TAMRMS#: B06
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Mayor's Celebration of the Arts
Notice given by: Mayor Heron
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BUDGET POSTPONED MOTION:
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That the operating budget be temporarily reduced by $24,300 supported by postponing the next Mayor’s Celebration of the Arts to 2022. Starting in the 2023 budget reduce the budget to $12,150 per year. This will be pending the recommendation of the new Arts Development Advisory Committee.
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Administration’s Understanding of the Intent of the Motion:
Administration's understanding of effect of the motion if approved, would be that there will be no Mayor's Celebration of the Arts event in 2021. Pending the recommendation of the new Arts Development Advisory Committee, the event would take place again in 2022 with a budget of $24,300 and would proceed every other year subsequently, with annual budget allocations of $12,150 and carry-overs from the non-event years in order to support expenditures of $24,300 in every other year.
Operational or Organizational Impacts if Motion is Approved:
Nominations for the 2020 Mayor's Celebration of the Arts awards were received in late 2019 and recipients were chosen by a jury in early 2020, before the onset of the pandemic. None of the award winners had been notified, apart from Carol Watamaniuk the recipient of the lifetime achievement award. If the event goes ahead in 2021, Administration is planning to not accept any new nominations and to award the prizes to the artists chosen by the jury in early 2020. Postponing the awards by another year raises the question of whether or not this approach is still viable. Options include:
1) Continue with the award recipients as chosen by the jury in 2020 and not run a new nomination intake for 2022.
2) Disregard the results of the 2020 jury recommendations and run a new nomination intake for 2022.
3) Present the 2020 award winners, as chosen by the jury, with the prize money in 2021 accompanied by a congratulatory letter from the Mayor and run a ...
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