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Regional council outlines services, local officials press on growth and dues
Summary
A Greater Nashville Regional Council representative described the council's history, programs and local investments to Sumner County commissioners while residents and commissioners questioned the council's name, priorities and the county dues used as matching funds for state and federal grants.
The Greater Nashville Regional Council delivered an overview of its work to the Sumner County Commission on a presentation approved through a suspension of the rules to allow extra time for questions.
The presentation mattered because the council performs regional planning, administers aging and disability services and helps local governments pursue and manage state and federal grants. Those functions affect Sumner County’s eligibility for transportation and other large infrastructure grants and the delivery of services for older adults.
Mr. Skipper, a representative of the Greater Nashville Regional Council, told the commission the council traces its origin to a 1965 act of the Tennessee legislature that created development districts to coordinate how federal funds were allocated locally. “Our Transportation Policy Board must approve every single dollar that’s allocated to the state and spent in our region, before it can happen,” he said, describing the council as a convening and technical-assistance body for the region’s 95 counties and…
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