The vice mayor introduced Elizabeth Salick Kirby as her new full‑time executive assistant and announced an operational change to voicemail delivery for council members.

Salick Kirby, described at the meeting as a Clarksville resident and a former U.S. Army captain with project‑management certification, will be the primary scheduler for the vice mayor’s office. The vice mayor thanked Elise Waller for long service and said Waller will remain in the office in a part‑time capacity.

On technology, staff described a change that will route messages from members’ Metro 432 phone numbers to their email inboxes as WAV attachments so members can listen and respond without calling the voice mailbox directly. Rosie (staff) explained that members can opt out if they prefer the traditional voicemail system. Several members raised practical questions about caller identification; one member said that in earlier implementations the incoming email did not consistently include the caller’s number when calls were transferred from another Metro extension. Staff said the functionality has been improved and asked members to report any remaining issues to the office so fixes can be made.

Why it matters: the change is intended to simplify message retrieval for members who manage multiple communications channels and to centralize scheduling requests through the vice mayor’s new executive assistant. Staff asked members who want the email‑voicemail routing turned off to notify the office by a stated deadline ahead of rollout.