West Springfield Arts Council: 6 Arts Council Member Ordinance Update ~ Email sent to Arts Council Members on July 16

Arts Council Member Ordinance Update ~ Email sent to Arts Council Members on July 16

Recommendations

For Review and Discussion at August 19 Arts Council Open Meeting

The Current Ordinance for West Springfield Arts Council is divided by sections into the boxes that are divided as follows:

Title
Section A - Cultural Council
Section B - Terms and Compensation
Section C - Powers and Duties
Section D - Meetings and Proceedings
Section E - Special Municipal Employees

Under each box is space for Arts Council Members to write their recommendations for updated wording.

Note: I typed my recommendations in red font with my initials JE

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Title

Town of West Springfield

Chapter 7

Boards, Commissions and Multiple-Member Bodies

https://ecode360.com/33006802#33006802

Recommend Updates to TITLE (JE Recommends):

AN AMENDMENT TO THE GENERAL ORDINANCES RELATIVE TO AN ARTS COUNCIL

Ordered …relative to an Arts Council (formerly known as the Cultural Council), is hereby enacted as follows:

Documentation: The city of the town of West Springfield officially designates its Mass Cultural Council Local Cultural Council as Arts Council - see https://www.townofwestspringfield.org/artscouncil

Section A - Cultural Council

Recommend Updates to MEMBERSHIP SECTION (JE Recommends):

Membership. … An Arts Council consisting of nine members* (9) … . Members should be volunteers from the community who have an interest in supporting the arts, humanities, and sciences.

Documentation: Refer to the Mass Cultural Council Membership Requirements

https://massculturalcouncil.org/communities/local-cultural-council-program/lcc-toolkit/council-basics/membership/

Local Cultural Councils are administered by volunteers from the community who have an interest in supporting the arts, humanities, and sciences. The more diverse its membership, the better an LCC can serve their community.