2009-06-24 HOT Committee Minutes
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2 MINUTES
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4 Hotel Occupancy Tax Committee Meeting
5 June 24, 2009
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7 After determining that a quorum was present, the Hotel Occupancy Tax Committee (HOT)
8 convened into an Open Meeting on Wednesday, June 24, 2009, at 9:00 a.m. in the Finance
9 Conference Room, City of Denton City Hall, 215 E. McKinney Street, Denton, Texas.
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11 PRESENT: Council Members Pete Kamp and Chris Watts
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13 EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS:
14 Bryan Langley, Director of Finance
15 Jerry Drake, Deputy City Attorney
16 Caroline Finley, Treasury & Debt Manager
17 Randee Klingele, Treasury Services Specialist
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19 AGENDA ITEM 1: HOLD A DISCUSSION AND APPOINT A COMMITTEE
20 CHAIRPERSON
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22 Councilmember Pete Kamp was nominated to be the Chairperson of the HOT Committee by
23 Councilmember Chris Watts. The motion was unanimously approved.
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25 AGENDA ITEM 2: CONSIDER APPROVAL OF COMMITTEE MINUTES FROM APRIL
26 14, 2009
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28 Minutes were approved as written by Councilmember Chris Watts and seconded by Pete Kamp.
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30 AGENDA ITEM 3: RECEIVE A REPORT, HOLD A DISCUSSION AND GIVE STAFF
31 FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING PY2010 FUNDING LEVELS AND
32 BUDGET REQUESTS
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34 The Committee reviewed the projected fund levels along with the application requests. The
35 Committee decided not to allocate any funds to new applicants and reduce the remaining
36 applicants by 2 (two)
37 (PY2009) allocation.
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39 Upon reviewing the applications, the Committee asked that future program guidelines be revised
40 to include specific information regarding penalties for tardiness in meeting program deadlines. It
41 was decided by the Committee, that it has the discretion to deny or reduce funding for late
42 applications. In addition, the Committee asked that applicants provide proof of their corporate
43 status with the state when providing a completed application.
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45 AGENDA ITEM 4: NEW BUSINESS
46 None
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48 Meeting adjourned 10:07 A.M.