(a) To preserve and account for the city’s movable and permanent works of art, the mayor’s designated coordinator and liaison to the commission, referred to as the arts coordinator, shall:
(1) Annually inspect and conduct an inventory of such works of art;
(2) Develop an annual maintenance, preservation, and restoration program and budget for the city’s movable and permanent works of art; and
(3) File with the city clerk on a biennial basis a report on the art inspections and inventories conducted since the immediately prior report.
The arts coordinator may engage consultants as is necessary to assist in the performance of these duties.
(b) On or before March 1 of every year, the arts coordinator shall submit to the mayor and the council:
(1) An annual maintenance, preservation, and restoration program for the city’s art inventory, including a description of the program, its needs and accomplishments; and
(2) The amount of funds budgeted for the upcoming fiscal year for the annual inspection and inventory, and for the maintenance, preservation, and restoration program.
(c) To accomplish the duties provided in this section, the arts coordinator may request funds through the annual operating budget.
(d) For the purposes of this section, “movable and permanent works of art” means a work of art, as defined in § 3-2.1, purchased or otherwise acquired by the city or made an integral part of a city building.
(1990 Code, Ch. 3, Art. 2, § 3-2.8) (Added by Ord. 90-82; Am. Ord. 14-24)