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Human Relations Commission: The committee approved the reappointment of Tory Grama (term to expire April 18), and confirmed appointments or reappointments for Sarah Martin (term to 04/18/2027), Dr. Carmen Reese Foster (term to 04/17/2027), Claudia Weber (term to 04/18/2027), and Alicia Wynne (term to 04/18/2028). Committee votes on those Human Relations items were recorded as unanimous where noted: Tory Grama and other Human Relations confirmations recorded eight in favor and zero opposed or not voting in the committee minutes.

Social Services Commission: The committee confirmed the appointment of Dr. D’Angelo Taylor (term to 04/03/2030) and confirmed Chandra Allen (term to 04/03/2030) by consolidated vote; the committee recorded eight in favor and zero opposed for those items.

Historic Zoning Commission: The committee took up a reappointment for Ben Mosley to the Historic Zoning Commission (term to 06/01/2030). One committee member expressed concern about the historic-designation process broadly, saying the commission should not name properties historic simply because a community opposes change and that historically Black neighborhoods had not always received the same attention. The committee approved the reappointment by a show of hands recorded as six in favor, one against and one not voting.

The committee took other confirmations (board items) by consolidated vote unless a member requested a pull; Ben Mosley’s reappointment was pulled for discussion and resulted in the lone dissent. Most appointees described their qualifications and reasons for service during brief interviews; where applicable, the administration supported the nominations. The committee’s confirmations send the nominees to the full Council for final confirmation as required by Metro rules.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","06/17/25 Metropolitan Council Committee: Rules, Confirmations and Public Elections","oneSentenceSummary","The Rules, Confirmations & Public Elections Committee on June 17 confirmed several reappointments and appointments to the Human Relations Commission and the Social Services Commission. A reappointment to the Historic Zoning Commission was approved with one dissent and one not-voting member noted in the committee record.","taxTitle","Rules, Confirmations & Public Elections Meetings, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee","taxId",69320,"location","Tennessee","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6196187,"Councilmember Stiles seeks $20,000 for Peck Community Center spay/neuter and funding to finish Safe Bar app; committee agreed to consider amendment",79,528000,607000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3857957-1d23bc308d4ef99eebba7b6a8895d695&start=528&end=607","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3857957-1d23bc308d4ef99eebba7b6a8895d695/thumbnail_528000.jpg","/articles/6196187/Tennessee/Councilmember-Stiles-seeks-20000-for-Peck-Community-Center-spayneuter-and-funding-to-finish-Safe-Bar-app-committee-agreed-to-consider-amendment","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6196187-adcec2a30729645928153186304447d1/orig.mp4?Expires=1770801289&Signature=kK70RfKmfuVLv8N4vtNnDBWm0JaHcIpGOfQwVM~Vtv5hQ-voaTWt3oGK5PBJ54ZM9whdjewc64sPFBzLoddSYBPTt5w~GWmXFPG5xmAIWrCJggbc2CSHsCowQUAGxKgjJ8lw2Hz-s~gyyWBDYKlf-~4Ms0PTFtGrwennFAdRmT1GOQ4-2NQsg~inv0~~rAV5b8GuxewSJFPd68doPb3ubitKw3beA91enBMMytXWGirc3NI15wEgjFwayT3ek1wE8ykLe2qokmABZfVXCsAob95Mx-WvKj4uw5qvc6IYzvXBgfP1zHBmwlq52zMf0zUHxK7tO~fXMebhAtbiWg6KLw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Councilmember Stiles introduced Amendment 1 to the Fiscal Year 2026 budget ordinance at the Rules, Confirmations & Public Elections Committee meeting on June 17, asking the committee to accept the amendment as a late-file item and to allow full Council consideration.

Stiles said the amendment includes $20,000 to fund an extra year of spay-and-neuter services provided by the Peck Community Center while the city’s animal services facility remains at capacity and a new facility is under development. Stiles also described funding for the Safe Bar program, a sexual-assault-prevention program that provides bartender trainings, test-coaster kits for spotting drink tampering, marketing materials, volunteer training and an app intended for visitors and residents to identify participating bars.

The committee discussed the late-file nature briefly; Stiles said the delay was partly her responsibility because funding-source details were not finalized in time. The committee voted to suspend Council Rule 13 to allow the amendment to be considered on the June Council agenda. The item was properly before the committee for consideration and Stiles delivered the amendment summary for the record.

The committee did not vote on the underlying budget ordinance amendment at the committee level; the suspension enables the full Council to debate and vote on the Peck Community Center allocation and the Safe Bar funding. The committee record does not list exact Safe Bar dollar amounts or a full budget breakdown; Stiles said prior Council support for Safe Bar had helped complete app development and marketing but the app was not yet finished, prompting the requested funds to finalize and distribute it.

The amendment will appear on the Council agenda for a substantive vote. If approved by the Council, the Peck Community Center funding would cover one additional year of spay-and-neuter services and the Safe Bar funds would support app completion, marketing and volunteer training as described by Stiles.","Councilmember Stiles filed Amendment 1 to the FY2026 budget ordinance seeking $20,000 for additional spay-and-neuter services at Peck Community Center and funding to complete the Safe Bar sexual-assault-prevention program app; the Rules, Confirmations & Public Elections Committee approved suspending rules so Council can consider the amendment.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6196191,"Committee clears late-file library appropriation and grant amendments to sustain summer afterschool programs",96,340000,436000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3857957-1d23bc308d4ef99eebba7b6a8895d695&start=340&end=436","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3857957-1d23bc308d4ef99eebba7b6a8895d695/thumbnail_340000.jpg","/articles/6196191/Tennessee/Committee-clears-late-file-library-appropriation-and-grant-amendments-to-sustain-summer-afterschool-programs","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6196191-910aeb54953bc466ab59180015d05e0f/orig.mp4?Expires=1770801289&Signature=LC6n3JIYklnx50mVGIUC76Utz6QAVOPU8P9tTlYrfcn02bc3832g1Ozr0PYJd4zHtyTYhkfoUHzz4lbje5xeJy1rO2tz2k6YjTZd3a3Uo32CWHjp2JJvQgQkyF5R9iAml3PYgY5KABOjZQSusl97rGmq6k-pTOsL6sJeyfCOeqa03Bm-tnnZdie-gernl11Jk6IMtdXwm7fqW5MdfoySqwRLUUC-DRT891851Cjh8Dlu89LBNwR0Xw46JqnQh2G71i9Gc-zbrq7Dnl9h6MjRSZf~ME~OFZm7qRaLtDrOV0Tmkef5FXpVqzkUV23V0Eb2BMW793jc829GLS8hpSnDkQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Rules, Confirmations & Public Elections Committee on June 17 accepted late-file items and approved suspending the rules so the full Metro Council can consider a $1,525,540 appropriation from the Nashville Public Library to nonprofit organizations that provide free afterschool and summer programming through the Nashville AfterZone Alliance (NAZA).

Committee chair Toons read a Library memorandum saying the appropriation and related contract amendments are urgent because many NAZA-funded programs run year-round and the contracting process for the next fiscal year must be in place by July 1 to avoid disruption to summer services. The memorandum says expeditious funding for the summer period is necessary so NAZA partners can operate continuous programming for youth.

The committee voted to suspend Council Rule 13 and later approved an amendment to grant contracts with various nonprofits to continue NAZA-funded programming; the committee recorded the final contract-amendment approval vote as eight in favor, zero opposed and zero not voting.

The committee did not debate the individual grant recipients or the allocation breakdown during the brief record read into the packet; the Library memorandum included additional detail in the Council packet. The committee’s action was procedural to permit Council review and final appropriation and contract execution.

The full Council will consider the appropriation ordinance and the listed contract amendments; the Library memorandum and NAZA exhibit in the Council packet identify program partners and contracting steps.","On June 17 the committee accepted late-file items to permit full Council action on a $1,525,540 appropriation from the Nashville Public Library to nonprofit NAZA grantees and on related grant amendments intended to avoid disruption to summer and out-of-school programming.",{"_33":101,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":102,"_41":103,"_43":104,"_45":105,"_47":106,"_49":107,"_51":108,"_53":109,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":110,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":111,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6196196,"Committee accepts late-file mural grant request so Parks can meet Sister Cities deadline",69,263000,332000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3857957-1d23bc308d4ef99eebba7b6a8895d695&start=263&end=332","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3857957-1d23bc308d4ef99eebba7b6a8895d695/thumbnail_263000.jpg","/articles/6196196/Tennessee/Committee-accepts-late-file-mural-grant-request-so-Parks-can-meet-Sister-Cities-deadline","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6196196-55ebbb7881260630eee0a2a0f25f1e57/orig.mp4?Expires=1770801289&Signature=Njh4X5yTe5g1fjcrDhak2nM1z1XHlq1KPp5PJA3ESLigfgPxvsobHPL0kLnBFQnfEcE53xdP8T064AxoC~hYaEDao4QcSNAP0TrYW9BsWjfDUrxeLYjbZkCiB9MxzSHQ-9cNSHB2hX0XFFW5C4s-wXv0lRUkEfaGVw8JSG4aQugPp9kZ~NzF21AKtA4c6Kkm~z~5pt3p94WhkN0yg82dNADBrf2H8GaeZHR3eRU3CWHrE31PDsOQ-hk~nP-6UKCvXvmrUw27X8SbTgxSAUJDVPI1DoMUWFhxczdcRQIg8y6GWYrUG6VyPNZ1a7n4RXCU7hby~Ane4tZyy-orhFhdrg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Rules, Confirmations & Public Elections Committee on June 17 accepted as late-file a resolution from Metro Parks seeking authorization to accept an in-kind grant from Sister Cities for a commissioned mural on the exterior wall of the Morgan Park Community Center and to cover future maintenance costs.

