HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Commission on the Arts (COTA) FY 2024/25 Annual Grant Contracts RESOLUTION NO. 24-317
RESOLUTION APPROVING FY 2024/25
COMMISSION ON THE ARTS (COTA)ANNUAL GRANT CONTRACTS
FOR THE CITY OF AMES,IOWA
WHEREAS, the City Council authorized the Commission on the Arts (COTA) to allocate
up to $240,931 in arts agency funding for FY 2024/25. At the City Council's FY 2024/25 Budget
Wrap-Up Session, the City Council received COTA's recommendations for each arts agency
totaling $233,016; and,
WHEREAS, COTA recommended reserving $7,915 of its allocation to use for fall and
spring special projects. The City Council has allocated funding in the FY 2024/25 Budget for these
grants:
ACTORS $19,300
AIOFA $9,260
Ames Chamber Artists $6,000
Ames Youth Choir $15,200
Ames Choral Society $3,950
Ames Community Arts Council $12,900
Ames Chapter of Des Moines Metro Opera Guild 1,450
Ames Desi Drama Association 4,800
Central Iowa Symphony 13,900
Creative Artists' Studios of Ames 4,800
Dancenter Dance Company Foundation 3,650
Friends of Ames Strings 3,950
Friends of Roosevelt Park 1,160
Good Company 2,850
India Cultural Association 9,600
Iowa Youth Ballet 4,200
KHOI 7,800
Octagon Center for the Arts 46,100
Senior Variety Show 4,900
Story Theater Company 39,516
Town& Gown 17,730
TOTAL: 233,016
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa,
that the COTA Annual Grant contracts as recommended by the Commission on the Arts are hereby
approved.
ADOPTED THIS 1 lth day of June, 2024.
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Renee kall, City Clerk John A. Haila, Mayor
Introduced by: Betcher
Seconded by: Corrieri
Voting aye: Betcher, Beatty-Hansen, Corrieri, Gartin, Junck, Rollins
Voting nay: None Absent: None
Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 1 Ith day of June, 2024.