Clovis Lodgers Tax board recommends $80,000 in grants to local events; sends package to City Commission

The City of Clovis Lodgers Tax Board on July 8 recommended $80,000 in grant awards to eight local events and organizations and will send the package to the City Commission for final approval at its July 17 meeting.

Board members heard brief presentations from applicants — including the Clovis Evening Lions Club, CBT Barrel Racing, Black Pearl (Earl Large) Boxing, Little Ballers Inc., the Clovis–Curry County Chamber of Commerce, Curry County Event Center, and the Roadrunner Rabbit Breeders Association — before approving the funding recommendations by unanimous vote. Finance staff presented the board with the fund balance and how the awards would affect available funding for the fiscal year.

“We ended last fiscal year with a cash balance of $274,000. We had $212,000 in carry overs, leaving a balance of $62,000 that can go into this year's available funding. We've budgeted for an additional 200, almost $290,000 into the fund, giving us total available for distribution starting the year with $352,000,” said Mister Holt, who provided the board’s financial briefing. Holt told the board the allocations average about $58,000 to $59,000 per meeting and that if the board awarded all current requests the remaining available balance would be about $252,000.

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