The responsibilities of the Arts Commission include the following:

1. To support, encourage, and facilitate the arts in the City;
2. To encourage public access to arts by integrating art into community activities;
3. To advise the council and administrator concerning the resources and needs of the community on the subject of the arts, opportunities for participation of artists and performance in City-sponsored activities, and ways to encourage community involvement;
4. To advise the council concerning the spending of monies which from time to time may be earmarked for art purposes;
5. To explore methods of obtaining private, local, state, and federal funds to promote art and other cultural projects within the City and make recommendations to the City Council on applying for such grants and funds;
6. To encourage public and private partnerships to assure the flourishing of the arts and artists in the City;
7. To identify and coordinate the needs and resources of artists and the community;
8. To support the creation of art by and for residents of all ages;
9. To generate funding to support a variety of public art events including, but not limited to, live theater, music and dance festivals, museum activities, and arts education;
10. To catalogue the various cultural and artistic resources available within the City and to promote a wider awareness and utilization of these resources;
11. To encourage workshops, displays of art, concerns and similar activities with an emphasis on utilization of local artistic resources;
12. To organize various community activities subject to prior approval and ongoing review by the City Council.

The commission normally meets on the second Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chamber. The week before the commission meeting, commission members will receive a packet of the agenda items and the minutes of the previous meeting.

The Deputy Community and Personnel Services Director is responsible for staffing the Arts Commission.