HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Carry over of FY 2012/13 fund balance to FY 2013/14 for Public Art Commission RESOLUTION NO. 13-443
RESOLUTION APPROVING REQUEST FROM PUBLIC ART COMMISSION TO
CARRY OVER FISCAL YEAR 2012/13 UNSPENT FUND BALANCE
TO 2013/14 FISCAL YEAR
FOR THE CITY OF AMES,IOWA
WHEREAS,the Public Art Commission(PAC)is requesting that the City Council approve
the carry-over of the unspent balance from its FY 2012/13 to FY 2013/14; and,
WHEREAS, the first portion of the request involves $1,200 for the artistic bike racks
downtown, which the Council approved during FY 2012/13, but payment for the bike racks is not
occurring until FY 2013/14; and,
WHEREAS, the request further involves a carry-over of the Art in the Parks balance of
$7,206 to be added to the approved FY 2013/14 appropriation of$5,000; and,
WHEREAS,the Art in the Parks project is a multi-year endeavor and requires three-to-five
years of funding to complete; and,
WHEREAS,the Art in the Parks sub-committee will begin this fall with the selection process
for potential artist(s) and will be eager to update the Council in early 2014; and,
WHEREAS, the final request involves $6,397, which is the portion of the Commission's
remaining budget that has not yet spent when the 2012/13 fiscal year ended on June 30,2013; and,
WHEREAS,the PAC proposes that this$6,397 be added to the Neighborhood Art program
for FY 2013/14 and be used to pay for the purchase and installation of additional neighborhood art
throughout the city; and,
WHEREAS,the sculptures available for purchase and placement as part of the FY 2013/14
Neighborhood Art program are more expensive than in past years; and,
WHEREAS, approval of this request to carry over $6,397, in addition to the allocated
funding for this fiscal year, will allow for the PAC to select one-to-two additional sculptures and
install them into the neighborhoods of Ames in the Spring of 2014.
NOW, THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED,by the City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa,
that the aforementioned requests from the Public Art Commission to carry over Fiscal Year 2012/13
unspent funds to the 2013/14 Fiscal Year are hereby approved.
ADOPTED THIS 24t1i day of September, 2013.
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Diane R. Voss, City Clerk Ann H. Campbell, Mayor
Introduced by: Goodman
Seconded by: Larson
Voting aye: Davis, Goodman, Larson, Orazem, Wacha
Voting nay: None Absent: Szopinski
Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 241h day of September, 2013.