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Council approves hotel-motel grants totaling $22,750 for local events
Summary
Council approved multiple hotel/motel grant requests for local events: Hot Rods ($4,000), Dam Jam bicycle tour ($10,000), Bluegrass & Barbecue ($5,000), Oakey Homestead Expo ($3,500) and Santa's Christmas Village ($250), approving all as presented.
The council considered and approved five hotel/motel grant expense reports and applications supporting local events and festivals. The awards were:
- Hot Rods on a Mission (car show, 09/13/2025): $4,000 expense report approved. - Mace County Hope — Dam Jam bicycle tour (09/06/2025): $10,000 expense report approved. - Prior area Chamber of Commerce — Bluegrass and Barbecue Festival (October 2025): $5,000 application approved. - Oakey Homestead Expo (March 20–21, 2026): $3,500 application approved. - Santa's Christmas Village (12/06/2025): $250 application approved; the mayor noted that amount would "cover what he would have to pay for that granular."
In each case the motions were made and seconded and votes were recorded with affirmative responses; there was little or no substantive discussion on the individual awards.
Total approved this meeting: $22,750 in hotel/motel support for local events.
