Saskatoon city councillors voted against a motion on Wednesday to scrap a funding stream for an art installation that has stirred controversy over the past few weeks.

The funding stream, known as the Civic Capital Project Public Art Funding Stream, requires capital projects receiving over $5 million in city funding to incorporate a “public art or artistic design element” in the project for up to one per cent of the total project’s costs, with a maximum of $500,000.

Ward 5 Coun. Randy Donauer brought forward a motion to scrap the policy following the controversial unveiling in June of three glacier-like sculptures placed throughout the city…

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