City Council Meeting 2/23/09

Part 1 of 14: Meeting Opening

Part 2 of 14: Presentations: 1. Readings by 2009 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebrating the Dream Committee essay contest winners.

Part 3 of 14: 3. Recognition of the Newburgh Jazz Series 2008 Sponsors.

Part 4 of 14: 2. Performance by the Glenn E. Hines Memorial Boys & Girls [...]

You can never appropriate public money without a public vote

The city council had a heated discussion Thursday night regarding continued payments made to former City Manger Jean-Ann McGrane, who was terminated last month. At issue was how the continued payments were authorized. Corporation Councel Geoffrey Chanin had written a memo which would have authorized continued payments by default – as long as [...]

How do public arts organizations deal with conflicts of interest?

Victoria Hudder, from the National Endowment for the Arts:
I think it’s important that when you’re reviewing grant applications for public money that you bring together a group of judges that are both knowledgable and diverse who can judge the project on its artistic merits and whatever criteria have been set up for that process without [...]