So I will be running announcements today.

I first want to acknowledge uh the land that we are currently sitting on.

Um this is Cherokee, Shawnee, and Yuchi land.

Uh a reminder that no one is illegal on stolen land.

We don't look like we have any presentation.

So if you have announcements, if you want to go ahead and get in the queue, uh you could go ahead and do that now.

Uh and since we're gonna practice our duolingo, y'all thought you were done with that, but nope.

You aren't.

All right.

First in the queue, Concejal Evans.

Thank you in Espanol.

Gracias.

Thank you.

Um, on uh Monday, December the first, uh, I will be having a community meeting about the Board of Zoning Appeals um case for property that is on Old Lebanon Dirt Road.

Uh the Guahara uh Cultural Association acquired the property two years ago.

We went through the BZA process, they were approved to build a new facility, but because they didn't start construction within two years, we have to have another community meeting, and they have to go back in front of the BZA.

The meeting will be on, as I said, Monday, December 1st, 5 30 p.m.

at their current location on 4418 Lebanon Pike, which is the old um Lowe's.

Thank you.

Gracias, Concejal Evans.

Concejal Hill, queda reconocida.

Okay, uh I'm I'm horrible about the other part, but I just want to say that this is Transgender Day Awareness, uh, Transgender Day of Remembrance, which is uh uh November the 20th.

Uh, I'm one of the keynote speakers at Belmont United Methodist Church on Ackland.

Uh, I would love each and everyone to be here.

Uh if you're an ally, the trans community really could use some folks to show up to say that we're on your side.

We see, we hear you, and we stand with you.

So if you're available from 6 to 8 p.m.

Belmont United Methodist Church on I Ackland, I would love to see you all there.

Gracias, Concejal Hill.

Concejal Bradford, queda reconocido.

Donc a good album Ralin.

Uh announcement for the Donaldson community.

We are so excited that this year we're celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Donaldson Christmas Parade.

This year's parade will be Saturday, December 6th, starting at 4 o'clock.

We're moving it to a nighttime parade this year.

So please join us in the Donaldson community.

Um to celebrate Christmas in one of the best communities in Nashville.

Thank you.

Gracias, Concejal Bradford.

Are there any more announcements?

I don't see anyone else in the queue.

All right.

Uh a couple of things.

The tree lighting ceremony this year for Metro will be December the 5th at 6 p.m.

here at Public Square Park.

Uh the menorah lighting this year will be on December 15th at 5 30 p.m.

The Spile Navideño, or the Antioch Pike Parade this year.

I don't know if anyone went with us last year, but it was uh one of the best Christmas parades, uh, in my opinion.

Uh from last year will be on December the 7th from 12 to 6 p.m.

Uh they were handing out full bags of chips, uh, full-size candy bars.

Uh there were floats made out of balloons.

Um, and I can't count how many Grinches there were.

I don't know what it is with Latinos and Grinches.

Um, but y'all should come out.

Uh the council will be participating in that parade this year.

Um, and I will be coordinating.

So if anyone wants to participate, please let me know, and more information will go out.

Uh, and it looks like reconocido.

Thank you, Councilmember.

Uh just wanted to make a quick announcement.

We are in Hermitage uh going to be celebrating our fifth annual Christmas tree lotting this year.

It's gonna take place on Thursday, December the fourth at the Hermitage Library.

That starts around four o'clock.

It's gonna be a lot of fun family activities, an actual appearance from Santa.

Santa Claus is I've confirmed going to be theirs, we're really excited about that.

And uh the lighting is at six thirty, so we invite everybody out, uh, come out.

It's it's a lot of fun, a lot of food trucks.

Really, really good time, so thank you.

We have live music and some other surprises planned, so come out on November the thirtieth.

Is there anyone else with announcements?

Hanukkah.

Hanukkah Harry, are you seeing Hanukkah Harry?

Anybody else?

Well, that concludes announcements.

Well, Pro Ten Porterfield out of the closet.

We'll see.

Uh, but stay tuned for our council meeting at six thirty.

Thank you.

Order today is Tuesday, November 18th.

This is the twenty-first meeting of twenty twenty five and the fiftieth regular meeting of the current term of the Metropolitan Council of Nashville and Davidson County.

Would all members of the council as well as the public please rise for the invocation and remain standing for the Pledge of Allegiance?

The invocation is being offered this evening by District Five Council Member Sean Parker.

Councilmember Parker, you're recognized.

So I um scoured my bookshelves for something that I found to be relevant and meaningful in this moment.

