Duties & Responsibilities

(a) To report to and advise the city council regarding arts within the city;

(b) To hold regular public meetings and maintain written minutes of its proceedings;

(c) To solicit and oversee grants, gifts and donations from public and private sources for arts purposes;

(d) To recommend city funding of, or participation in, arts and cultural programs and activities;

(e) To facilitate and make recommendations for technical assistance and professional assistance to arts and cultural administrators and professionals;

(f) To engage in planning and goal setting for future arts and cultural development;

(g) To cooperate with other public and private entities to accomplish the purposes of the commission;

(h) To exercise those powers delegated by RSMo 67.750 to 67.780, and as amended, consistent with its purposes set forth in this chapter; and

(i) To establish committees for the oversight of specific projects or programs and to designate members of those committees that may be members of the commission or other qualified individuals, which committees shall report to the commission on their work.

Purpose