Middleton committee approves spending leftover arts funds for pop-up supplies; scholarships and budgets reviewed

At its meeting, the Middleton Arts Committee reviewed the proposed 2026 allocations and voted to spend remaining small budget balances on pop-up art supplies.

Committee members recapped the recurring line items: two scholarships totaling $2,000 (two $1,000 awards), a $750 pop-up arts allocation and a youth-center budget of about $1,500. Unidentified Speaker 2 and Unidentified Speaker 1 both reviewed the typical uses of the funds and asked committee members to confirm whether unused funds carry over or must be spent by year-end.

Unidentified Speaker 8 moved to “spend the leftover little bits of our budget on pop up art supplies.” Unidentified Speaker 2 seconded the motion. The chair called for a vote; the motion passed after members voted in favor.

Transcript lines contain two different small-balance figures (approximately $48.60 and, later, a figure mentioned as $140). The exact remaining balance to be spent was not resolved in the meeting record; the committee agreed to spend the leftover funds on supplies and to follow up by email on final amounts and any required procurement steps.

The meeting record also included updates on pop-up events: Unidentified Speaker 6 described a holiday crafts partnership with Parks & Rec at Lakeview Park and recommended scheduling similar seasonal activities; youth-center programming was summarized with attendance counts (about 12 children for one session and about 10 for another). The committee asked for an itemized spending list and said members could order supplies by email if a carryover allowed it.