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FINANCE & APPROPRIATIONS
HOTEL-MOTEL TAX SUB-COMMITTEE
COMMITTEE ROOM - July 30, 1997
1:30 P. M.
PRESENT: Hons. Larry Sconyers, Mayor; Handy, Chairman; J.
Brigham, Zetterberg, Kuhlke and H. Brigham, Commissioners; Glenn
Greenway, Finance Department; Donna Williams, Accounting
Department; Randy Oliver, Administrator; Jim Wall, Attorney;
Nancy Morawski, Deputy Clerk of Commission.
Also Present: sylvia Cooper of The Augusta Chronicle,
George Eskola of WJBF Television and Rosemary Forrest of The
Metropolitan Spirit.
Mr. Handy: We are here today to discuss the financing of
these organizations. We know there isn't enough money to go
around and I don't feel we can go into the general treasury to
fund these organizations so we need to determine how we can
generate the money they need.
Mr. Oliver: We need to decide if it is desirable for us to
provide funding and if so, where is the source of this money.
At this time representatives from the National Science
Center/Fort Discovery, the Coliseum Authority, the Convention and
Visitors Bureau, the Georgia Golf Hall of Fame, the Imperial
Theater and the Augusta Sports Council made presentations
regarding the reasoning why funding should be provided to their
respective organizations and the benefits to the community which
are derived from their operations.
After a lengthy discussion, Mr. Wall: There is another
potential excise tax which has been raised in the past and that
is the excise tax on rental vehicles. This is another potential
source for some money.
Mr. Barry White: We would like to see some criteria
developed to determine who will receive the money.
Mr. Handy: We need the groups involved to come back with
some ideas to present to us. We are limited to adding 1% and we
need to develop a procedure on how it will be divided.
It was the consensus of the sub-committee that the
individual groups represented meet together to try to determine
how the money could be divided and what criteria should be used
to determine who will receive funding and that they report their
recommendations back to this sub-committee in 30 days.
ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business, the meeting
was adjourned.
Lena J. Bonner
Clerk of Commission
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