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Council to formalize Sister Cities partnership; staff proposes $50,000 program budget for operations

3513607 · May 13, 2025
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Staff and Sister Cities representatives described a plan to formalize a partnership with the Sister Cities Arlington board and allocate $50,000 in non-hotel-tax convention-event funds to cover eligible operating expenses including website, insurance and audit costs.

Marcus Young of the Office of Economic Development and Henry Lusick, treasurer of the Sister Cities board, briefed council on May 13 about a staff recommendation to formalize a partnership agreement and provide up to $50,000 to support the Sister Cities Arlington organization’s programmatic operating expenses.

Young said the funding would come from the non-hotel portion of the Convention and Event Services budget and is intended to cover eligible expenses such as website development, logo…

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