HomeMy WebLinkAbout2016-OR-86 ORDINANCE NO. 2016-OR-
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE JEFFERSONVILLE
PUBLIC ARTS COMMISSION AND REPEALING AND REPLACING
PRIOR PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS
WHEREAS, the Common Council for the City of Jeffersonville, Clark
County Indiana (hereinafter the "Council"), as the City's statutory Fiscal and
Legislative Bodies.
WHEREAS, Council desires to repeal and replace the prior Resolutions
concerning the Jeffersonville Public Art Committee and to establish the
Jeffersonville Public Arts Commission pursuant to the following terms and
provisions:
(A) Public Policy and Purpose. The City of Jeffersonville recognizes that the
arts are an important part of the culture and economy of the community, and that
the City has a responsibility to foster an environment conducive to the
community's participation in the arts. The conservation and development of the
City's artistic resources are essential to the social, educational, and economic
growth of the city. Artists, works of art, and artistic institutions contribute to the
quality of life and the general welfare of the citizens of Jeffersonville. Consistent
with this public policy and purpose, the City has designated and certified the
Jeffersonville Arts and Cultural District, and the Jeffersonville Public Arts
Commission will oversee public art projects within the Arts and Cultural District
and throughout the City.
(B) Definitions. As used in this section unless the context clearly requires
otherwise:
(1) "Commission" means the Jeffersonville Public Arts Commission as
created by this ordinance.
(2) "Public art project" means an original work of high quality art of any
medium, which is created by an artist or artists, which belongs and is accessible
to the public.
(C) Appointments. The Commission shall consist of nine (9) members. Five (5)
members of the Commission shall be appointed by the Common Council, and
one (1) of the Common Council's appointments shall be a sitting member of the
Common Council. Four (4) members of the Commission shall be appointed by
the Mayor.
(D) Qualifications. All members of the Commission shall have a demonstrated
commitment to the arts. To the extent possible, priority shall be given first to
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ensuring a broad representation of professional artists from the disciplines of the
visual, performing and literary arts and then to arts administrators and arts
consumers and to representatives from the education and business communities.
(E) Terms. Members shall serve terms of three (3) years. Members having
served two consecutive three-year terms may not be reappointed until one year
has passed from the end of the second term. Terms shall be staggered, with
three members' first term ending within one year; three members' first term
ending within two years, and three members' first term ending within three years
after their initial appointment, so that no more than three members will leave the
commission at the end of each term, which will be the thirty-first day of January.
(F) Powers and Duties. The Commission's powers and duties include, but are
not limited to, the following:
(1) Develop and present to the City a public art plan, which is a list of
potential public art projects to be coordinated by the Commission and produced
as a collaborative effort by the City and/or other civic entities;
(2) Develop and administer programs to achieve the Commission's
purpose;
(3) Inform the Common Council, City administration, and City boards and
commissions on current arts issues, and offer policy recommendations and
advice,-
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dvice;(4) Review, consider and determine the creation and placement of public
art on all City-owned property:
(5) That the determination of the creation and placement of public art on
city-owned property shall be subject to the approval of the appropriate city board,
city commission, or other city entity that has legal ownership or other legal control
and/or legal responsibility over the particular city-owned property on which a
proposed public art item shall be located.
(6) That if the determination of the creation and location of public art
involves the expenditure of any city funds, then the said determination shall also
be subject to the approval of the Common Council as the fiscal body for the City.
(7) Adopt administrative rules and regulations, adopt procedures, conduct
activities and form committees, as necessary to conduct the Commission's
business.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED:
1. That the Jeffersonville Public Arts Commission is hereby established
pursuant to the terms and provisions as set forth in this ordinance, and that all
prior Resolutions concerning the Jeffersonville Public Art Committee are hereby
repealed replaced by this ordinance.
2. That this Ordinance shall be effective immediately upon passage and
adoption.
Voted For: Voted Against:
ADOPTED AND ORDAINED by the Common Council of the City of
Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana, upon this day of
.l�. President
aAT Jeffersonville Common Council
Vicki Conlin, Clerk
City of Jeffersonville
PRESENTED by me to the Mayor of the City of Jeffersonville Clark County,
In au this day of 2017.
Vicki Conlin, Clerk
City of Jeffersonville
SIGNED and APPROVED by me upon this S4Mo
2017.
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Mayor
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