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Council approves hotel occupancy tax allocations, directs staff to reclassify some arts requests
Summary
After hearing presentations from more than 20 event, arts and nonprofit groups, the City Council approved hotel occupancy tax and outside‑agency allocations substantially as recommended by staff, with an increase for Young Professionals of Odessa and the full arts cap assigned to Odessa Arts.
The City Council reviewed requests from outside agencies for hotel occupancy tax (HOT) and general‑fund support and approved allocations largely consistent with the staff committee’s recommendations, with two council amendments.
More than twenty organizations made short presentations including Discover Odessa, Odessa Arts, the Permian Basin Fair, Junior League of Odessa (Merry Marketplace), Special Olympics Texas, Harmony Home Children’s Advocacy Center, Odessa Arts, the Odessa Jackalopes Jr. hockey program,…
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