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Film & Entertainment Commission seeks restored funding to finish executive director hiring
Summary
The Film & Entertainment Commission asked the committee to maintain or increase budgeted funds so the commission can complete an executive director hire and staff up for upcoming projects; members emphasized that the mayor's proposed cuts would hamper progress.
Jeffrey Gordon, vice chair of the Film & Entertainment Commission, told the Arts, Parks, Libraries & Entertainment Committee that the commission seeks restored budget funding to complete an executive director hire and support early staff and programming.
Gordon said, “the commission's request is that the council budget maintain at the current level of 250,000 this from this fiscal year.” He also told the committee the commission was concerned about a “dramatically downsized” mayoral proposal and said, “we're in the budget right now at a hundred thousand dollars. We're requesting a hundred and $50,000 to maintain where our level last year,” and that additional funds would support programming and a coordinator.
A committee member who identified herself as Council Member Sales said the smaller appropriation would not be sufficient: “A hundred thousand dollars does not cut it. And $250, I mean, really, that's where we had them last year, and that does allow them to move forward with the hiring of the executive director as well as being able, once they get established, to hire a coordinator.” Sales told colleagues she had placed $200,000 on her budget wish list and thanked those who added the same.
Committee members discussed the timing: Gordon said the applicant pool for an executive director was ready for further review once pending legislation clears (he referred to legislation on third reading later in the evening). No formal motion, vote, or change to the budget was recorded during the committee meeting.
