Public Health and Safety 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. Resolutions
4. 1. A resolution calling for the Mayor’s Office and the Department of Emergency Communications to enact various reforms relative to departmental leadership and workplace culture.
   Resolution
5. 2. A resolution approving a letter of agreement and memorandum of understanding between the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County and the Nashville Downtown Partnership related to an application for the FY26 Downtown Public Safety Grant from the State of Tennessee.
   Resolution
6. 3. A resolution appropriating a total of $765,882 from the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Metropolitan Board of Health, to Vanderbilt University Medical Center and approving a grant contract by and between the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Metropolitan Board of Health, and Vanderbilt University Medical Center, for the provision of medical case management, mental health services, outpatient ambulatory care, and referral services for participants in the Ryan White Part A program.
   Resolution
7. 4. A resolution appropriating a total of $1,621,095 from the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Metropolitan Board of Health, to Nashville Cares and approving a grant contract by and between the Metropolitan Board of Health and Nashville Cares, for the provision of early intervention services, emergency financial assistance, food assistance, housing services, linguistic services, medical case management, mental health services, non-medical case management, outpatient ambulatory care, psychosocial services, and transportation for participants in the Ryan White Part A program.
   Resolution
8. 5. A resolution appropriating a total of $48,000 from a certain account of the Community Safety Fund to Pass the Beauty and approving a grant contract by and between the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Metropolitan Board of Health, and Pass the Beauty, for the provision of a community safety program that mitigates financial stress, strengthens anti-violence social norms and peer relationships, and provides peer support and therapy.
   Resolution
9. 6. A resolution accepting the terms of a cooperative purchasing master agreement with Blink Marketing, Inc. for promotional and commemorative items for the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County.
   Resolution
10. 7. A resolution accepting the terms of a cooperative purchasing master agreement with 4Imprint, Inc. for promotional and commemorative items for the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County.
    Resolution
11. 8. A resolution accepting a Statewide School Resource Officer (SRO) Program grant from the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security to the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department (MNPD), for the placement of School Resource Officers in schools for the continued efforts to establish and maintain safe and secure learning environments for eligible K - 12 public schools and public charter schools.
    Resolution
12. 9. A resolution approving an application for a DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program Grant from the U. S. Department of Justice to the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department, to outsource sexual assault kits to private vendors for forensic case sample analysis to reduce the backlog associated with DNA analysis.
    Resolution
13. Bills on Second Reading
14. 10. An ordinance approving an agreement between ATS Operating, LLC ("ATS") and the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, by and through the Office of Family Safety (“OFS”), to collect clothing and/or other household item donations on a regular basis from OFS on behalf of one or more charitable organizations.
    Bill
15. 11. An ordinance approving Amendment 3 to Contract #455783 for the provision of body camera equipment between Motorola Solutions Inc., and the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County.
    Bill
16. Chair Report / Updates