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City Council Meeting Minutes January 5, 2021 <br />Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Scott asked for a list of city ordinances that may be <br />hindering the Chamber from providing services to the community. Mr. Mock <br />said they can look into this, but they do not have a list readily available. <br />Council Member Baker would like to attend a Governmental Affairs <br />committee meeting and was invited to do so by the Chamber representatives. <br />Council Member Baker expressed concern with communication by the <br />Chamber and is seeking financial information regarding funding of the <br />chamber such as event sponsorships. Mr. Mock stated that an annual profit <br />sheet including revenue and loss was provided. Mr. Mock stated they are <br />a private organization that represents members and shows data openly, He <br />noted that when a business sponsors an event the Chamber places the name of <br />business and logo on the website and in email distribution. <br />Mr. Mock stated the dues revenues are from memberships and non dues <br />revenues come from events or programming. Businesses choose to sponsor <br />these and this is a way to help market their business. <br />Council Member Baker inquired about the statistics of minority owned <br />businesses that are members of the Chamber and how many non English <br />speaking organizations there are. Mr. Mock stated this type of demographic <br />information is not currently collected or tracked. <br />Mayor Hughson stated that the State HUB (Historically Underutilized <br />Business) program is public information. Mr. Mock said they could look into <br />this and begin collecting this information. <br />Mayor Pro Tem Derrick expressed concern with some members on the <br />Governmental Affairs committee being abusive on social media. Mr. Couch <br />mentioned he understands and stated every year they seek new membership to <br />expand different viewpoints. Members of the committee do not need to be <br />members of the Chamber but do need to be part of the business community. <br />Mr. Couch assured Council that he understands the concern and Council does <br />not need to worry about the meetings getting hostile. <br />Garza noted her surprise that the Chamber was not more involved with the <br />Census activities this past year. In other cities, local businesses were very <br />helpful with Census efforts. She inquired as to why and how we can work <br />together better in the future. Mr. Mock noted that the Chamber included <br />Census information in the weekly email newsletter and the Census was also the <br />City of San Marcos Page 3 <br />