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El Lexington Council for the Arts <br /> Approved Meeting Minutes <br /> Monday, January 11, 2020 <br /> 5:00 PM— 6:30 PM <br /> Location: Via Zoom: See below for remote participation instructions <br /> Facilitator: Jillian Tung <br /> Attendance: <br /> Present: Jillian Tung, Steve Poltorzycki, Shalini Kakar, Hema Gandhi, Melissa <br /> Talal, Doug Urban <br /> Absent: None <br /> Guests: None <br /> Meeting start time: 5:03 pm <br /> I. Call to order <br /> II. December 7, 2020 meeting minutes approved by unanimous vote. <br /> III. Update on finances <br /> A. Establishment of a deadline of March 1 for FY 2020 grant reimbursement <br /> requests was approved by unanimous vote. <br /> B. State allocation: $7,100, plus current available balance $1,407.03 equals <br /> $8,152 available for granting. There is still in $7,252 pending expenditures <br /> not included in the foregoing. Steve, Hema, and Doug will contact <br /> grantees to see how much of the pending expenditures will actually be <br /> requested. Any state funding that is not requested by March 1 will <br /> automatically roll over into the next grant cycle. At a later meeting we will <br /> discuss what to do about any local money allocated in the FY 2020 grant <br /> cycle that was not requested. <br /> IV. Review of FY 2021 grant applications <br /> A. Guidelines reviewed <br /> B. Applications reviewed. Of the 38 applications received, 25 will be <br /> considered for funding at our next meeting and 13 will receive letters <br /> stating their projects will not be funded. <br /> V. Spring project planning <br /> A. Formation of subcommittee to work on projects (for example, public art, <br /> performances, etc.) <br /> B. First meeting: Saturday, January 16 10:00 am. Jillian will send an email <br /> with further logistics. <br /> Meeting Adjourned at: 7:00 pm <br />