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Council approves subpoena for hotel records, appoints CID directors, adds airport grant and cancels May 18 meeting
Summary
Council authorized a subpoena to a hotel refusing to cooperate with a lodging-tax audit, approved successor directors for the Capitol Mall CID, accepted an additional $100,000 grant for the airport control tower, and voted to cancel the May 18 council meeting.
The council took several procedural resolutions in a single meeting block. City attorney Mr. Nichols explained that one hotel had stopped cooperating with the city's lodging-tax audit; the city has authority to issue a subpoena for records and the council voted to authorize the city clerk to issue a subpoena to DEAA Hospitality Missouri LLC (doing business as Quality Inn) and its registered agent to produce documents at a future council meeting. "One particular hotel that was flagged for an audit initially cooperated but has ceased cooperating and is refusing to allow us to view their records," Nichols said. Council adopted Resolution 2026-03 by roll call.
Council also adopted Resolution 2026-01 to appoint successor directors to the Capitol Mall Community Improvement District (CID), accepting recommended representatives tied to property owners and staff representation. City staff described the CID as an economic-development tool used by property owners for exterior infrastructure improvements.
Separately, council approved Ordinance 2026-00003 to amend the funding agreement with the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission, adding about $100,000 in grant funding toward construction of an air traffic control tower; staff said the amendment does not add scope, only additional grant support.
Finally, council voted to cancel the May 18 council meeting because committee schedules left a light agenda; the next regular meeting was scheduled for June 1.
