Staff -Eagle Pass
The Room Tax Committee has authorized $21,000.00 for the Eagle Pass Rotary Club in order to assist them with their annual Cinco de Mayo Festival. Initially, the Rotary Club had requested 450,000.00, the same amount as last year, but the committee chose to only release $21,000.00 a similar amount which was given to the Lions Club for their Noches Mexicanas event upcoming in March. According to information given by city authorities, the Rotary Club is contemplating not charging a fee to enter the event, however this must be confirmed by the club. During the meeting, there was a group who wanted to request $40,000.00 for a country music festival and $15,000.00 for a rodeo, but the organizers pulled their applications. The Room Tax Committee manages funds which are generated by the taxes garnered from hotel taxes to be able to organize events which would bring in tourism to our fair city.