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Item No. 15 <br />TO: Mayor & City Council <br />John Godwin, City Manager <br />FROM: Janice Ellis, City Clerk <br />SUBJECT: CANVASS OF HOTEL MOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX ELECTION <br />DATE: May 7, 2019 <br />BACKGROUND: On February 11, 2019 by resolution number 2019-007, City Council ordered <br />a special election for the purpose of voters to consider one proposition. <br />STATUS OF ISSUE: On May 4, 2019, the voters of the city of Paris voted on Proposition A for <br />authorizing the City of Paris, Texas to renovate, repair and otherwise improve the City's Love <br />Civic Center as a Venue Project and to Impose a new Hotel Occupancy Tax at the rate of two <br />percent (2%) for the purpose of financing the Venue Project. The proposition passed with 252 <br />votes cast for the proposition and 51 votes cast against the proposition. <br />BUDGET: N/A <br />RECOMMENDATION: Approve the resolution canvassing the returns for the Special Election <br />as required by State Law. <br />