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Commission extends COCA tourism‑dollar agreement for one year and directs staff to review reserves and procurement concerns
Summary
The county voted to renew a one‑year extension of its funding agreement with the Council on Culture & Arts (COCA), added staff direction to investigate alleged subgrants and to work with COCA on marketing caps and regranting procedures following commissioners' questions about COCA reserves.
The Leon County Commission voted unanimously to extend the county’s one‑year funding agreement with the Council on Culture & Arts (COCA) while directing county staff to review COCA’s reserve balances, look into allegations about one subrecipient and work with COCA on marketing cap language and regranting practices.
Commissioner Caban (pulled item) raised questions about COCA’s finances and said COCA “is sitting on $2,000,000 in cash,” while the board was being asked to award roughly $1.8 million in subgrants from tourism development tax (TDT) revenues. Caban also said an allegation had been brought to his office that “the Tallahassee Museum has been…
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