8547 Est Arts & HumanitiesORDINANCE NUMBER 8547
(Published in The Salina Journal MQ ►'GLL 1977)
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING AN ARTS COMMISSION FOR THE CITY OF SALINA;
SPECIFYING THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS, MANNER OF APPOINTMENT AND SPECIFYING THEIR
DUTIES; CREATING THE POSITION OF DIRECTOR OF ARTS; AMENDING ARTICLE VII OF
CHAPTER 2 OF THE SALINA CODE AND REPEALING THE EXISTING ARTICLE VII.
amended to read as follows:
"Chapter 2
ARTICLE VII
SALINA ARTS COMMISSION
"Section 2-196. Commission established.
BE IT ORDAINED by
the Governing
Body of
the City
of Salina,
Kansas:
awareness of and interest in the City in connection with the
Section 1. That
Article VII of
Chapter
2 of the
Salina Code
is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"Chapter 2
ARTICLE VII
SALINA ARTS COMMISSION
"Section 2-196. Commission established.
"Section 2-198. Organization.
The commission shall annually organize and select the officers as
specified in the By -Laws. The commission shall adopt such By -Laws as
may be necessary to accomplish the purposes of their organization,
which said By -Laws shall be effective upon adoption by the commission
and approval by the Governing Body of the City.
"Section 2-199. Duties and powers.
The commission shall have the following duties and powers:
(a) To hold regular public meetings and keep a written record of
its proceedings which shall be public records.
(b) To annually review the financial needs of the programs for
the development of the fine and performing arts and submit a
proposed budget therefor to the City Commission; to make
expenditures in accordance with the annual budget adopted by
the City.
(c) To make application and solicitation for and accept grants,
gifts, and donations of money, property, or personal services
from individuals, groups, organizations, and the like or from
any agency of the City, County, State or Federal Government
granted or given for a purpose consistent with the purposes
of this commission and to expend all funds so received.
There is hereby established a Salina Arts Commission to
promote
and encourage public programs to further the development and
public
awareness of and interest in the City in connection with the
artistic
and cultural development of the City.
"Section 2-197. Membership; appointment; term.
The said commission shall consist of nine members, who
shall be
appointed by the Mayor, with the approval of the Board of Commissioners
one of whom shall be a member of the Board of Commissioners.
initial appointments to the commission shall be for one, two
The
and three
year terms and thereafter all appointments shall be for a term of three
years and until a successor is qualified; provided no person
shall be
appointed for more than two consecutive full terms.
"Section 2-198. Organization.
The commission shall annually organize and select the officers as
specified in the By -Laws. The commission shall adopt such By -Laws as
may be necessary to accomplish the purposes of their organization,
which said By -Laws shall be effective upon adoption by the commission
and approval by the Governing Body of the City.
"Section 2-199. Duties and powers.
The commission shall have the following duties and powers:
(a) To hold regular public meetings and keep a written record of
its proceedings which shall be public records.
(b) To annually review the financial needs of the programs for
the development of the fine and performing arts and submit a
proposed budget therefor to the City Commission; to make
expenditures in accordance with the annual budget adopted by
the City.
(c) To make application and solicitation for and accept grants,
gifts, and donations of money, property, or personal services
from individuals, groups, organizations, and the like or from
any agency of the City, County, State or Federal Government
granted or given for a purpose consistent with the purposes
of this commission and to expend all funds so received.
(d) To initiate, sponsor or conduct, alone or in cooperation
with other public or private agencies, public programs to
further the development and public awareness of, and interest
in the fine and performing arts.
(e) To advise and assist the City in connection with such other
artistic activities as may be referred to it by the City.
(f) To utilize the services of the Director of Arts as its
Executive Secretary and such other staff as may be made
available to it.
(g) To serve as a clearing house for scheduling exhibits, concerts
recitals, lectures and other cultural events that may occur
in the community.
(h) To generally stimulate, facilitate, coordinate and cooperate
with existing organizations for the development of the arts
and historical tradition of the City and to initiate programs
and proposals of encouragement for promotion development of
the arts, culture, heritage, beauty and tradition of the
City.
"Section 2-200. Director of Arts.
There is hereby created the position of Director of Arts of the
City of Salina, to be appointed by and directly responsible to the
City Manager. The salary of the Director of Arts shall be fixed by
the Governing Body.
"Sections 2-201 - 2-205. Reserved."
Section 2. That the existing Article VII of Chapter 2 of the Salina
Code is hereby repealed.
Section 3. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and
after its adoption and publication in the official city newspaper.
(SEAL)
Attest:
D. L. Harrison, City Clerk
Introduced: February 28, 1977
Passed: March 7, 1977