HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Approving FY 2025/26 Commission on the Arts (COTA) Annual Grant ContractsRESOLUTION NO. 25-239
RESOLUTION APPROVING FY 2025/26
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 $252,978 in arts agency funding for FY 2025/26. At the City Council’s FY
2025/26 Budget Wrap-Up Session, the City Council received COTA’s recommendations
for each arts agency totaling $243,416; and,
WHEREAS, COTA recommended reserving $9,562 of its allocation to use for fall
and spring special projects. The City Council has allocated funding the FY 2025/26
Budget for these grants:
ACTORS $20,200
AIOFA $8,880
Ames Chamber Artists $6,000
Ames Youth Choir $14,940
Ames Choral Society $3,980
Ames Community Arts Council $13,200
Ames Chapter of the Des Moines Metro Opera Guild $1,500
Ames Desi Drama Association $5,260
Central Iowa Symphony $14,000
Creative Artists’ Studios of Ames $4,500
Dancenter Dancer Company Foundation $5,740
Friends of Ames Strings $5,420
Good Company $3,100
India Cultural Association $8,000
Iowa Youth Ballet $4,660
KHOI $8,400
Kids’ Co’Motion $3,000
Octagon Center for the Arts $44,600
Senior Variety Show $4,900
Story Theater Company $41,136
Town & Gown $17,600
Worldly Goods $4,400
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ames,
Iowa, that the COTA Annual Grant contracts for FY 2025/26 as recommended by the
Commission on the Arts are hereby approved.
ADOPTED THIS 27th day of May, 2025.
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Renee Hall, City Clerk John A. Haila, Mayor
Introduced by: Corrieri
Seconded by: Betcher
Voting aye: Beatty-Hansen, Betcher, Corrieri, Gartin, Junck, Rollins
Voting nay: None Absent: None
Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 27th day of May, 2025.