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Budget & Finance committee approves consent agenda, moves several items to future meetings
Summary
The Metro Nashville Budget & Finance Committee approved a broad consent agenda including grant acceptances, contracts, and a greenway easement; several items were removed from consent and either deferred, withdrawn, or considered separately.
The Budget & Finance Committee of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County approved its consent agenda and took separate actions on several items during its meeting.
The consent agenda, accepted by voice vote, included resolutions and one bill described in the meeting captions: Resolution 20‑25‑10‑59 (Bloomberg American Sustainable Cities Program grant); Resolution 20‑25‑10‑63 (emergency management performance grant application to Tennessee Emergency Management Agency); Resolution 20‑25‑10‑64 (grant from Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration to Office of Family Safety to fund staffing); Resolution 20‑25‑10‑65 (contract with Forensic Technology, Inc. for forensic equipment and warranty for the Nashville Police Department); Resolution 20‑25‑10‑66 (in‑kind grant from Sylvan Park Neighborhood Association to replace a park sign); Resolution 20‑25‑10‑68 (Bloomberg Philanthropies Asphalt Art Project application for Jubilee Bridal Area Revitalization, JBAR); Resolution 20‑25‑10‑69 (intergovernmental agreement with Tennessee Department of Transportation for transportation art on TDOT retaining wall at 2140 Hickory Boulevard); Resolution 20‑25‑10‑72 (settlement of Stephanie Alexander personal injury claim for $40,000 to be paid from the self‑insured liability fund); and bill 20‑25‑7‑44 (a greenway conservation easement with Habitat for Humanity of Greater Nashville for improvements at 33028 Gwenwood Drive). The committee chair called for objections, received none, and the motion to accept the consent agenda was approved.
Several items were removed from the consent list for separate action or deferral. Resolution 20‑25‑10‑67 was removed for deferral; Resolution 20‑25‑10‑60 (a judgment satisfaction matter involving the criminal court clerk) was pulled from consent and later considered separately; and at least one other preliminary engineering agreement and a bonds resolution were deferred after brief committee discussion.
Other procedural actions included the withdrawal of an amendment to a T‑Mobile location agreement and the scheduling of a nonprofit working group update for the next committee meeting. The committee adjourned after completing business.
Votes at a glance (committee-level actions reported in meeting): • Consent agenda: approved by voice vote (no roll‑call tally recorded in the transcript). • Resolution 20‑25‑10‑60 (judgment satisfaction for criminal court clerk Howard Gentry, $193,279.92): pulled from consent and approved later in the meeting by voice vote. • Resolution 20‑25‑9‑60 (adjustments to the mixed‑income pilot program): deferred to May 6. • Resolution 20‑25‑10‑62 (authorizing issuance/reallocation of general obligation bonds): deferred one meeting. • Resolution 20‑25‑10‑607 (preliminary engineering agreement with CSX for Eastland Avenue bridge replacement): deferred one meeting. • Amendment to a location agreement between Metro Water and T‑Mobile South LLC (Amendment 1): withdrawn from consideration.
The committee recorded motions, seconds, and voice votes for the items above; the transcript shows motions carried where noted. No recorded roll‑call tallies with individual yes/no votes appear in the available transcript.
