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Orange City Council taps hotel‑motel reserves, approves EDC grants, zoning change and multiple contracts
Summary
The City Council of the City of Orange unanimously approved a slate of actions including roughly $150,000 from hotel‑motel tax reserves to fund local organizations, Economic Development Corporation grants (including Red's Liquor and Luigi's Italian Grill), a first reading to regulate itinerant vendors, a wayside horn system contract, an industrial district agreement and a one‑year police association contract.
The City Council of the City of Orange, Texas, voted unanimously to approve a package of agenda items that included allocations from hotel‑motel tax reserves, several Economic Development Corporation (EDC) infrastructure grants, a zoning ordinance first reading, and multiple contracts and agreements.
The mayor (unnamed in the transcript) told the council the action responded to a drop in sales tax receipts and that the city would “tap into the rainy day fund reserves to the tune of about $150,000” from hotel‑motel tax reserves to support organizations not previously chosen for funding. Council then approved the consent agenda, which listed hotel‑motel tax allocations to a range of local groups (see actions list). The council recorded affirmative votes by named members in the record and the motions passed.
Key approvals included: - Hotel‑motel tax allocations on the consent agenda:…
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