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Metro Arts committee says most FY25 grants paid; six payments remain unresolved
Summary
At its May 19 Grants & Funding Committee meeting, Metro Arts staff reported that 159 of 165 FY25 grantees had been paid as of May 16; six payments remain outstanding because of missing contracts, vendor-system issues and one paper check sent to a bad address.
Interim Director Batchelder told the Metro Arts Commission Grants & Funding Committee on May 19 that the office has substantially closed out fiscal-year-2025 grant payments but still has a few loose ends.
"We have 165 grantees for this current cycle. We have 163 fully executed contracts," Interim Director Batchelder said, adding that "of our 165 grantees, 159 are paid. This was as of Friday, May 16." Batchelder told commissioners two contracts are still outstanding because the grantees had not returned signed contracts and staff cannot initiate payments without those signatures.
Batchelder said of the six remaining uncompleted payments two have been approved and should be paid during the week following May 16, one is pending and the remaining glitches are paperwork or vendor-record issues. "When we're waiting for a correction, a paper check went to a bad address," Batchelder said, describing the types of issues staff are troubleshooting.
Grants Manager Sydney Davis and finance operations administrator Capri Harleston were present during the discussion and supported Batchelder's update. Committee members thanked staff for resolving the bulk of the cycle's issues. Commissioner Lefkowitz said, "It's been epic," thanking staff for their work in bringing the number of outstanding items down.
No formal committee action was taken; the report was informational and committee members moved on to discuss FY26 policy items.
Why it matters: Completing contract execution and payment is the final step for grantees to receive awarded funds. The committee noted these remaining issues are administrative and isolated, and staff said they expect most of the remaining payments to be completed promptly.
