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Committee approves consent agenda of grants and contracts; donation accepted separately
Summary
The Public Health & Safety Committee approved a multi-item consent agenda including federal and state grants and contract amendments and approved a separate donation to the Metro Human Relations Commission.
The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County Public Health & Safety Committee approved a consent agenda of resolutions and ordinances and separately approved a donation to the Metropolitan Human Relations Commission at its meeting.
The committee approved the consent agenda by an 8-0 vote. The consent package included multiple items listed in the meeting packet: RS2025-1298 (a grant from the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services to implement a safe baby court program through Davidson County juvenile court); RS2025-1299 (a community corrections services grant application to the Tennessee Department of Corrections); amendments to a Tennessee Housing Development Agency grant for emergency rental assistance (RS2025-1302); a third amendment to a lease for office space at 1281 Murfreesboro Pike (RS2025-1304); an amendment to a viral hepatitis program services grant to the Metropolitan Board of Health (RS2025-1308); a grant to fund fatality review team staffing for the Office of Family Safety (RS2025-1314); and an amendment to a VOCA grant for MNPD to fund additional staffing and services (RS2025-1315). The packet also listed three ordinances on second reading: BL2025-847 (revised organizational plan for the Metropolitan Public Health Department), BL2025-848 (an agreement to provide EMS training experience with Ascension Saint Thomas School of EMS), and BL2025-849 (amendment 3 to a contract with Digitech Computer LLC for fire/medical billing and collections).
Item 3, RS2025-1301, a donation from the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee in the amount of $13,104.10 to the Metropolitan Human Relations Commission, was pulled from consent by Councilmember Benton for separate consideration. That donation resolution was moved and seconded and approved with seven votes in favor, zero opposed and one not voting (7-0-1 not voting). The resolution authorizes the Metro Human Relations Commission to accept and expend the donated funds to support its duties and mission.
What the votes mean: The consent vote (8-0) recommends approval of the listed resolutions and ordinances and will proceed to the next steps in the council process per standard Metro procedures. The separate approval for RS2025-1301 (7-0-1) indicates one committee member recorded a not voting position on that donation item; the committee’s recommendation was to approve the item.
Ending: No substantive debate on the grants and ordinance items was recorded in committee minutes beyond the pull of item 3; council members proceeded to subsequent committee business after the votes.
