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BOOK id rf{Gc <br />ILE. TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL -1999/2000 <br />BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS <br />The Board reviewed a Memorandum of May 20, 1999: <br />TO: Members of the Board <br />of County Commissioners <br />SUBJECT: TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL <br />1999/2000 BUDGET RECOMMENDATION - OMB AGENDA ITEM <br />FROM: Joseph A. Baird'# DATE: May 20, 1999 <br />OMB Director <br />DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS <br />On May 19, 1999, the Tourist Development Council reviewed budget requests for fiscal year <br />1999/2000 to be paid from Tourist Tax revenue. The Councirs recommendations are listed below: <br />Organization <br />1998/99 <br />Funding <br />1999/2000 <br />Request <br />1999/2000 <br />T.D.C. <br />Recommendation <br />Center for the Arts, Inc. <br />$5,000 <br />$12,500 <br />$6,000 <br />Cultural Council of Indian River County <br />$25,675 <br />$73,812 <br />$50,000 <br />Indian River County Chamber of Commerce <br />$341,301 <br />$384,774 <br />$374,774 <br />Indian River County Historical Society, Inc. <br />$6,750 <br />$3,500 <br />$3,500 <br />Indian River County Recreation Department <br />$0 <br />$10,280 <br />$0 <br />Multi -Agency Request (Tourist Study) <br />$50,000 <br />$0 <br />$0 <br />Riverside Theatre, Inc. <br />$0 <br />$124,656 <br />$5,000 <br />Treasure Coast Sports Commission <br />$0 <br />$25,000 <br />$20,000 <br />Vero Heritage, Inc. <br />$8,150 <br />$10,590 <br />$10,000 <br />Reserve for Contingency <br />$0 <br />$0 <br />$5,726 <br />Sub -Total <br />$436,876 <br />$645,112 <br />$475,000 <br />Beach Renourishment <br />$418,000 <br />$427,500 <br />$427,500 <br />TOTAL <br />$854.876 <br />$1.072,612 <br />MUM <br />Staffrecommends that the Board of County Commissioners approve the amounts recommended by <br />the Tourist Development Council. <br />Chairman Macht strongly objected to the recommendation of only $6,000 for the <br />Center for the Arts. Their annual budget is $1,500,000 and they annually face great <br />difficulty in raising these funds. The monies requested are for the December grand <br />reopening brochures. He reminded the Board of Ex -Commissioner Carolyn Eggert's efforts <br />in raising funds for this organization and noted that the Center for the Arts has become an <br />important industry in the County. He believed it would not make sense to deny the extra <br />money as the County's share of the expenses and requested that the Board reconsider the <br />funding to include some additional contingency funds. <br />JUNE 19 1999 <br />-26- <br />