Um, and what I landed on is a poem from Rifat Al Air, um, from two thousand and twelve, um, titled Olive Tree.

It is from the perspective of an olive tree.

Oh, beat me more, hit me with your sticks, step on my leaves, smother my twigs under your boots like you always do, the beating I bear, the humiliation I do not care.

But take me not, steal me not, even if I burn, here I belong, and to them I shall return.

If you hear my talk, you may feel my pain, but you belong not here.

You do not even know how to touch me, how to gently squeeze me, how to hug me.

How to wipe off the dust when I am ripe and when I am not when I need water and when I do not, and how to pick me, like how they always do.

Your smell in heavy boots and the metal on your backs and your metal bars.

For God's sakes, who on earth olives picks with metal bars for sticks.

But I ramble again because you won't understand.

And if you understood me, you would not in the first place be here.

You come and go.

But one day, my twigs shall grow, the oil shall flow, my people shall glow, and you will go.

Early warning warning signs of pancreatic cancer include persistent abdominal or back pain and digestive issues.

So never dismiss those.

Your perceived gastroenteritis might actually be pancreatitis.

I lost my father to pancreatic cancer in September of 2019, a few days after the council's inauguration at the start of my second term serving on council.

Optimism is growing for pancreatic cancer in recent years due to advances in personalized MNRA vaccines, new drugs targeting a certain gene mutation, and improved understanding of surgical options.

Scientific research remains as important as it ever was.

Yet, over 2 billion in federal research grants were canceled by the NIH earlier this year, affecting nearly one in 30 clinical trials.

A recent survey indicated that 83% of Americans favor increasing federal funding for cancer research.

71% believe this should be a congressional budgetary priority.

There is strong bipartisan support, so please elevate the importance of federal funding of cancer research to your representatives.

Speaking of federal representation, early voting is underway at six locations for Nashvilleans who reside in U.S.

House Congressional District 7.

Early voting continues through Wednesday, November 26th, with election day on Tuesday, December the 2nd.

So please make plans to vote early and look to the Davison County Election Commission for any information you may need.

Please note also that due to the special election on Tuesday, December 2nd, by rule, council's meeting date will shift, and that will be to Thursday, uh December 4th, uh, with committees on Wednesday, December 3rd, as we have previously noticed.

Continuing to look ahead on the calendar, the Thanksgiving holiday is Thursday, November 27th, and the council office will be closed uh as well on Friday, November 28th.

We hope that everyone has a restful holiday with family and friends.

I know that council members and I are thankful for the privilege of serving and representing Nashville.

All right.

Without objection, we will suspend the calling of the roll and ask the clerk to please record the names of the members present throughout the meeting.

Is there a motion for approval of the minutes of the meeting of November 4th, 2025?

Okay, uh there's a motion.

It is properly seconded without objection.

And seeing no one seeking to be recognized for a change to the minutes.

The minutes of the meeting of number fourth are approved.

Mr.

Clerk, are there any messages from the mayor?

There are no messages from the mayor.

All right, thank you, Mr.

Clerk.

All right.

Now we will get right into our agenda.

I know there are many folks here uh rightly interested in section E of our agenda regarding elections.

Um item uh E1, our only item in this section is an election to uh fill the seat uh for general sessions judge division six.

All right.

Um I do um want first uh to request the committee report, and then I will um share uh with the the body and our guests um and the uh nominees how this process is going to go.

Okay.

Um so uh Chair Cash, you're recognized.

Thank you for the election to fill a judicial vacancy in the general sessions court.

The nominees uh were C Michael Robinson, Mark Andrew Cole Sr., Jody Bow, Leroy J.

Ellis, and David Jones, and the committee voted six in favor, zero against zero, not voting for all five.

All right.

Um, thank you, Mr.

Cash, for that committee report.

Um uh members and the public uh will have received on October 1st um a memo uh from me uh regarding uh how this process would go this evening.

Um, first, as part of this process um is uh that the candidate's nominator um or the candidate themselves may speak up to five minutes at this meeting.

Okay.

Uh the nominator uh may yield their time or a portion thereof to the candidate or other persons wishing to speak.

Um but in no event may more than five minutes of total speaking time be allotted per candidate.

Um, for our nominees, if your nominator is uh not here or you are a self-nominee, um, I will uh acknowledge you.

Um, and that will be at this uh public podium here.

Um our agenda um uh shows a certain order, and that is the order in which these nominations were received.

Okay, that's why they are listed in that way.

Um, so we will proceed with them uh from uh the first one on through, and uh uh first um uh we or rather I will uh recognize um on uh behalf of C.

