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Staff recommends DDA buy MSI sculpture "Window of Wonder" for $4,000
Summary
Assistant City Manager Michael Hart recommended the Downtown Development Authority purchase the MSI sculpture 'Window of Wonder.' The published price was $5,000 and the invoice in the packet shows a 20% institutional discount, reducing the DDA cost to $4,000; the packet included the invoice as supporting documentation.
Assistant City Manager Michael Hart presented a staff memorandum recommending the DDA purchase the Midwest Sculpture Initiative (MSI) piece titled "Window of Wonder." The packet includes an invoice showing a published price of $5,000 and a 20% institutional discount that yields a net price of $4,000.
The memo states the sculpture is popular downtown and that acquiring it would remove the piece from the MSI selection rotation available to other municipalities. The attached invoice lists the seller as Flatlanders Sculpture Supply & Midwest Sculpture Initiative and shows the unit price, discount and a final total of $4,000.
The transcript records Hart's recommendation to the board and the invoice as supporting documentation. The provided segments do not record a subsequent motion or roll‑call approval on the purchase in the supplied minutes; the recommendation is presented as part of the meeting packet and staff advice to the board.
If the board chooses to accept the recommendation at a future vote, the packet documents the negotiated price and the purchasing rationale for acquiring an on‑display sculpture for downtown placemaking.
