2006-089-RES-Appointing member to visitors and convention council
RESOLUTION NO. 2006-089
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS,
PARIS, TEXAS, APPOINTING A MEMBER TO THE VISITORS AND
CONVENTION COUNCIL; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND
PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris did heretofore, in Resolution No. 90-
026, on the 12th day of March, 1990, authorize the execution of a contract with the Chamber
of Commerce of Lamar County, Inc. providing for the use of hotel occupancy tax funds to
promote and advertise the City of Paris; and,
WHEREAS, the Chamber of Commerce created the Visitors and Convention Council
to carry out its contractual obligations to administer the use of said hotel occupancy tax funds;
and,
WHEREAS, the Mayor, the one Council Member herein appointed, and the City
Manager are full, voting members of the Visitors and Convention Council; and,
WHEREAS, there exists a vacancy in the City's representation on the membership ofthe
Visitors and Convention Council of the Chamber of Commerce of Lamar County due to the
ineligibility of Karen Wilkerson, and it is necessary to appoint her successor; and,
WHEREAS, the Mayor of the City of Paris has appointed Mary Ann Fisher to serve the
unexpired term of Karen Wilkerson, which ends December 31, 2006, and has submitted the
name of such person to the City Council for confirmation; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS,
TEXAS:
Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this resolution are hereby in all
things approved.
Section 2. That the appointment of Mary Ann Fisher to serve the unexpired term of
Karen Wilkerson which ends December 31, 2006, as a member of the Visitors and Convention
Council of the Chamber of Commerce of Lamar County be, and the same is hereby, confirmed.
Section 3. That this resolution shall be effective from and after its date of passage.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 26th day of June, 2006.
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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D. Lestock, Assistant City Attorney