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Council establishes Metropolitan Animal Care & Control Commission; new MAC director named

Metropolitan Council of Nashville and Davidson County · December 5, 2025

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Summary

The council voted to create the Metropolitan Animal Care & Control Commission to advise and support Metro Animal Care; staff announced Danielle Carter as the agency's new director and highlighted recent shelter activity.

The Metropolitan Council adopted BL1061 on Dec. 4 to establish the Metropolitan Animal Care & Control Commission (MAC Commission), a body intended to provide programmatic oversight, community engagement and coordination for Metro Animal Care (MAC).

Sponsor Councilmember Lovely Weiner thanked MAC staff for recent work and shared November operating statistics supplied by the department, noting intake and transfer numbers and highlighting ongoing spay/neuter operations. Weiner also announced that Danielle Carter, the shelter manager, will become MAC's director.

The ordinance codifies a permanent advisory structure for MAC to assist with programming and collaboration with rescue partners and community groups; the council approved the ordinance on third reading (final roll-call tally not specified on the transcript).

What happens next: Metro will form the commission and coordinate appointments and reporting with the Mayor's office and MAC leadership. Danielle Carter, the newly named director, will lead shelter operations while the commission begins its advisory work.