Gallery Advisory Committee Divided on Taxpayers’ Responsibility for the TOM

Members are split on the extent to which the City should fund the TOM, with some calling for budget cuts while others feel taxpayers aren't contributing enough at $425,000 per year.

Peter Tovell, chair of the Tom Thomson Art Gallery Advisory Committee, in the group’s November 6 meeting at Owen Sound City Hall.

Peter Tovell, Chair of the Tom Thomson Art Gallery Advisory Committee, opened the group’s November 6th meeting with stern words for City Council about the lack of quorum at a fundraising meeting arranged on short notice for Oc…