Concerns raised about Urbana arts funding proposal
URBANA – A proposal to fund a public arts commission at a rate approaching $150,000 annually has been put on hold for two weeks, after Mayor Laurel Prussing urged "a creative look at how we fund this."
In a voice vote Monday, council members supported a motion to postpone consideration of the proposal, which called for creation of a nine-member public arts commission and a public arts program that would be funded at a rate of $4 per Urbana resident, or nearly $150,000. A special task force chaired by Alderwoman Danielle Chynoweth proposed the plan.
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