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Consider a memorandum/resolution approving the Killeen Arts Commission recommendations for grant allocations of FY 2018 Hotel Occupancy tax funds.
SUMMARY
DATE: September 5, 2017
TO: Ronald L. Olson, City Manager
FROM: Jonathan Locke, Executive Director of Finance
SUBJECT: Killeen Arts Commission FY 2018 grant recommendations
BACKGROUND AND FINDINGS:
The primary responsibility of the Arts Commission is to make recommendations to the City Council regarding the allocation of Hotel Occupancy Tax funds that are designated for grants to the arts.
The Killeen Arts Commission held a meeting on June 9, 2017. During this meeting, ten (10) applicants presented their grant applications to the Arts Commission regarding funding requests. At the July 14, 2017, meeting, the Arts Commission recommended funding allocations for all ten (10) applicants and administrative costs for the Commission, totaling $187,167.
Upon Council’s approval of the recommended grant allocations, contracts will be prepared by the Finance Department and reviewed by the City Attorney’s Office for the City Manager’s signature to be executed October 1, 2017. The recommended allocations are as follows:
$ 16,233 Armed Forces Natural Hair and Health
4,975 Artesania y Cultura Hispana
5,000 Central Texas College Foundation
9,000 Crossroads to Texas Quilt Guild
8,000 Cultura Filipiniana Arts, Inc.
10,600 IMPAC Outreach
52,500 Killeen Sister Cities, Osan, Korea - $45,000 contingent upon land owner approval
30,000 Killeen Volunteers, Inc.
3,859 Vive Les Arts Childre...
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