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Council adopts HOT rules for arts allocations, appoints new Arts Development Commission and OKs $600,000 FIFA marketing allocation
Summary
Council updated hotel-occupancy-tax rules to implement Arts Development Commission recommendations, appointed members to the new commission, and approved a $600,000 allocation from HOT reserves to the Park Board for a FIFA World Cup 2026 marketing partnership.
The Galveston City Council approved code updates and administrative actions Nov. 13 to clarify how hotel-occupancy-tax (HOT) funds are allocated to arts and tourism initiatives, finalized appointments to the newly created Arts Development Commission, and authorized $600,000 from HOT reserves to support a marketing partnership for the FIFA World Cup 2026 Houston Host City Committee.
Donna Fairweather, city attorney, described two housekeeping ordinances (items 10c and 10d) that rename and update…
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