This is where you will find the records documenting Owen Sound's actions from 2014 to 2017 in attempting to have the Tom Thomson Art Gallery incorporated as an incorporated "Not-for-Profit" legal entity. Below is a summary of Council's mistakes made during this period which continue to be repeated today.

1. Council failed to verify claims that the Gallery would have access to more Government Grants as an incorporated body.

2. In advance of incorporation Council prematurely delegated the Art Gallery Management Board the autonomy to establish and unilaterally manage its operations for budget years 2016 and 2017

3. Council failed to provide adequate oversight of the Gallery’s operations during 2016 and 2017 budget years. In spite of having a member of council attending Board meetings and having minutes of Board Meetings the deficit in 2017 should not have been surprise to council.

4. City Councillors appointed to the Board failed to raise concerns at Board Meetings regarding spending increases and the anticipated grants not materializing as scheduled.

5. Although there were reports by Board’s Resource Committee Chair, Jon Kepler, on the Gallery’s finances there were assumptions made that Gallery staff were managing in a fiscally responsible manner and no Board member called for quarterly financial reports.