Budget and Finance Committee

Agenda

1. Public Comment
2. Pursuant to Section 8 44 112 of the Tennessee Code Annotated, time is reserved for public comment on legislative items appearing on this agenda. Members of the public wishing to speak may sign up on the Council Committee signup sheet posted outside the room where the committee is scheduled to meet. Public Comment sign up for Council Committee meetings will end immediately before the meeting begins. Public Comment is limited to eight minutes total at Council Committee meetings and each speaker is allowed up to two minutes to speak. All public comment speakers must present proof of Tennessee residency. Requests for interpretation services and/or accessibility accommodations should be directed to the Council Office at 615 862 6780. Las solicitudes de servicios de interpretación y/o adaptaciones de accesibilidad deben dirigirse a la Oficina del Consejo al 615 862 6780.
3. Finance Department Presentation on Fund Balance Reserve Policies
4. Resolutions
5. 1. A resolution approving a preliminary engineering agreement between CSX Transportation, Inc. (“CSXT”), a Virginia corporation with its principal place of business in Jacksonville, Florida, and the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, to facilitate bridge replacement over CSXT rail at West Due West Avenue. (Proposal No. 2025M-007AG-001).
   Resolution
6. 2. A resolution approving amendment four to a Parental Assistance Court grant from the Tennessee Department of Human Services to the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Davidson County Juvenile Court, to provide opportunities for and meet the needs of eligible low-income families who have a court ordered child support obligation and to increase program participant parenting time with their children.
   Resolution
7. 3. A resolution approving amendment three to a grant from the Tennessee Department of Human Services to the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Davidson County Juvenile Court, to establish and enforce federal and state mandated child support program guidelines for children born out of wedlock.
   Resolution
8. 4. A resolution calling the independent Metropolitan Board of Equalization into regular session beginning June 2, 2025, and special session beginning June 30, 2025.
   Resolution
9. 5. A resolution approving the appointment of hearing officers by the independent Metropolitan Board of Equalization to conduct preliminary hearings and to make investigations regarding complaints before the board.
   Resolution
10. 6. A resolution adopting the revised Fund Balance Reserve Policies for The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County.
    Resolution
11. 7. Resolution supplementing Substitute Resolution No. RS2010-1442 to authorize the execution, terms, issuance, sale and payment of water and sewer revenue refunding and improvement bonds in an aggregate principal amount of not to exceed $700,000,000.
    Resolution
12. 8. Resolution authorizing the issuance, sale and payment of federally taxable general obligation refunding bonds in an approximate principal amount of $61,000,000; and providing for the levy of ad valorem taxes for the payment of debt service on the bonds
    Resolution
13. 9. A resolution approving an intergovernmental agreement between the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County and the East Bank Development Authority (Proposal No. 2025M-012AG-001).
    Resolution
14. 10. A resolution approving Amendment One to a Lease Agreement by and between the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County acting by and through the Metropolitan Board of Education and Conexion Americas (Proposal No. 2022M-035AG-001).
    Resolution
15. 11. A resolution accepting a Summer Jobs Connect grant from the Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund, Inc. (“CFE Fund”) to the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Metro Action Commission, to implement a comprehensive financial empowerment program that provides participants with access to safe bank or credit union products.
    Resolution
16. 12. A resolution to appropriate grant funds from the Martha O’Bryan Center’s Tennessee Opportunity Pilot Initiative Implementation Grant to the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Metropolitan Action Commission, to formalize the party’s relationship while collaborating on direct services, capacity building, collaborative activities, and grant compliance.
    Resolution
17. 13. A Resolution authorizing the Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency to negotiate and enter into a PILOT Agreement and accept payments in lieu of ad valorem taxes with respect to a multi-family housing project located at 3539 Dickerson Pike known as Artist Lofts.
    Resolution
18. 14. A resolution authorizing the grant of certain parcels of surplus real property to The Housing Fund, Inc. for the Nashville Community Land Trust (Proposal No. 2019M-009PR-001)
    Resolution
19. 15. A resolution appropriating a total of $110,000 from a certain account of the Community Safety Fund for a grant to Nashville Anti-Human Trafficking Coalition to provide services that support victims of sex trafficking through rescues, assessments, intervention, addiction, and trauma recovery.
    Resolution
20. 16. A resolution approving an agreement for the purchase of a half-acre parcel of property located at 1045 28th Avenue North for use in connection with construction of a new public library. (Proposal No. 2025M-011AG-001).
