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CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM BRIEFING SHEET <br />Submittal Date: <br />Originating Department: <br />Presented By: <br />Agenda Item No.: <br />07/09/ 10 <br />Council Date: <br />Finance <br />Gene Anderson <br />12. <br />07/26/ 10 <br />RECOMMENDED MOTION: <br />Move to approve a resolution approving an agreement with MuniServices, LLC, for consulting services regarding <br />hotel occupancy taxes and authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute all necessary documents. <br />POLICY ISSUE(S): <br />Fiscal management. <br />MuniServices, LLC, is a TML Business Service Partner. The Business Service Partner Program <br />identifies businesses that provide distinctive, high-quality, and cost effective services available to cities. <br />The proposed agreement with MuniServices would provide a number of services including: <br />1. Review of the current hotel occupancy tax ordinance, <br />2. Collection and analysis of data on all of local hotels, <br />3. Perform on site audits of hotel records <br />MuniServices would work with the local hotels and City staff in improving understanding and <br />compliance with the local occupancy tax ordinance (please see the accompanying agreement for further <br />details of the services offered). <br />MuniServices fee is a flat $600 per hotel rather than a percentage of any findings. Unless data analysis <br />dictates differently or the City requests it, only a third of our twelve hotels would be audited each year. <br />BOARD/COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: <br />None <br />EXHIBITS: <br />Resolution, Agreement; Recent occupancy tax articles in Texas Town & City magazine. <br />ACTION: <br />BUDGET INFO: <br />❑ Financial Report ~ Minute Order <br />Expense <br />$2,400 <br />❑ Department Report ❑ Resolution <br />Budgeted Amt. <br />$38,200 <br />❑ Presentation ❑ Ordinance <br />y'I'D Actual <br />$9,044 <br />❑ Public Hearing ❑ Other <br />Acct. Name <br />Consultants <br />Acct. Number <br />01-0318-21-00 <br />FISCAL NOTES: <br />Occupancy receipts are 7.67% below last year as of June 30, 2010. <br />REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY: <br />Z Administration Z City Clerk ❑ Community Development ❑ EMS/IT Z Finance ❑ Fire <br />❑ Municipal Court Z Legal ❑ Library ❑ Police ❑ Eng./Public Works ❑ Utilities <br />City of Paris <br />Revised 2/04/08 <br />S <br />