIL to submit a financial quarterly report which complies with the reporting procedures required herein and generally accepted accounting principles prior to the beginning of the next contract term, or quarterly as required by Section 13 hereof 4.4 Right to Immediate Termination Upon Litigation. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, to mitigate damages and to preserve evidence and issues for judicial determination, either party shall have the right to terminate tlus Agreement upon immediate notice to the other parry in the event that any person has instituted litigation concerning the activities of the non -terminating party, and the terminating party reasonably believes that such activities are required or prolubited under this Agreement 45 In the event that this Agreement is terminated pursuant to ¶¶4 3 or 4 4, COUNCIL agrees to refund any and all unused funds, or funds determined by the CITY to have been used improperly, within 30 days after termination of this Agreement V GENERAL PROVISIONS 51 Subcontract for Performance of Services. Nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit, nor be construed to prohibit, the agreement by the COUNCIL with another private entity, person, or organization for the performance of those services described in 12 1 above In the event that the COUNCIL enters into any arrangement, contractual or otherwise, with such other entity, person or organization, the COUNCIL shall cause such other entity, person, or organization to adhere to, conform to, and be subject to all provisions, terms, and conditions of this Agreement and to TEX TAX CODE ch 351, including reporting requirements, separate funds maintenance, and limitations and prolubitions pertaining to expenditure of the agreed payments and hotel tax funds 5.2 Independent Contractor The COUNCIL shall operate as an independent contractor as to all services to be performed under this Agreement and not as an officer, agent, servant, or employee of the CITY The COUNCIL shall have exclusive control of its operations and performance of services hereunder, and such persons, entities, or organizations performing the same and the COUNCIL shall be solely responsible for the acts and omissions of its directors, officers, employees, agents, and subcontractors The COUNCIL shall not be considered a partner or joint venturer with the CITY, nor shall the COUNCIL be considered nor in any manner hold itself out as an agent or official representative of the CITY Page 6 5.3 Indemnification. The COUNCIL agrees to indemnify, hold harmless, and defend the CITY, its officers, agents, and employees from and against any and all claims or suits for injuries, damage, loss, or liability of whatever kind or character, ansmg out of or in connection with the performance by the COUNCIL or those services contemplated by this Agreement, including all such claims or causes of action based upon common, constitutional or statutory law, or based, in whole or in part, upon allegations of negligent or intentional acts of COUNCIL, its officers, employees, agents, subcontractors, licensees and invitees 5.4 Assignment. The COUNCIL shall not assign tlus Agreement without first obtaining the written consent of the CITY 55 Notice. Any notice required to be given under this Agreement or any statute, ordinance, or regulation, shall be effective when given in writing and deposited in the United States mail, certified mail, return receipt requested, or by hand -delivery, addressed to the respective parties as follows C.7W4 City Manager City of Denton 215 E McKinney Denton, TX 76201 Greater Denton Arts Council Herbert Holl Executive Director 207 S Bell Denton, Texas 76201 56 Inurement. This Agreement and each provision hereof, and each and every right, duty, obligation, and liability set forth herein shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit and obligation of the CITY and the COUNCIL and their respective successors and assigns 57 Application of Laws. All terms, conditions, and provisions of this Agreement are subject to all applicable federal laws, state laws, the Charter of the City of Denton, all ordinances passed pursuant thereto, and all judicial determinations relative thereto 58 Exclusive Agreement. This Agreement contains the entire understanding and constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto concerning the subject matter contained herem There are no representations, agreements, arrangements, or understandings, oral or written, express or implied, between or among the parties hereto, relating to