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Council approves reclassification of CVB position to Visitor Services and Events Manager funded by hotel occupancy tax
Summary
Council approved reclassification of a Convention & Visitors Bureau position to 'Visitor Services and Events Manager' (job grade 30) with an entry pay cited as $25.04 per hour and funding from the hotel occupancy tax fund; staff said the change is a reclassification rather than a new hire.
On June 24 the City Council approved a motion to reclassify an existing Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) position from CDB coordinator to Visitor Services and Events Manager at job grade 30, entry pay stated in the agenda as $25.04 per hour. The position will be funded from the restricted hotel occupancy tax fund.
Mister Trahan, who identified himself as the CVB director, said the change is a reclassification and that the position’s minimum requirements would include a bachelor’s degree with event-management or tourism experience (master’s preferred). He explained that hotel occupancy tax revenue is restricted for tourism promotion and that the CVB’s budget began the fiscal year with reserves and projected revenue; he said the position had been budgeted in the current fiscal year.
Councilmembers described the CVB’s event portfolio (Fourth of July, boat- and jet-ski-related events, Orangetober, Gumbo Cook-Off) and supported the reclassification. The motion passed with unanimous ayes. The transcript does not include a final personnel action form, exact salary range beyond the entry pay cited in the agenda, or start date for the incumbent.
