Mykolaiv City Council to allocate additional ₴7 million to support culture: what will be financed

Palace of Culture «Metallurgiv» in Mykolaiv. Photo: Map Modernism

The Mykolaiv City Council will allocate an additional 7 million hryvnias from the budget for the city's cultural department. The funds will be used to repair the facade of the Palace of Culture «Yunist», rent premises for the temporary accommodation of the Palace of Culture «Korabelnyi», create new space in the library and organise cultural events.

This became known during a meeting of the budget committee on 23 April, according to NikVesti.

The total expenditures for the Department of Culture in Mykolaiv currently amount to 212 million hryvnias, but with the new budget redistribution, they are planned to increase to 219 million hryvnias.

Advertising

The head of the culture department, Yurii Liubarov, explained that even with these additional funds, the needs of the cultural sector remain much greater.

«These 7 million are not all that we need to carry out our statutory activities. We have asked for more, but even this increase will help us at least partially resolve current issues,» said Yurii Liubarov.

In particular, the allocated funds will be used for

• 2 million hryvnias to repair the facade of the Palace of Culture «Yunist». This is the only concert venue in the city whose facade is in critical condition, which poses a danger to visitors.

• 2.6 million hryvnias was allocated to rent a building to temporarily house the Palace of Culture «Korabelnyi», which was damaged by Russian shelling. Since the building has no roof, cultural events are planned to be organised in another building on the basis of the Palace of Culture «Metallurhiv».

• 1.1 million hryvnias to create an open space for crafts in the Kropyvnytskyi Central Library. The library will open a lecture theatre, a robotics lab and a media studio for young people.

• 1.3 million hryvnias will be allocated to organise cultural events, such as summer evenings at Pier 8, a book forum and the «Mykolaiv Kilometre festival».

As a reminder, members of the executive committee of the Mykolaiv City Council approved the purchase of the historic Tram Substation building for 3.5 million hryvnias.