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The Department of Public Works was busy Monday morning. Around 8:00 A.M. they removed the public sculpture, Seats of Our Heritage, by the public parking lot in the 100 block of North Ann Arbor Street.
First installed in 2011, the work has fallen prey to the elements in recent years. The Art and Culture Committee, which currently oversees its maintenance, noticed rust developing on the sculpture in 2019. After exploring options to sandblast and repaint the sculpture, they contracted with RMC Power Coating and Restoration in Manchester.
"They'll do a primer coat first, and then apply the powder paint to each individual piece, which will go in their oven so the paint can "bake" and create a hard, durable finish," explained Katherine Downie, a member of the Art and Culture Committee who is overseeing the project. "Then they'll finish off by sealing the sculpture and making sure it's more rust-proof than before," she added, noting that the company will make some slight modifications to the sculpture to help it shed water and prevent future water build-up.
Seats of Our Heritage was created by Chelsea artist, Rick DeTroyer, who repurposed old tractor seats, gears, and tools into a sculptural bench reflecting the centuries of farming around the community: from horse-drawn power to diesel power. A year after its installation, the city hosted a sculpture walk; DeTroyer temporarily loaned additional work for that endeavor.
The sculpture is slated to be reinstalled once the sculpture has been refurbished.
No, the motion to approve & adopt was made by Ceo, seconded by Lesch. If you're interested in an unedited/unredacted version of Monday's meeting, the link to the video recording of our budget work session and regular meeting is provided below -
Thank you to those Council members who support the citizens and the Rec Center.
Please note, the rec center now requires 1/3 to almost 1/2 of its operations be funded by the City of Saline taxpayers. Approximately 10% of our City population uses the facility, while 2/3 of the members are non-resident. It’s time the non City residents of the Saline community pays its fair share.
Partly Cloudy , with a high of 63 and low of 39 degrees. Thundery outbreaks in nearby for the morning, sunny in the afternoon, overcast overnight.
What happened with the funding for the needed repairs at the Recreation Center? With all of the programs and community services provided at the Recreation Center, the nearby communities spending tens of millions of dollars to build new Recreation Centers, and the number of members/high usage for the Center and part
The mayor and city council love to spend taxpayer dollars frivolously. More and more $$$ into the rec center, that needs to stop. We still don’t have drinkable water and yet the city keeps raising rates. Can’t speak for everyone but I would much rather have clean water than a “lazy river!”
Sorry, Toby Crotty. Do not align to your assessment or thoughts. While nearby communities are spending tens of millions of dollars to build Recreation Centers (because of their value to citizens and communities), Saline is in the fortunate position of already having a very good facility in place which now needs to
You avoided my main point. The rec center is a nice amenity for those that use it. However, it is not a necessity. Clean safe water that we pay exorbitant rates for IS a necessity for EVERYONE!
The unprofessional behavior while in the supposed role of being a journalist when talking to that protester is ridiculous. The incorrect information and “facts” you spewed during the conversation are just par for the course. Thanks for showing up!
I agree with your comments about this journalist. I use the word journalist loosely here, as a journalist should be bringing forth the views of the people they are interviewing, not bringing their obvious bias into every forced conversation.
I understand the right 4 peaceful protests, why expose children to hate and show disrespect to our flag, what is that teaching the children. As a Korean Veteran I oppose anyone disrespecting our countries FLAG, shame on the protesters,