File #: 2025-20642   
Type: Consent Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 9/16/2025 Meeting Body Board of County Commissioners
On agenda: 10/7/2025 Final action:
Title: Request Approval of Tourist Development Council Funding Request for Marketing Assistance Funding Program Reimbursement for Marion County Parks and Recreation Department F/B/O Southeastern Livestock Pavilion (Budget Impact - Neutral; expenditure of $5,000)
Attachments: 1. LRM 2025-876 RESUBMIT COMPLETED, 2. 2025-09-10 MCPR FBO Southeastern Livestock Pavilion - MOU

 

SUBJECT:

Title

Request Approval of Tourist Development Council Funding Request for Marketing Assistance Funding Program Reimbursement for Marion County Parks and Recreation Department F/B/O Southeastern Livestock Pavilion (Budget Impact - Neutral; expenditure of $5,000)

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INITIATOR:

DEPARTMENT:

Loretta Shaffer, Director

Tourist Development

 

DESCRIPTION/BACKGROUND:

The Tourist Development Council (TDC) seeks funding approval for organizations that have festivals, events, or programs which support the TDC’s mission of growing the economy and accelerating prosperity in Marion County through effective destination sales and marketing.  The Marketing Assistance Program is designed to enable tourism-related businesses in Marion County to enhance their marketing opportunities leveraged with the Ocala/Marion County destination brand. This funding contract is for the Marketing Assistance Funding Program Reimbursement for Marion County Parks and Recreation Department (MCPR) F/B/O Southeastern Livestock Pavilion. This program was recommended for funding of $5,000, by the TDC at their regularly scheduled meeting on August 20, 2025.

 

BUDGET/IMPACT:

Neutral; expenditure of $5,000. Funding from CP155552-548101.

 

RECOMMENDED ACTION:

Recommended action

Motion to approve the Tourist Development Council funding request and authorize the County Administrator to execute the attached Memorandum of Understanding.

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