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Lockport Council approves Route 66 bench payments and creates restricted fund for arts surplus
Summary
Council OKs $47,060 to pay for commemorative Route 66 benches and approved an ordinance letting the Lockport Council of Arts retain fundraising surplus in a restricted account, with any expenditures over $20,000 to return to council for approval.
The Lockport City Council on Monday approved payment for commemorative Route 66 benches and adopted an ordinance allowing the Lockport Council of Arts to place fundraising surplus in a restricted city account.
Wendy Stripe, representing the Lockport Council of Arts, told the council the bench project has engaged 22 artists and 22 sponsors and that the organization has raised $120,000 to date, with $85,000 collected so far. “Everything that we raise, after we pay for the benches and for the artists … will be able to go back into, hopefully, a fund for us…
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