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Committee approves consent agenda of grants, contracts and appropriations including childcare study and interim housing funding
Summary
The Public Health & Safety Committee approved a consent agenda of grant amendments, grant awards and appropriations including a $200,000 grant to United Way for a countywide childcare study and multiple interim housing grants and appropriations.
The Metropolitan Nashville-Davidson County Council Public Health & Safety Committee approved a consent agenda that included grant amendments, grant awards, contracts and appropriations for public health, juvenile justice support, homeless services and other programs.
Key items on the consent agenda included: a $200,000 grant to United Way for a countywide childcare study and a grant contract between the Metropolitan Action Commission and United Way for that study (RS2025-963); amendments and awards to public‑health grants from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Tennessee Department of Health to support workforce, STI and HIV prevention activities (RS2025-967, RS2025-969, RS2025-970); contracts for an American Heart Association training site (RS2025-967); a spay/neuter services contract with Pet Community Center (RS2025-971); appropriations and grant amendments to Room In The Inn, the Hospitality Hub of Memphis and other nonprofit interim housing providers totaling multiple appropriations (RS2025-972, RS2025-973, RS2025-974); acceptance of a donation to the Office of Family Safety (RS2025-980); and acceptance of an Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) to support the Metropolitan Police Department (RS2025-981).
The chair called for the consent agenda, took a motion and the committee approved the items; the chair announced “Motion carries.” The transcript does not record separate roll‑call tallies for each consent item in committee.
Several of the consent items carry specified dollar amounts in the committee caption: RS2025-963 awards $200,000 to United Way for a countywide childcare study; RS2025-972 appropriates $220,000,805.08 to Room In The Inn Incorporated (captioned amount as read in committee); RS2025-973 appropriates $2,469,600 (transcript alternately listed $2,469,671) for the Hospitality Hub of Memphis; RS2025-974 appropriates $1,297,915.20 to nonprofit organizations for mobile housing navigation services. The transcript lists sponsors for each item in the committee caption.
The consent agenda passed in committee; the record shows the chair asking “All those in favor, say aye,” and announcing that the motion carries.
