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3.05 3.5 AGREEMENTS\Occupancy Tax Agreement Funding—6-6-16 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING LOCAL TOURISM PROMOTION AND CONVENTION DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS BETWEEN TOWN OF QUEENSBURY AND CERTAIN ORGANIZATIONS RESOLUTION NO.: ,2016 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 2016 FUNDING AMOUNT Adirondack Balloon Festival $15,000 Adirondack Sports Complex $10,000 Adirondack Theater Festival $ 3,000 Adirondack VetteFest $ 1,500 Chapman Historical Museum $ 8,500 eVision—Digital Marking&Brochure Development $ 7,450 Feeder Canal Alliance $ 2,500 Friends of Cole's Woods $ 1,000 Glens Falls Symphony Orchestra(4th of July) $ 4,000 Saratoga Musical Union(Glens Falls City Band Concerts) $ 6,230 Great Escape Theme Park $ 5,000 Hyde Collection $ 7,500 Queensbury Youth Baseball & Softball $10,000 Sister Cities Committees $ 1,500 TIIVIIT Solutions $ 8,000 Town Promotion/Brochure &Website Development $22,550 Warren County Historical Society $ 1,000 Warren County Safe&Quality Cycling $ 2,000 West Mountain Ski Center $15,000 West Glens Falls Volunteer Fire Co./Freedom Festival $ 5,000 and BE IT FURTHER, ,4 1 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 the Queensbury Town Board hereby authorizes an increase of appropriations in Occupancy Tax Account No.: 050-6410-4412 by $136,730 and increasing the revenue coded 050-0000-51113 Occupancy Tax by $136,730, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Budget Officer to amend the 2016 Town Budget, make any adjustments, budget amendments, transfers or prepare any documentation necessary, and the Town Supervisor and/or Town Budget Officer to take such other and further action as may be necessary to effectuate all terms of this Resolution, 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 6th day of June, 2016, by the following vote: AYES . NOES : ABSENT: