Council approves East Bank intergovernmental agreement with audit deadline added

The Metropolitan Council on May 5 approved an intergovernmental agreement between Davidson County and the East Bank Development Authority and adopted an amendment that sets a deadline for a required audit.

Council member Coopin, sponsor of RS 20 25 11 42, said the amendment came out of the East Bank committee and implements a deadline for the audit required in the agreement. "I moved the amendment," Coopin said during committee remarks.

The amendment, which Council member Coopin described as the product of committee discussion and a request from Council member Evan Siegel, passed with no recorded opposition during the committee discussion and the full council vote. Following the amendment vote the resolution was moved "as amended" and the motion carried.

The agreement itself was described to the council as the intergovernmental arrangement authorizing the county to enter into the East Bank Development Authority partnership; Coopin urged colleagues to support it as discussed in committee. No specific financial terms, implementation timeline, or audit deadline date were read into the record during the committee remarks.

Council members did not indicate additional conditions beyond the amendment during the discussion. The council did not record a roll-call breakdown of the amendment vote in the transcript excerpt; minutes show the amendment passed and the resolution subsequently carried.

The approval sends the amended intergovernmental agreement forward as authorized by the council for the East Bank area. Further implementation steps, including any audit timeline specifics, were not stated in the committee discussion.

The council moved on to the next agenda item after the vote.