The Contract and Compliance Board voted to adopt its final bylaws and advanced several measures intended to strengthen oversight of construction contracts and worker safety.

At the Nov. meeting the board approved the bylaws after the subcommittee chair confirmed legal had provided a final package requiring chair and vice-chair signatures. A board member moved to adopt the bylaws and the motion was seconded; the chair called the vote and members said “aye,” with the motion passing.

Executive Director Trey delivered the staff report and described several near-term initiatives. “We are looking at, or in the process with safety reports, our new platform of developing a ADA checklist, for those code inspectors to utilize,” Trey said, explaining the checklist will be uploaded as a custom inspection type alongside the safety reports program.

Trey also reported two safety incidents at the Juvenile Justice Center over the past 30 days — “1 accident and 1 an incident” — including a worker who required a doctor’s visit for a puncture wound and a small fire caused by drilling that was quickly extinguished. Trey said corrective actions and additional training have been documented.

On intake and public oversight, Trey said the board has initiated talks with HUB Nashville to create a complaint intake button linked on both HUB Nashville and the board’s page on nashville.gov. He said a test environment will be ready after Thanksgiving and staff hope to demo screenshots at the December meeting.

Board members also flagged the need to finalize a single safety-language exhibit that could be attached to contracts or replace existing language in specific contract types. Trey said staff will work with legal, procurement, and finance to decide whether the exhibit becomes a universal contract attachment or replaces language in CMAR or design-build contracts.

Members agreed to develop objective performance indicators for the executive director. One board member urged KPI ideas focused on response speed and investigations: “The faster that you get something investigated in a countermeasure in place, ultimately, that’s what I think the board is aiming for,” the member said. The board asked members to submit KPI suggestions ahead of the next meeting.

The meeting closed after routine business; the chair thanked members for their work on the bylaws and adjourned the session.