During last week’s meeting, the Brookshire City Council gave its approval to closing city streets for the third annual Brookshire Car Show, but tabled action on a request for hotel-motel tax money to help fund the event.
Council members approved a request from event organizer Donald Rockmore to close Fourth Street between Cooper and Velasco for the April 24 show.
Rockmore’s request for grant funding from the city’s hotel-motel tax fund was tabled, however, after City Attorney Art Pertile told the council the application had not been properly prepared.
Pertile said the request had not been submitted in the format established by the city, and he was not prepared to make a recommendation.
“Staff is not prepared to recommend you act on this request because it is not in the proper format,” Pertile said.
Mayor Joey Vaughn shouldered part of the blame for the confusion.
“Part of that was my fault; I gave Mr. Rockmore some wrong information,” Vaughn said.
Pertile recommended the council postpone action on the request until he could meet with Rockmore and iron out the application discrepancies.
Council members tabled the request until their next meeting.
Hotel-motel tax money is collected from Brookshire motels based on room rentals. By state law, the money collected can be used to fund events that encourage additional room rentals at hotels and motels within the city.
By: John Pape on Wed, Mar 10, 2010
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