Michael Robinson, um, his nominator, uh Warwick Robinson.

Um you're both welcome to come forward to the public podium, um, at which time uh the clerk will begin your uh five minutes.

You're recognized.

Thank you.

Good evening, members of the council.

My name is Warwick Robinson.

I'm here today to introduce you to Michael Robinson.

Michael Robinson is a fine and respected lawyer in Nashville.

He's smart, he's patient, he's a critical thinker, and more importantly, he believes in justice and that justice applies to everyone that walks into the justice AA Burch building.

Madam, I would like to introduce and yield the time to Michael Robinson.

Of course.

Go ahead, sir.

Thank you, Warwick.

Madam Vice Mayor, members of council, family, friends, to the people of Nashville.

My name is Michael Robinson, and I'm seeking the appointment to the General Sessions Court because Nashville deserves an experienced judge who can start the job day one with efficiency and knowledge of the court.

I'm uniquely suited to fill this position because I'm a third-term judicial magistrate for the general sessions court.

That means that the judges of the court have appointed me to do the essential functions of their job at night.

That's given me the opportunity to understand what it means to be a judge, to weigh on balance the public's right to feel safe in their homes against an individual's right to a bond to determine whether there's probable cause to issue an arrest warrant or to issue a search warrant.

I've already been doing those things, but what's more is I've learned the technical aspects that a general sessions judge will have to do a hundred times in their first week.

I know how to do them because I've literally been trained by the general session judges to do them.

This gives me the opportunity to start day one with efficiency in serving the people of Nashville.

Importantly, my experience extends beyond the criminal docket because this is a general sessions court.

It's more than a criminal court, it's also a civil court.

I'm in my ninth year of a general practice of law, representing clients in every area of law that will be before the court, both criminal and civil.

This allows me to start the job day one, knowing the court, no matter what docket I start on.

The highlight of my career and the true honor of my career has been serving as a night court magistrate, and that's because not dissimilar from many of y'all, public service is in my blood.

It runs deep in my family roots.

Dating back 80 years when my great-grandfather was a sheriff of Nashville and decades before civil rights were even a consideration for Nashville's, he appointed the first black deputy sheriffs of Nashville.

That led to my grandfather who raised a family during the civil rights movement.

And he saw that the people of Nashville needed 24-7 access to the judicial system.

You didn't have to wait three days for a bond, more like three hours.

He started the night court where I've served as a night court magistrate, which led to my father reshaping the way we as a community understand domestic violence victims and seeing their actions for what they are, please to be heard, to be taken seriously.

But that's not why I'm seeking this appointment.

And I want y'all to be the first to hear that.

I can serve the public and work to make Nashville better for all Nashvilleans by showing Nashville's it's not a crime to be poor and starting an intelligence docket by showing Nashvilleans that rehabilitation works better than punishment for drug addiction by continuing my work on the DC Ford Drug Recovery Court, by showing Nashvilleans that they should feel safe in their homes at night, as my experience as a night court magistrate has proven absolutely essential.

And yes, that all three of those things can coexist in one judge.

That's why I'm asking for your support.

That's why I'm asking for your vote, because the people of Nashville deserve an efficient, effective, and fair judge who can serve from day one.

With your help, I look forward to serving the people of Nashville from day one and make Nashville better for all Nashvilleans.

Thank you all so much for this opportunity.

Ask for your support and your vote.

Thank you.

All right.

Uh thank you, uh, Mr.

Robinson and uh both Mr.

Robinsons.

Uh so next uh will be Mark Andrew Cole Sr., um, who was nominated by council member Bradford, um, who I will acknowledge first.

And if your nominee um does want to go ahead and come forward if uh he intends to speak and just stand in the vicinity of the podium.

Um Mr.

Bradford, uh, you are recognized.

Thank you, madam chair.

Um I won't speak long.

I would like for uh for Mr.

Cole to have the majority of time.

I just want to add that the time I've known Mr.

Cole, he's proven to me that he is a considerate individual who's focused on public service, who's focused on doing what's right for the community, and in my opinion, both professionally and personally, he's got the experience that we need for this position.

And with that, I would just I would yield the rest of the time to Mr.

Cole so that he can explain to you in his own words why he should be appointed.

Thank you.

Go ahead, Mr.

Cole, you're recognized.

Thank you, Vice Mayor, members of the council, family and friends, and fellow nominees.

My my name is Mark Cole.

They told me to put the full name on there, and I didn't think it was going to be the whole thing of Mark Cole senior, Mark Andrew Cole senior.

