Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Aransas Pass council postpones HOT-fund decision for Coastal Cowboys TV project until contract is secured
Summary
After prolonged public testimony and staff legal review, the Aransas Pass City Council voted to postpone deciding whether to allocate hotel-occupancy-tax (HOT) dollars to a proposed reality series called Coastal Cowboys until the producers have a signed distribution contract and clear deliverables tying the project to measurable tourism outcomes.
Aransas Pass — The City Council voted to delay action on a hotel-occupancy-tax (HOT) funding request tied to a proposed reality-TV series, Coastal Cowboys, after commissioners and staff said the application lacked the contractual and measurable tourism guarantees required by state law.
Siobhan Allen, representing the Coastal Cowboys production team, told the council the project has filmed extensively in Aransas Pass and that producers were seeking $57,000 to underwrite marketing and destination-integration deliverables for season one. Allen said the production has paid roughly $47,000 per episode for initial filming and proposed using HOT funds in Category C (advertising and marketing) to create short-form and longer promotional content that would be “woven into the storyline” and include a clickable call-to-action to guide viewers to book local lodging.
“R…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
