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Salisbury council agrees to $86,000 city contribution for 2025 Maryland Folk Festival
Summary
Council members gave consensus to proceed with an $86,000 city contribution for the 2025 Maryland Folk Festival; staff said the amount primarily covers the festival events manager's salary and that the position will move to the general fund in FY26.
Council members on March 10 gave consensus to proceed with a request to appropriate $86,000 from the city budget as Salisbury’s contribution to the 2025 Maryland Folk Festival.
The request came from Scott Roberts, Assistant Director of Arts, Business and Culture, and Caroline O'Hare, Events and Culture Manager, who described the money as funding for “staffing, production fees, artist fees, equipment, staging, and lighting.” Roberts said the city’s requested contribution for 2025 is $86,000.
The item matters because staff said the $86,000 primarily covers the festival events manager’s salary historically paid from a special revenues account; that practice will change in FY26. A staff member explained the accounting shift to…
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