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Commission approves March minutes, elects officers and restarts STR working group
Summary
At its April 9 meeting the Austin Tourism Commission approved the March minutes, re-elected Daniel Ronan as chair with Ed Bailey as co‑chair, and voted to restart its short-term rental working group to monitor council action on STR policy and hotel‑tax collection.
The Austin Tourism Commission took several formal actions on April 9.
The commission unanimously approved the minutes for its March meeting. Commissioner Anna Panosian moved to approve the minutes; Commissioner Chanin seconded, and the chair called the vote as an affirmation.
In officer elections, the commission moved to retain Daniel Ronan as chair and to continue Ed Bailey as co‑chair. Commissioner (surname recorded in the minutes as) Penosian moved the nomination and Commissioner Stephanie Mathis seconded. Both nominees accepted the nomination; the motion passed by unanimous affirmative vote.
The commission also voted unanimously to reestablish its short‑term rental (STR) working group to monitor city council progress on STR policy and the collection of hotel tax. Commissioner Channing moved to re‑start the working group with the same members and a monitoring mandate; Commissioner Panosian seconded the motion, which passed unanimously.
Ending: The commission recorded the motions and directed staff to note the restarted STR group’s monitoring role and to coordinate officer roles for the coming year.
