Budget and Finance Committee approves consent agenda; several individual resolutions and ordinances also passed or deferred

The Budget and Finance Committee met Tuesday and approved a consent agenda of purchasing agreements, grants and ordinances and took separate votes on several other items.

The consent agenda, which the chair presented at the start of the meeting, included multiple resolutions and three ordinances on second reading. Committee members approved the package by voice vote; the chair announced the consent agenda passed. Individual items listed on consent included RS2025-1037 (cooperative purchasing master agreement for the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office), RS2025-1039 (High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area grant), a set of public-health ancillary-provider agreements (including RS2025-1042 and RS2025-1043), amendments to Tennessee Department of Health grants (RS2025-1044 and RS2025-1045), a Land and Water Conservation Fund application and matching gifts for Millbridge Park (RS2025-1046), and several procurement and fleet-technology cooperative-purchase resolutions. The record in the meeting transcript does not show individual recorded tallies for each consent item beyond the chair—s announcement that the consent agenda passed.

Separately, the committee took individual actions as follows:

- RS2025-0992 (amendment 1 to a location agreement between the Department of Water and Sewerage Services and T‑Mobile South LLC): deferred one meeting. Council member Evan Siegel moved to defer the item, saying the amended agreement still needed T‑Mobile—s signature. The committee voted to defer the matter for one meeting; the chair recorded the deferral as passing with 10 in favor and 0 against.

- RS2025-1038 (amendment 2 to a grant from the Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration to the Office of Family Safety): approved. During discussion the deputy director of development for the Office of Family Safety explained the amendment splits the contract to comply with federal requirements; the committee approved the resolution by voice vote (the chair recorded the motion as carrying 10 in favor, 0 against, 0 not voting).

- RS2025-1040 (acceptance of a donation of trained horses from the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee for the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department mounted patrol): approved. Committee members questioned the number of horses, typical uses and housing; MNPD staff said the unit currently has "6 or 7" horses and that operations moved from Ellington to a consolidated site with Metro Parks at Peeler Park. The chair recorded the motion as carrying 9 in favor, 0 against, 0 not voting.

- RS2025-1041 (memorandum of understanding to place an AmeriCorps participant with Metro Arts Commission and Hands On United Way of Greater Nashville): approved by voice vote with no discussion; the chair recorded the motion as carrying 9 in favor, 0 against, 0 not voting.

- RS2025-1054 (requesting the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department evaluate safety plans and measures for Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools): approved; the chair recorded the motion as carrying 8 in favor, 0 against, 1 not voting.

- A pair of Greenway conservation-easement ordinances was moved to defer for one meeting; the chair recorded the one-meeting deferral as carrying (tally not specified in the transcript).

- BO2025-0709 (option agreement and acceptance of a quitclaim donation of a parcel on O'Hickory Boulevard, parcel 12800018100): approved; the chair recorded the motion as carrying 9 in favor, 0 against, 0 not voting.

Why it matters: the consents and approvals authorize purchasing and grant agreements, public-health contracts and property actions that enable agency operations and park and greenway projects. A one-meeting deferral on the T‑Mobile location agreement delays a location-based amendment pending T‑Mobile—s signature.

What happened next: items deferred will return at a subsequent committee meeting; funded contracts and property actions will move forward to implementation as prescribed by each resolution or ordinance.