The Irvine City Council voted 5 to...

The Irvine City Council voted 5 to 0 Tuesday to put off until next week its decision on whether to establish a municipal arts commission, as recommended by a two-year study commission funded by the city. On Tuesday, when the council meets to consider budget matters for the coming year, it will decide whether to fund the new five-member commission. City officials said that the first year’s operation of the commission would cost under $50,000, although when fully set up and staffed the body would have an annual operating cost between $300,000 and $800,000. With the vote Tuesday, said Donald Rickner, dean of outreach and community relations at Irvine Valley College and chairman of the city’s exploratory arts committee, “I think we moved one more step down the line” toward establishment of the commission.