Public Health and Safety Committee
TL;DR
Nashville's Public Health and Safety Committee reviewed multiple grants and resolutions aimed at improving community services, including funding for community corrections, emergency communications, HIV/AIDS prevention, and senior support programs. The meeting focused on expanding social services, public safety initiatives, and healthcare partnerships across Davidson County.
Key Decisions
- Community Corrections Services Grant Passed
- Enhanced 911 Services Interlocal Agreement Passed
- Community Safety Fund Grants Passed
- Vanderbilt Medical Teaching Agreement Passed
- Senior Nutrition and Transportation Services Grant Passed
Agenda
- Public Comment
- 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.
- Resolutions
- 1. A resolution accepting a Community Correction Services grant from the Tennessee Department of Correction to the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the State Trial Courts, to divert eligible offenders from the Tennessee prison system by providing community-based supervision and treatment services through the Davidson County Community Corrections Program.Resolution
- 2. A resolution approving an interlocal agreement between the Emergency Communications District for Nashville and Davidson County and The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County for the provision of services and reimbursement of costs pertaining to Enhanced-911 services.Resolution
- 3. A resolution accepting a grant from the Tennessee Department of Health to the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Metropolitan Board of Health, for public safety partnerships in high impact areas to use available data to identify populations at high risk for adverse consequences from substance misuse and employ evidence-based interventions that are responsive to population needs.Resolution
- 4. A resolution appropriating a total of $1,248,108 from a certain account of the Community Safety Fund for grants to various nonprofit organizations for South Nashville Community Safety programs.Resolution
- 5. A resolution approving an agreement between The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, acting by and through the Metropolitan Board of Health, and Vanderbilt University Medical Center to provide clinical teaching experiences to individuals in the Graduate Medical Education Programs for Pediatric Residency and Adult Infectious Diseases.Resolution
- 6. A resolution approving amendment one to a grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Metropolitan Board of Health, to provide for the prevention, surveillance, diagnosis, and treatment of HIV/AIDS and to administer a Minority AIDS Initiative program.Resolution
- 7. A resolution accepting a grant from the Friends of Metro Animal Care & Control to the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Metropolitan Board of Health, to provide funding for various programs for shelter animals.Resolution
- 8. A resolution accepting a grant from the Greater Nashville Regional Council to the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through Metropolitan Social Services, to provide delivered meals to eligible seniors in their homes and in congregate meal sites throughout Davidson County.Resolution
- 9. A resolution accepting a grant from the Greater Nashville Regional Council to the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through Metropolitan Social Services, to provide nutrition services to eligible seniors and transportation services for the elderly who are unable to drive or have no other means of transportation.Resolution
- 10. A resolution approving an intergovernmental agreement by and between the State of Tennessee, Department of Commerce and Insurance and the Metro Nashville Fire Department (“NFD”), for the provision of annual fire and building safety inspection services for pre-kindergarten and kindergarten through twelfth grade schools.Resolution
- 11. A resolution accepting the terms of a cooperative purchasing master agreement for marine equipment and supplies for the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department.Resolution
- Permanent Supportive Housing Presentation - Adam Rosenberg, AGB
- Chair Report / Updates