01/20/26 Metropolitan Council Meeting

Metropolitan Council of Nashville and Davidson County · January 20, 2026

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Call to order, invocation and pledge

Announcement

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Vice mayor called the meeting to order, read the date and led opening remarks; Pastor Felicia Smith of Living Word Community Church in Antioch delivered the invocation (Pastor Felicia Smith).

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The Metropolitan Council of Nashville and Davidson County met Jan. 20, 2026. The council confirmed multiple board appointments, approved a beer-permit distance waiver for a Jefferson Street business, amended internal rules, deferred several zoning overlays for more community engagement, and approved a package of state and private downtown public-safety grants after an extended public hearing with many speakers opposing surveillance-focused spending.

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