The Commission accepted this sculpture for the Village. It was displayed at the 1/7/14 meeting. Chuck Ross has purchased the sculpture from the sculptor for $6000, and he is now making it available for the Village to acquire.
Chuck will loan the piece to the Village for up to one year. The piece will be displayed somewhere, very likely outside the recreation center. Village residents are asked to donate toward the cost of this piece, and if donations come adequately close to $6000 (Chuck expects to make his own donation, so he does not need the reimbursement to be $6000 exactly), the piece will be given to the Village, which will then own it.
The procedure is for interested people to write a check to the Village, memoing "Public Art," "Ballplayer sculpture," "Zaluski," or some other indicator, and give it to someone at Village Hall. Give as much as you like. If donations are too great (we should have such a problem), the Village will either return part of the donation to the donor, or the money will be kept for other expenses related to the sculpture. Jared Susi has already offered to pay for the slab, but there may be landscaping involved, too.
In any case, please donate. Now is the time. If you want to see the sculpture, it's at the recreation center, inside. Ask Issa.
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