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APPENDIX B Public Art Funding Model
CIVIC PER CENT FOR PUBLIC ART FUNDING
MUNICIPALITY PROGRAMS NOT TIED TO INDIVIDUAL CAPITAL PROJECTS*
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Nelson, BC annual budget based on 3 per cent of building permit fees from year before N. Vancouver District, BC$50,000 annual based on approximately 2 per cent of rolling capital average
Port Moody, BC 0.3 per cent of full capital budget rolling average; changed from 1 per cent for each individual qualifying project to allow for better public art program planning which represents approx. the same investment
Prince George, BC budgeted annually
Vancouver, BC amount set every 3 years based on per cent of rolling average of capital
Victoria, BC $150,000 based on estimated 1 per cent of rolling city capital
Saskatoon, SK hybrid of annual budgeted amount and percentage from key projects
Winnipeg, MB arts council receives annual grant (multi-year contract) to run the municipal public art program ($500,000 annually 2005-09)
Burlington, ON $250,000 annually budgeted for operations and capital as a minimum amount to run a program
Guelph, ON budgeted annually
Kingston, ON new program with annual budget increasing incrementally to $250,000 based approx. on a percentage of the capital budget
London, ON annual request to Council during city budget process of 1 per cent of 5-year rolling average of eligible capital; Arts Council runs the public art program for the city
Mississauga, ON minimum amount annually ($200,000) and further investment for key city capital projects
Oakville, ON budgeted every 5 years, from rolling capital average
Peterborough, ON 1 per cent based on rolling capital average
St. Catharines, ON budgeted annually as operating budget for Culture Services programming
Toronto, ON $250,000 plus 1 per cent (projects over $1M) and 1 per cent of qualifying transit projects
* The per cent for public art budgets for these municipalities are based on either rolling averages of civic capital budgets or fixed amounts to cover and plan for a Public Art Program, or a hybrid of the two.
