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Section 4: (a) The commissioners hereunder appointed in addition to their other powers enumerated by state law, shall have the exclusive right and power to make purchases of all supplies necessary for the management and operation of the commission. (b) The commissioners shall have authority to employ the necessary personnel to assist in the administration and operation of the advertising and tourist promotion fund and shall have the authority to fix the salary or salaries for such personnel. Any employee who shall handle funds for the commission shall be required to furnish the city a surety bond in an amount to be determined by the commission to insure the city against misappropriation of funds. (c) The commissioners shall make quarterly reports to the mayor and city council beginning three (3) months after their oath of office, reporting in full on the operations of the commission, including and accounting of receipts and disbursements and shall upon request of the city council furnish such other reports and data as may be required. The city shall select a recognized auditing firm to submit an annual audit of the operations of the commission to the mayor and city council. Section 5: (a) Hotel/Motel accommodations; Meeting or party-room facilities: A tax of three percent (3%) is hereby levied upon activities defined in Arkansas Code Annotated §26-75-602(c)(1), as may be amended from time to time, on the gross receipts or gross proceeds received from the renting, leasing, or otherwise furnishing hotel, motel, house, cabin, bed and breakfast, campground, condominium, or other similar rental accommodations for sleeping, meeting, or party-room facilities for profit to the to the extent taxable under state law in the city of Batesville. Arkansas, but such accommodations shall not include the rental or lease of such accommodations for periods of thirty (30) days or more; (b) (1) Collection by commission. The three percent (3%) tax described in this section hereof shall be paid by the persons, firms, and corporations liable therefore and shall be collected by the advertising and promotion commission of the city (hereinafter the "commission") or by a designated agent of the commission in the same manner and at the same time as the tax levied by the Arkansas Gross Receipts Act, A.C.A §26-52-101 et seq. The effective date for the collection of said tax shall be March 1, 2017.