Chair Toons read a Parks Department memorandum explaining that the Sister Cities grant requires the mural project to be completed by June 30, 2025, and that the late filing is necessary so the Metropolitan Government can accept the grant and meet the funder’s timeline.

The committee voted to suspend Rule 13 so the resolution can go to the full Metro Council for consideration in June. The committee recorded the suspension vote; the committee record reports the vote as six in favor. The committee provided no further debate on project design, artists, or maintenance funding beyond the Parks memorandum read into the record.

Because the committee’s action was limited to accepting the late-file suspension, Council review will include the full grant acceptance language and any maintenance-cost commitments that Metro Parks has identified in its memorandum.

The Parks memorandum is part of the Council packet and includes the procurement and grant terms for the Sister Cities award; those details were not read into the committee record beyond the completion deadline cited by Parks.","Metro Parks asked the Rules, Confirmations & Public Elections Committee to accept a late-file resolution to receive an in-kind grant from Sister Cities for a commissioned mural at Morgan Park Community Center; the committee agreed to suspend the rules so the Council can act before the grant deadline.",{"_33":113,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":114,"_41":115,"_43":116,"_45":117,"_47":118,"_49":119,"_51":120,"_53":121,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":122,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":123,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6196200,"Council committee approves late-file request to amend three Barnes Housing Trust Fund contracts to avoid expirations",109,137000,246000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3857957-1d23bc308d4ef99eebba7b6a8895d695&start=137&end=246","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3857957-1d23bc308d4ef99eebba7b6a8895d695/thumbnail_137000.jpg","/articles/6196200/Tennessee/Council-committee-approves-late-file-request-to-amend-three-Barnes-Housing-Trust-Fund-contracts-to-avoid-expirations","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6196200-765efa7988455683185b6c61be468cbf/orig.mp4?Expires=1770801289&Signature=Ikfr5RaK3qmY3VjGYEtdwLyG-pqSkyzY~cnSc6TaFR1G0aA8YVeAVhXZeKLIrgrLAPzktZiql38e5JkIpdyOfqt0wG5~PGq87E8lDn~OXctkPoImJD6m5oES1hA770Jo-M5cKedS6jbPCIUmMGPqYbOvrYGReqqzqvF0SDarAVGd4JzirT9TfuiMcpSo8Rvmfo5G0kCViCiu8L4FAgebFw0EFLooUw5y2O12iWtF2CbXJn1Sk39j~T1b~-xrwcC1mv-q~-1ynNhMfAVSHWosASp6lWAU8IeMRHiVczaXgDlms3vdkE31eQCyhGsGBiuuYn9kX0bbtrn673XD1~8QTA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Rules, Confirmations & Public Elections Committee on June 17 approved a late-file request to allow Metro Council consideration of amendments to three grant contracts administered through the Barnes Housing Trust Fund intended to prevent the contracts from expiring.

Committee chair Toons read a memorandum from the Planning Department explaining the urgency: the amendments would revise funding terms or extend project timelines as recommended by the Housing Trust Fund Commission and are necessary to prevent expiration and support continued progress on affordable-housing developments created under contracts forwarded in June 2023.

Committee members voted to suspend Council Rule 13 to allow the late-file resolution to be considered by the full Council. The committee moved and seconded the suspension motion and recorded approval of the suspension so the amendment resolution can proceed to the June 17 Council meeting for final action.

The committee record contains no detailed discussion of the specific projects or dollar amounts in the three affected contracts; the Planning Department memorandum states that additional paragraphs in the memo provide further background but the committee relied on the opening summary for the filing justification.

No formal amendment language or vote on the underlying contract changes was taken by the committee; the committee action was limited to accepting the late-file suspension so the Council may act on the contract amendments at its meeting.

The item will return to the full Metro Council for a substantive vote and any further debate or modification.

Questions remaining include the specific contract amendments, the dollar amounts and project identities affected, and any new timelines; those details are in the Planning Department memorandum referenced in the committee record but were not read into the public record during the committee’s brief consideration.","The Rules, Confirmations & Public Elections Committee on June 17 approved a late-file request to suspend rules so the full Metro Council can consider amendments to three affordable-housing contracts managed through the Barnes Housing Trust Fund to revise funding terms or extend timelines and prevent contract expirations.","actionData","errors"]

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Council committee approves late-file request to amend three Barnes Housing Trust Fund contracts to avoid expirations