Mr. King,
In response to your MPIA request for: “2018 Folk Festival: What was the operational budget for the festival (line by line and abstract). Including budgeted items and actual numbers or costs (line by line). This should include costs of bands, police security, porta potties, construction, etc...
How much was the grant money that was received and who supplied the grant with contact information. How much money did the city have to spend to match grant. How much overall did the festival cost the city. How many people attended the festival - broken down day by day and grand total. Who was the organizer of the festival and how much was that person paid. Also, the cost to pay employees and their names that helped run the festival (line by line). How much (in dollars) did the city benefit from the festival (line by line and estimate of all businesses benefits). A copy of the contract between the City of Salisbury and the National Folk Festival; year by year (including costs/payment to the National Folk Festival for helping the city organize the festival). Also, line by line. In total and line by line, where did the city get the money for the Folk Festival. How much tax money was used for the Folk Festival. Budgeted money for the 2019 folk festival and all donors (such as the county, company donors, personal donors etc...) All line by line,” please see the following information and attached documents. Answers will be provided in the order with which the questions occur in your request:
1. What was the operational budget for the festival (line by line and abstract). Including budgeted items and actual numbers or costs (line by line). This should include costs of bands, police security, porta potties, construction, etc...
As mentioned in my previous response, the National Folk Festival’s budget is overseen by the Salisbury Arts & Entertainment District, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit entity. Their website can be found at https://www.salisburyartsdistrict.com/, i
f you have any further questions about the budget, please reach out to them. I will only be able to provide you with the information I have access to, which will be limited to what happens on the municipal side. Line-by-line expenses will only be available directly through them.
2. How much was the grant money that was received and who supplied the grant with contact information. How much money did the city have to spend to match grant.Please see attached documents: Ord2508, Ord2514, and Ord2518. For future reference, all City ordinances are publically accessible and searchable by key term (such as “National Folk Festival grant”) on the City website at https://salisbury.md/departments/city-clerk, or simply go to www.salisbury.com and click on “departments” on the right.
3. How much overall did the festival cost the city.The 2018 National Folk Festival cost the City of Salisbury $160,534.94 This how that number breaks out:
a. $80,263.51: Business Development Department’s budget, provided to you in response to you previous MPIA request, and reattached to this reply as “Business_Development_NFF1”
b. $64,853.99: National Folk Festival Local Director Caroline O’Hare’s salary
c. $15,417.44: Material cost for the City’s Field Operations division, as provided in response to your previous MPIA request, and reattached to this reply as “NFF_Material_Costs1”
4. How many people attended the festival - broken down day by day and grand total