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Advisory board approves reimbursements, wraps up traffic-box art project
Summary
Grand Island Economic Development Advisory Board finalized the traffic-control-box art project, authorized two $200 prize checks to winners and approved reimbursement of $355.67 for project costs.
The Grand Island Economic Development Advisory Board voted to authorize two $200 prize checks from the board’s budget for winners of the traffic-control-box art contest and approved reimbursement of $355.67 for project expenses.
Board members and volunteers discussed installation and follow-up for the project during the meeting, including final coatings, photograph submissions by artists and plans to update the town website and social media with project images. Board members asked staff to prepare a short resolution so the town could process reimbursement and prize payments.
Board members named the winners during the meeting as Sophie Myers and Ben Norman and said the board would ask the town to disperse two $200 checks to them. The board also moved to reimburse Justin (last name not specified in the record) in the amount of $355.67 for documented project expenses; the board approved the motion by voice vote.
Members described the project as affordable and noted leftover materials and lessons learned (for example, switching from acetone to mineral spirits for oil-based paints next year). They also discussed how to catalogue photos and artist-submitted images for the town website and social channels and agreed to coordinate with town staff and the dispatch office to post a press release and images after a brief hand-off following Monday’s site walkthrough.
At the end of the item, the board confirmed a site-walk on Monday, Oct. 20, at 5:30 p.m. (Whitehaven on Grand Island Boulevard) for members, dispatch and participating artists to check final installations and take photos for publicity.
