The City of Clovis Lodgers Tax Board convened on November 18, 2025, to review funding requests totaling $240,000 from various organizations. With a remaining available balance of approximately $56,000 after previous allocations, the Board faced significant budget constraints, necessitating partial funding or deferral for many applicants. The meeting featured presentations from multiple groups, including rodeo associations, sports tournaments, cultural series, and event planners, focusing on their economic impact and community benefits. Ultimately, the Board allocated a total of $66,000 across seven applicants, with several organizations receiving initial funding with the requirement to submit for remainder in future meetings, while the Music Festival received no funding for this fiscal year.
Yes. No. I know. Pronounce your name for her again. E Parthener. Oh, that's a volume switch. They don't ever turn off. I was like, dang, she really jacked up Padilla. Whatever you are. Good evening. Welcome to Lodgers Tax. It is five thirty on the eighteenth of November. Uh, we will call the City of Clovis Lodgers Tax Meeting to order. We're going to start with roll call. Uh, will the clerk please call roll? Thomas Martin. Here. Alfred Bryant. Here. Commissioner Garza. Here. Latasha Padilla. Here. Mel Eperthinner. Here. Jonathan Nelson. Here. Great job on Mel's last name. Um we will start with approval of minutes and then we'll go over um the budget that we have for this evening. Excuse me. Um last meeting was on September 9th. Are there any corrections to the minutes? Seeing none, do I have a motion to approve? I'll make a motion. I'll second. Uh first motion by Freddie, second by Tasha. All in favor? Aye. All opposed. Uh motion carries. Um before we begin, Mr. Howalt, do you want to review the funds that are in the Lodger's tax coffer? Certainly, thank you, uh, Mr. Chairman. And so the city of Clovis at the beginning of this fiscal year, we actually budgeted about two hundred and ninety thousand dollars total for the fiscal year for lodgers tax. Uh, we're running about eighteen, almost nineteen thousand dollars above budget right now, so giving us around three hundred and eighty thousand uh to allocate. Uh, during your September meeting, you allocated seventy-five thousand dollars, uh, which leaves you with approximately two hundred and twenty-six thousand dollars for the remaining uh board meetings uh this fiscal year. Uh tonight, you guys have two hundred and forty thousand dollars worth of requests that you're going to be hearing. And so if you did allocate uh that full $240,000, uh like I previously mentioned, you had about $225,000 in the fund. That would leave you with a negative balance of about $14,000.