At the June 6th Hyde County Board of Commissioners meeting, the following Occupancy Tax appropriations were granted. The motion to approve these recommendations was carried with a 4–1 vote, with commissioner Dick Tunnell voting nay, and the rest, Earl Pugh, John Fletcher, Ben Simmons, and Barry Swindell, voting for the spending.

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These OT grants will be voted on at tonight's commissioners' meeting.

The Hyde County Board of Commissioners will meet tonight (Monday, June 6th) at 6pm in the Ocracoke School commons. 

Ocracoke Occupancy Tax Board Recommended Appropriations for FY 2016-2017

Board members: Chairman Frank Brown, Trudy Austin, Marlene Matthews, Clayton Gaskill, and David Styron

Occupancy Tax Appropriation Requests Overview

• 15 requests totaling $477,905
• The Board recommends appropriating a total of $365,005

Recommendations by Group

United Methodist Church

• Requested $2,000
• The Board recommends appropriating $1,000

Purpose is repair of parking area on School Road used for public parking

Ocracoke Friends of the Library

• Requested $5,355
• The Board recommends appropriating $5,355

Ocracoke Alive

• Requested $13,500
• The Board recommends appropriating $13,500

Hyde County for McClees Consulting Services

• Requested $10,000
• The Board recommends appropriating $10,000

WOVV Community Radio

• Requested $11,500
• The Board recommends appropriating $11,500 

Ocracoke Preservation Society

• Requested $16,000
• The Board recommends appropriating $16,000

Ocracoke Health Center

• Requested $9,500
• The Board recommends appropriating $5,000

Ocracoke School

• Requested $3,000
• The Board recommends appropriating $3,000

Ocracoke Youth Center (Ocracoke Community Park)

• Requested $73,000
• The Board recommends appropriating $48,000

Ocracoke Community Center

• Requested $34,650
• The Board recommends appropriating $18,250

Ocracoke Child Care

• Requested $15,500
• The Board recommends appropriating $4,500

Ocracoke Fire Protection Association

• Requested $135,000
• The Board recommends appropriating $80,000

Ocracoke Civic and Business Association

• Requested $120,100
• The Board recommends appropriating $120,100

Includes $50,000 to initiate a professionally guided marketing campaign

Hyde County for 2017 July 4th Fireworks

• Requested $23,800
• The Board recommends appropriating $23,800

Duck Removal Project

• Requested $5,000
• The Board recommends appropriating $5,000

Total recommended appropriations for FY 2016/2017 = $365,005