Budget & Finance committee approves consent agenda of grants, contracts and settlements

The Metropolitan Council Budget & Finance Committee on May 20 approved a consent agenda that bundled multiple grant acceptances, contract amendments, cooperative purchases and liability settlements, voting 10 in favor, 0 opposed and 0 not voting.

The consent package included personal injury claim settlements to be paid from self-insured liability funds; multiple amendments to grant contracts administered through the Metropolitan Housing Trust Fund Commission for affordable housing partners including Inspiritus Inc., Habitat for Humanity of Greater Nashville and Rebuilding Together Nashville; procurement or cooperative purchase agreements for promotional products and mobile solar-powered charging systems; and several public-health grants administered by the Metropolitan Board of Health. Also on consent were awards and contracts for animal shelter funding, oral disease prevention services for schoolchildren, HIV/AIDS prevention and minority AIDS initiative funding, and a sole-source contract for cardiac monitors and related services with ZOLL Medical Corporation.

The committee chair read the captions for each resolution before members took a single roll-call vote to approve the package. The vote on the bundled items was unanimous among the ten committee members present.

The consent vote clears multiple items for final consideration by the full Metropolitan Council or for execution by the relevant departments, depending on the item’s statutory or administrative requirements. Specific spending or contract-approval steps for individual items will be implemented by the administering departments and, where applicable, by the Metropolitan Board of Health and the Metropolitan Housing Trust Fund Commission.