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Council committee adopts substitute for Music, Entertainment and Film Commission after heated debate over hiring authority
Summary
The Arts, Parks, Libraries & Entertainment Committee on March 18 approved a substitute and then passed an ordinance changing the Music, Entertainment and Film Commission’s structure and hiring process after a contentious debate over whether hiring authority should rest with the mayor or the commission.
The Arts, Parks, Libraries & Entertainment Committee on March 18 approved a substitute to an ordinance that changes the Nashville Music, Entertainment and Film Commission’s structure and hiring process and then passed the bill as substituted.
"I love the sponsor," Council Member Stiles said in presenting her substitute, "I do not support her bill at all, hence the substitute." Stiles argued the commission and local creative-industry members should retain the hiring authority for the executive director and that removing that authority would protect continuity across mayoral administrations.
Commission members of the commission and cultural stakeholders attended the meeting to urge the committee not to shift hiring authority to the mayor. Max Butler, chair of the…
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