the subject matter of this Agreement, which are not fully expressed herem The terms and conditions of this Agreement shall prevail notwithstanding any variance in this Agreement from the terms and conditions of any other document relating to this transaction or these transactions 59 Duplicate Originals. This Agreement is executed in duplicate originals 5.10 Headings. The headings and subheadings of the various sections and paragraphs of this Agreement are inserted merely for the purpose of convenience and do not express or imply any limitation, definition, or extension of the specific terms of the section and paragraph so designated 5.11 Severabibty. If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or word in tlus Agreement, or application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid by any court of Page 7 competent Jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Agreement, and the parties hereby declare they would have enacted such remaining portions despite any such invalidity 5.12 Insurance The COUNCIL shall, at a mnnmum, provide insurance as follows $500,000 Commercial General Liability Statutory Workers' Compensation ($100,000/$ 500,000/$100,000) $500,000 Business Automobile Liability vehicles and Employers' Liability on any owned, non -owned or lured The CITY must be named as an additional insured on all policies (except Workers' Compensation) and proof of coverage shall be submitted prior to any payment by the CITY EXECUTED this � day of , 1998 THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS By JAC I ER, MAYOR ATTEST, APPROVED AS TO LEGAL TO W1111M ATTEST F VWWWWafl 0 Ow Do mulCantlec W WOT Co \GDAC dw GREATER DENTON ARTS COUNCIL By I ff.—I ✓�/J C an/Direct r APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM Lo Page 8 GREATER DENTON ARTS COUNCIL 207 SOUTH BELL DENTON TX 76201 PHONE (940) 382 2787 FAX (940) 566 1486 WEB dentonarls cam DIRECTORS President J. Kuhn Vice Presidents Gerard Balsley Jim Wheeler Corky Stuckenbruck Secretary Barbara Risser Treasurer Richard Stream Immediate Past President Barbara Philips Barbara Ball June Berry Jayne Boston Folios Brock Tim Charles Elizabeth Dism Shearer George HighNll Jane Jenkins Carol Kemek Gary Km hoff Gary Mueller Bruce Necks Alan Nelson Adele Nunez Carold Nunez Raymond Redmon Joy Siegmund Melanie Simon EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Herbert Holt G GDAC Budget Template — HOT Compliance FY 98-99 Advertising Amount Art Salaries Admm Payroll 91,298 Buddings Historical Administration Operating Office 8,000 Facilities/Properties 3,000 Exhibitions Programs/Exhibitions 9,000 20,000 Travel TOTAL 111,298 November 24, 1998 Note to Lee Ann Bunselmeyer This modified budget reflects a quarterly interest income projection of $250 or $1,000 for the year It is based upon an average balance of $20,000 at 5% interest The additional $1,000 has been allocated to the Administrative Payroll raising the total from $90, 298 to $91, 298 Please let me know if you need additional information A always, thank you for your assistance Herbert Hell Executive Director GREATER DENTON ARTS COUNCIL FINANCIAL REPORT Program Year 1999 QUARTER QUARTER QUARTER QUARTER YEAR TO VS (Jan -Mar) (Apr -Jun) (Jul -Sep) (Oct -Dec) DATE ACTUAL $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $110,298 0 0 0 0 0 1,000 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $91,298 $0 $0 $0 $0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 Date Submitted Program Director $0 8,000 0 3,000 0 9,000 $0 $20,000 $0 $111,298 $0 $0 Beginning Cash Receipts Occupancy Tax Interestlncorne Total Receipts Disbursements Aft Salaries Admin Payroll Adminlltlat= Qvrating Office Programs/Facilities/Prop Exhibitions Programs Total Administration rotas Disbursements Excess of Receipts/pisbursements Bank Balance, Less Outstanding Checks Other Adjustments Cash on hand Wrance (alb*0) , GREATER DENTON AI4114 GOUNCII FINANCIAL 141 VORr Program Yea, 1999 1WTYfIU— -Si111-1-1TT— 11U15tTLI QUARTFR QUAR I i R QUAR I ER QUARI FR Y1 AR rD NS zT (Jon -Mar) (Apr -Jun) (Jul -Sep) (Oct-0oc) DA I F AC i t1A1 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $110,298 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $110,298 1000 0 0 0 0 0 1,000 $111,298 $91,298 $8,000 3,000 9,000 $20,000 $111,298 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 0 0 $0 0 0 $0 $0 $0 0 0 $0 $0 0 0 $0 $0 $0 _ Date Submitted — Program Director $0 $91,298 $0 8,000 0 3,000 0 9,000 $0 $20,000 $0 $111 298 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 0 0 0 0 $0 $0 $0 $0