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Commission on Cultural Development
March 1, 2024
Penobscot Room at Penquis CAP, 262 Harlow Street
Meetinq Minutes
Commissioners Present: Hollie Adams, Kelly Chenot, Nina Earley, Kal Elmore, Barbara McDade, Margaret
Rieley, Samantha Schipani
Others: Anne Krieg — Director of Development, Sarah Maquillan — Development Assistant
1. A quorum being present the March 1, 2024 meeting of the Commission on Cultural Development was
called to order by Chair Earley at 8:33 AM.
2. Meeting Minutes— Motion passed to approve the minutes of the February 2�d meeting.
3. Report of Chair— Chair Earley did not have any updates.
4. Financial Report— Commissioners had no comments or questions.
5. Committee Reports:
a. ARTober— No update at present.
b. Cultural Asset—As Committee Chair Greenlaw was not present, no update given.
c. Grant— No update from Committee Chair Adams; confirmed that she is working with City staff to
post grant application due dates on social media. Commissioner Schipani suggested posting
grant application information at Chimera Coffee.
d. Events Calendar— Chair Earley reported that several meetings have been held over the past
month; gave update on budget that was not approved by City Council for this year as was
previously understood. Some funds will be made available from the C&ED department budget
for this year and a new budget figure of$33,500 will be proposed for FY25. Commissioners
discussed the budget and receiving public feedback once calendar is released.
6. Budget Discussion — Chair Earley reported that the suggested budget request for FY25 will be as
follows, and discussed with Commissioners:
a. $20,000 for grant awards
b. $2,500 for ARTober
c. $33,500 for events calendar
d. $10,000 for public art project
e. Following discussion, Commissioner McDade moved to accept the above recommendations
and move forward with a requested budget of$66,000 for FY25. Seconded by Commissioner
Rieley. All in favor, none opposed. Motion passed.
7. Other Business
a. Commissioner Chenot presented an update from her first Downtown Bangor Partnership
meeting as liaison for the Cultural Commission.
b. Chair Earley asked Development Director Anne Krieg if there is any update on the art project for
public restrooms. Krieg responded that it is moving forward but there is no concrete update as
of yet. Earley asked if the Commission should request additional funds for this project in the
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budget— Krieg responded that this will likely not be necessary as the Commission's work only
be selecting artwork submissions for the project.
c. Commissioner McDade asked if any mural projects are planned for this summer.
Commissioners suggested reaching out to Bangor Beautiful to ask about this.
8. Adjourned at 9:04 AM.