    Resolution
21. 17. A resolution approving an application for a Libraries as Pillars of Education and Democracy grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York to the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Nashville Public Library, to implement leveled English as a Second Language (ESL) classes at up to six branch locations in collaboration with partner organizations.
    Resolution
22. 18. A resolution authorizing the Metropolitan Department of Law to compromise and settle the claim of Deveda Lenoir as Administrator of the Estate of SaDarion Lenoir against the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County in the amount of $175,000.00, and that said amount be paid from the Self-Insured Liability Fund.
    Resolution
23. 19. A resolution accepting an Emergency Management Performance Grant from the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency to the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Office of Emergency Management, to subsidize the Emergency Management Program.
    Resolution
24. 20. A resolution approving an amendment to a contract between the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, acting by and through the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department, and the Mental Health Cooperative Clinical Personnel.
    Resolution
25. 21. A resolution approving an application for a Project Safe Neighborhoods grant from the Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration, Office of Criminal Justice Programs to the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department, to reduce gun related violence in Nashville by providing funding for overtime for the investigation of violent crimes involving guns.
    Resolution
26. 22. A resolution approving a contract between the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County and Remix Technologies, LLC to provide transportation planning software for the Nashville Department of Transportation.
    Resolution
27. 23. A resolution approving a preliminary engineering agreement between CSX Transportation, Inc. (“CSX”), a Virginia corporation with its principal place of business in Jacksonville, Florida, and the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, to facilitate the development of proposed improvements to existing roadway under CSX rail at First Street (Proposal No. 2025M-013AG-001).
    Resolution
28. 24. A resolution approving an intergovernmental agreement by and between the State of Tennessee, Department of Transportation (“TDOT”), and the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, by and through the Nashville Department of Transportation and Multimodal Infrastructure (“NDOT”), for the repair of existing pavement failures and resurfacing of 4.43 miles of Bell Road; State Project No. 19SAR1-S8-016, PIN: 134654.00. (Proposal No. 2025M-006AG-001).
    Resolution
29. 25. A resolution approving a renewed intergovernmental license agreement by and between the State of Tennessee, Department of Transportation, and the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County (“Metro”), through the Nashville Department of Transportation and Multimodal Infrastructure (“NDOT”), for the benefit of the Metropolitan Nashville Arts Commission, to maintain public art within a State right of way.
    Resolution
30. 26. A resolution authorizing The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, acting by and through the Department of Water and Sewerage Services, to enter into a Construction Agreement and six Pipeline Crossing License Agreements with R.J. Corman Railroad Company/Nashville & Eastern Railroad Line, to develop six pipeline encroachments and construct and maintain six pipelines for waste, raw and finished water in the railroad right-of-way at 1400 Pumping Station Road and Pumping Station Road (unnumbered) in Davidson County, (Project No. 21-WC-0121 and Proposal No. 2025M-008AG-001).
    Resolution
31. 27. A resolution authorizing a supplemental agreement between the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County acting by and through the Department of Water and Sewerage Services, hereinafter called the “Licensee,” and CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC. hereinafter called “Licensor” to abandon a casing pipe and to construct, use and maintain sanitary sewer line in the railroad right-of-way along Hurricane Creek in Rutherford County. (MWS Project No. 11-SC-0116 and Proposal Number 2020M-009AG-002)
    Resolution
32. 28. A resolution approving the execution of an Amendment to the Agreement between the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County and the Cumberland River Compact, amending their original grant contract and extending its term.
    Resolution
33. 29. A resolution accepting the terms of a cooperative purchasing master agreement for rental equipment for the Department of Water and Sewerage Services.
    Resolution
34. 30. A resolution authorizing the Metropolitan Department of Law to compromise and settle the Section 1983 class action claims brought by Peyton Pratt on behalf of herself and all other similarly situated property owners against the Metropolitan Government in the amount of $1,450,250.09. The amount of $1,445,250.09 to refund all payments made under Metro Code § 15.64.035 shall be paid from Fund 47335 or Fund 47346. The amount of $5,000 for attorney’s fees shall be paid from the Judgment and Losses Fund.
    Resolution
35. Bills on Second Reading
36. 31. An ordinance amending Chapter 2.40 of the Metropolitan Code of Laws relative to the Department of Law.
    Bill
37. 32. An ordinance approving a lease agreement by and between the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County acting by and through the Metropolitan Board of Public Education and Municipal Communications III, LLC (Proposal No. 2025M-002AG-001).
    Bill