Explanation
Background: This ordinance authorizes the transfer of $311,000.00 from the existing Hotel/Motel Tax Fund to the Department of Recreation and Parks for the support of music licensing for various annual festivals and cultural arts programming; the 45th annual Columbus Jazz & Rib Fest and the 5th annual CBUS Soul Fest.
All public performances of music, whether live, recorded or broadcast, must be licensed through either ASCAP, BMI, SESAC or GMR. The City holds a municipal license which covers events at facilities owned and/or operated by the city and any site engaged by the city for use by the city. In addition to Recreation and Parks’ programs and facilities, coverage is extended to: Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration, Columbus Commons productions, Veterans’ Day Parade, King Arts Complex, Lincoln Theatre, Franklin Park Conservatory, Columbus Zoo and all other city conducted programs and facilities that play or present music. Recreation and Parks will expend $35,000.00 for annual licenses.
The Department will expend $276,000.00 of the allocated Hotel/Motel funding to produce various festivals including the 45th annual Jazz & Rib Fest- one of the region’s largest free jazz festivals and the 5th annual Cbus Soul Fest, celebrating Columbus’ Black culture, music and soul.
The Department will not expend any portion of this funding to pay the cost of food/beverages.
Fiscal Impact: This ordinance will authorize the transfer and appropriation of $311,000.00 from the Hotel/Motel Tax Fund to the Recreation and Parks Operating Fund for expenditure as stated on the attached funding template.
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To authorize the transfer of $311,000.00 from the Hotel/Motel Tax Fund to the Recreation and Parks Operating Fund for the support of music licensing, and Jazz & Rib Fest and CBUS Soul Fest; to authorize the appropriation of $311,000.00 in the Recreation and Parks Operating Fund. ($311,000.00)
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WHEREAS, Columbus City Code Section 371.02 allows for the allocation of a maximum of 1.59 percent in relation to the 5.1 percent Hotel/Motel Tax receipts for use for said purpose of the advancement of the cultural development of the community - the equivalent of 31.18 percent of collections; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize the transfer and the appropriation of $311,000.00 for expenditure by the Department of Recreation and Parks on annual municipal music licensing fees, for the production of the 45th annual Jazz & Rib Fest and for the production of the 5th annual CBUS Soul Fest; NOW, THEREFORE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the City Auditor be and is hereby authorized and directed to transfer $311,000.00 from the Hotel/Motel Tax Fund, 2231, to the Recreation and Parks Operating Fund, 2285 per the attached funding template.
SECTION 2. That from the un-appropriated monies in the Recreation and Parks Department operating fund, 2285, and from all monies estimated to come into said fund from any and all sources and un-appropriated for any other purpose during the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026, the sum of $311,000.00 is hereby appropriated.
SECTION 3. That the funds are hereby deemed appropriated and expenditures and transfers authorized to carry out the purposes of this ordinance necessary and the City Auditor shall establish such accounting codes as necessary.
SECTION 4. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.