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Council defers action on downtown public-safety MOU after public concerns about surveillance and grantee oversight
Summary
Council deferred a memorandum of understanding tied to an FY '26 downtown public-safety grant and heard public commenters alleging misinformation about the grantee and warning that expanded surveillance would harm immigrants and unhoused residents.
The Council deferred consideration of a proposed letter of agreement and Memorandum of Understanding between Metro and the Nashville Downtown Partnership related to an FY '26 downtown public-safety grant. By rule the item received a mandatory one‑meeting deferral and will return to the council at the Dec. 16 meeting.
Public commenters urged the Council to reject or hold a public hearing on the MOU, arguing the materials handed out to the council contained inaccurate claims about…
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