Smyrna Public Art Committee - HR Training Room — Minutes
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April 24, 2026 11:30 AM City of Smyrna Smyrna Public Art Committee Meeting 2800 King Street SE HR Training Room Page 2 of 7 city are maintained, donation management, and what to do if artwork is compromised), public art program update (annual work plan and step-by-step guide), use of funds (what is appropriate to use public art money on and what is not), public art acquisition (artist selections and procurement of artwork (what is allowable based on project types and budgeting), and mural program policy (policy guidelines for mural program implementation). Anna Talarico briefly touched on each chapter of the policy and summarized the main points. Anna Talarico’s specific updates for the policy are to expand and specify the definition of public art; expand and specify the committee’s duties regarding public art collection management as the city prepares to grow its collection and to conduct public engagement processes as needed. She added criteria for public art evaluation when site planning for different projects. She touched on the collection management section of the policy. If the committee were to do a temporary rotating sculpture program, this section of the policy would be where guidance is best followed. She explained to the new committee members that any process with project funding will always follow city’s procurement policy. She would like to explore the mural program guidelines in the future. Chairperson Oglesby said the committee has talked about different sponsorships for art and asked if there is anything in the policy for outside organizations to donate money for projects. Anna Talarico said that organizations can donate money, but they cannot say specifically where and how that money would be used by the public art committee. Anna Talarico highlighted the public art master plan and said there are plenty of details in the funding mechanism section of the master plan regarding this topic. The public art master plan covers the possibility of the city adopting a public art ordinance which would give public art funding a more formal structure and provide overall funding process clarity. Committee Member Robert Harrison asked if the policy specifies if it is permissible for a corporation to donate a specific sculpture to the committee. Anna Talarico said yes and informed the committee that there is an entire section dedicated to donated artworks within the policy. She said if a company has a sculpture they want to donate to the city, the public art committee can refer to the policy to be sure the correct process is being followed. B. 2026-150 Public Art Plan Updates Special Projects Manager Carson Haynie said the committee was asked to remove the streetlamp banners and the hotel motel tax funding mechanism from the plan. Ms. Haynie said Anna Talarico will be in attendance to present the master plan to Mayor and Council during the Committee of the Whole meeting on May 28. Ms. Haynie said Anna Talarico will also be present for the May 29 Public Art Committee meeting. C. 2026-168 Remaining FY26 Budget Chairperson Oglesby said he does not want the committee to be focused on the budget because he wants the committee to be creative, but it was highly requested that the budget be presented to the committee. He informed the committee that the ARTery fund is not part of this budget. He said there is $33,000 left in FY26 and projects need to be decided upon today. Special Projects Manager Carson Haynie told the committee that full transparency would be easiest with the budget so the committee can figure out what they want to do with the money. She and Anna Talarico looked at which projects have been mentioned by the committee recently and she would provide a refresher: