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Fulton County commissioners reject $1.7 million amendment to restore arts contracts for services
Summary
After more than an hour of public comment from arts organizations, the Fulton County Board of Commissioners declined a resolution to add $1.7 million to the Department of Arts and Culture Contracts for Services budget, with the motion failing by a 2–3 vote.
Fulton County Board of Commissioners on Feb. 5 declined a request to amend the county’s fiscal year 2025 budget to restore $1,700,000 to the Department of Arts and Culture’s Contracts for Services program, a measure its sponsors said was needed to maintain funding at prior-year levels. The motion, sponsored by Commissioner Dana Barrett and Commissioner Marvin Arrington, failed 2–3.
The decision followed about an hour of public comment in which more than two dozen arts leaders, nonprofit directors and artists urged the board to reinstate the funds. Speakers representing institutions and programs across Fulton County described the Contracts for Services (CFS) dollars as critical to operations, youth programming and local economic activity.
“You are the model county,” Wadudah Mohammed, executive director of Georgians for the Arts, told commissioners, noting statewide arts funding pressures. Christopher Escobar,…
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