Ad hoc committee to revise pilot moratorium after county counsel says resolution was referred, not defeated

The Shelby County ad hoc committee reviewing pilot programs heard on the record that the pilot moratorium resolution was not defeated but referred back to the committee for further recommendations.

"I confirmed with the minutes clerk from the last meeting, the pilot moratorium resolution did not fail. It came back to the it was referred to this body to make additional recommendations," said Marcy Ingram, legislative counsel. Committee members discussed shortening the moratorium from 180 days to 90 or 60 days and whether to limit its scope to agencies that do not already publish needed data.

Committee members emphasized that any change should balance the need for more information with the capacity limits of some agencies. "We can limit the time, or we can limit the scope, and maybe come up with the agencies that sort of self select to be a part of a group that works with the committee to come up with this shared repository," said Austin Harrison, a member who identified himself as a data specialist. The group agreed to convene an interim Zoom meeting and to solicit input from pilot-granting agencies before returning a revised resolution to the commission.

The committee did not take a formal vote on a revised moratorium at the meeting; attorney Ingram said she could draft language or a resolution reflecting the committee's direction and the committee scheduled a Zoom session to finalize recommendations.