2011-06-21 HOT Committee Minutes
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4 Hotel Occupancy Tax Committee Meeting
5 June 21, 2011
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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 Tuesday, June 21, 2011 at 1:04 p.m. in the City Hall
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 Dalton Gregory
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13 EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS:
14 Jon Fortune, Assistant City Manager
15 Bryan Langley, Chief Financial Officer
16 Jerry Drake, Deputy City Attorney
17 Antonio Puente, Jr., Assistant Director of Finance
18 Randee Klingele, Treasury Services Specialist
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20 AGENDA ITEM 1: CONSIDER APPROVAL OF HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX
21 COMMITTEE MINUTES FROM APRIL 19, 2011.
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23 Minutes were approved as written by Councilmember Dalton Gregory and seconded by
24 Councilmember Pete Kamp. Motion passed unanimously.
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26 AGENDA ITEM 2: REVIEW, DISCUSS AND VOTE ON A REQUEST FROM THE
27 DENTON PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE REGARDING THEIR EXHIBITION OF THE
28 POEMS AND ILLUSTRATIONS FOR PROGRAM YEAR 2011.
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30 The Public Art
31 moved to the next program year. Expending of all hotel occupancy tax funds will remain in the
32 current year and any advertising or miscellaneous expenses will be incurred by the Public Art
33 Committee. Motioned by Councilmember Gregory and seconded by Councilmember Kamp.
34 Motion passed unanimously.
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36 AGENDA ITEM 3: RECEIVE A REPORT, HOLD A DISCUSSION AND PROVIDE
37 RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE PROGRAM YEAR 2012 FUNDING LEVELS
38 AND BUDGET REQEUSTS.
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40 Bryan Langley began the discussion by reporting that hotel occupancy tax receipts through April
41 2011 are 17.62% more than budgeted and 18.97% more than the previous year. In addition, he
42 advised that staff is projecting a 2% growth over the budgeted amount for the remaining five
43 months of the fiscal year due to continued uncertainty in the economy. Bryan also illustrated how
44 this tourism and convention fund could grow to meet the $1M in designated funds as discussed
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45 in the June 7 Council work session.
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47 Councilmember Chris Watts was absent, but asked Bryan Langley to convey his desire to have
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49 contract calculation regarding the entire aquatics center. Both Kamp and
50 Gregory gave staff direction to include the WWP budget in current and future invoicing to the
51 school district.
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53 All applicants will be recommended to maintain their current funding in the next program year
54 except for those that requested less. The balance ($17,730) due to the latter will be recommended
55 to the Denton County Historical Commission which the county has charged with restoration of
56 the buildings at eum
57 director and staff.
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60 being held on August 4, 2011.
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62 AGENDA ITEM 4: NEW BUSINESS
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64 No new business.
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66 Meeting adjourned 1:45 P.M.