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AGREEMENTSUccupancy Tax Agreement Ruidnig—6-1-15
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING LOCAL TOURISM PROMOTION AND
CONVENTION DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS BETWEEN TOWN OF
QUEENSBURY AND CERTAIN ORGANIZATIONS
RESOLUTION NO.: ,2015
INTRODUCED BY:
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY:
WHEREAS, by prior Resolution the Town Board provided for the Town's receipt of
occupancy tax revenues from Warren County in accordance with the Local Tourism Promotion and
Convention Development Agreement (Agreement) entered into between the Town and Warren
County, and
WHEREAS, the Agreement provides that specific expenditure of the funds provided under the
Agreement are subject to further Resolution of the Queensbury Town Board, and
WHEREAS, the Town of Queensbury has received applications for such occupancy tax
funding from various organizations and the Town Board has met and deliberated concerning such
funding requests, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board wishes to provide funding and enter into Agreements with
certain organizations,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby approves and authorizes funding to the
following organizations to assist in funding their various events and authorizes Local Tourism
Promotion and Convention Development Agreements (Agreements) between the Town and each
organization and authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor to execute the Agreements as follows:
NAME OF ORGANIZATION 2015 FUNDING AMOUNT
Adirondack Balloon Festival $15,000
Adirondack Theater Festival $ 3,000
Adirondack VetteFest 2015 $ 1,500
Chapman Historical Museum $10,000
Feeder Canal Alliance $ 3,000
Friends of Cole's Woods $ 1,000
Glens Falls Symphony Orchestra(4h of July) $ 4,000
Saratoga Musical Union(Glens Falls City Band Concerts) $ 6,230
Great Escape Theme Park $ 6,000
Hyde Collection $ 8,000
Lake George Regional Convention&Visitor's Bureau $17,500
Sister Cities Committees $ 1,500
South Warren Snowmobile Club $ 1,000
Warren County Historical Society $ 1,150
Warren County Safe& Quality Cycling $ 2,000
West Glens Falls Volunteer Fire Co. $ 6,500
World Awareness Children's Museum $ 1,000
World Strides/Roller Coaster Race $ 1,500
WSCO— Shop With a Cop Program $ 750
and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that such funding shall be provided by occupancy tax revenues the Town
receives from Warren County, to be paid for from Account No.: 050-6410-4412, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that each Agreement is expressly contingent upon the Town Budget Officer
confirming that the Town has unallocated occupancy tax funds available from Warren County.
Duly adopted this 1St day of June, 2015, by the following vote:
AYES
NOES
ABSENT: