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Pre-budget commenters list priorities: skate parks, animal-control, libraries, worker pay and schools
Summary
At the council's pre-budget public comment hearing, residents and employees urged investments in recreational facilities, spay/neuter services, library collections, COLA for Metro employees, and full funding for Metro Nashville Public Schools.
A cross-section of Nashville residents used the council’s pre-budget public comment period on Feb. 4 to press the Metropolitan Council to fund local priorities ranging from skate parks and spay/neuter services to library acquisitions and Metro employee pay increases.
Skate parks: East Nashville shop owner Luke Ansell and other skaters asked the council to build more skate parks across Nashville. "We have an abundance of beautiful parks in our city, and I believe every single one of them deserves a new skate park," Ansell said, adding that the existing 2 Rivers Skate…
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