But my name is Mark Cole, and I'm a native Nashville.

I've lived here my entire life, except for the four years uh I was in Macon, Georgia going to school, and three years going to law school in Memphis.

Uh being the judge has been a dream of mine.

And actually, at my age, because I went to school a little bit later, I thought that dream was about gone, and I thought I'd missed out because of the uh 2022 elections.

But when the circuit judge position came up this past summer, I applied for it.

I didn't know what really to expect, but I went ahead and put my hat in there.

Uh that's the one that Jim Todd got, whose position that we're going for right now.

Um it really showed me how.

Well, I take that back.

Let me go back.

Um, like I said, I grew up here, went to private and public schools.

I uh grew up in uh West Nashville when it wasn't when it has a lot of farmland.

Um when I got out, I went to I went to work when I got out undergraduate.

I went to work at Sovereign Bank, which some of y'all may remember.

Um that got taken over about four or five times, and I wanted to work in for Ford Credit, and I decided I need to do something different in my life.

And I decided to go to law school and decided to go to Memphis because my younger brother had gone to UT law school, and he uh was pretty much a big man on campus, and so I wanted to go someplace where I'd be different.

Uh after I graduated law school, I clerked for the chancellor in Murfreesboro, Chancellor Robert Corlew, who's about the nicest man I've ever met.

And I learned how to be respectful, how to let people be heard, how to explain what the decision is, and then act on that decision.

I feel that um, you know, I don't have generations of family in in politics.

Um in fact, one grandfather was a male man, the other one was a contractor.

But I come before you because I think my experience in criminal court and in civil court, which is different than most of the candidates here.

Most of the candidates are mainly criminal court judges or criminal court uh attorneys.

Um when Jim Todd went before the circuit court judge job, he estimated his his time was spent 75% criminal and 25% civil.

And I think probably um since he was going for a criminal court judge, if he was gonna err in the side, he's gonna err in the side of more criminal court.

I had the ability to start on day one also.

I think it would not be hard to figure out where to sign the order.

Um I think it's important when people come before the judge before the court, they know that there's gonna be somebody up there who's gonna listen to them.

And that's one thing I've seen before.

I've acted as a hearing officer for the Department of Labor, and uh I believe I sent an email to everybody, and you have that letter recommendation from Mark Thinks.

Um it's one of those things where it I truly enjoy that.

And then when they revamped the Department of Labor and took away that job, I kind of felt lost for a bit.

I've worked in I worked in uh state government, I've done criminal law up to uh attempted first spring murder case.

I've done um a lot of civil law, a lot of divorces, a lot of things like that.

I understand how people, I understand Nashville's, even though we are one of the most diverse groups I've ever seen now, but I've I understand what people want in a judge.

I understand what what's needed, and I want to let you know that I would do the best I can every single day.

Um come in early, leave late, to make sure that the people of Nashville have their day in court.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr.

Cole.

All right.

Uh next in order is Jody Bell.

Ums Bell was nominated uh by council member Koopin.

Um thank you for going ahead and coming forward.

Ms.

Bell and Council Member Koop, you are recognized.

Thank you, Madam President.

And it is my honor to nominate and support Jody Bell for this position.

Um I was impressed when I first met um Miss Bell in a professional capacity, seeing how she was advocating for the idea of program um and funding for indigent defense, um, which we know is such an important piece of our court system.

Um, but don't take it from me.

I'm going to uh read a letter from my car colleague Jeff Preptee, who could not be here this evening, and then have um some other colleagues that would like to share some words as well.

Um so councilman Prepti writes, dear colleagues of the many duties we have as council members, selecting a candidate to fill a general sessions judicial vacancy is, in my opinion, one of the most consequential functions this body undertakes.

The judges that make up our general sessions courts are critical public servants who are to be conscientious stewards of our local judiciary and uphold the highest standards of judicial practice.

At a time when our institutions and democratic system have been under consistent attack, the candidate appointed to the bench will have the solemn duty to ensure faith in our institutions and safeguard the rights of every individual who appears in their courtroom.

The calling to public service is one with each of us are intimately familiar, and I'm truly grateful for each candidate putting their name forward for consideration to serve this city, for which we all deeply care.

Each candidate has demonstrated their willingness to participate in the America experiment of forming a more perfect union through service, and each candidate should be commended for their willingness to serve.

However, the task now falls upon us to select the candidate we believe embodies not only the values of a sound and prudent judiciary, but who is also best qualified to be a steward of this institution.

As each of you have done, I've examined each candidate with great interest and vigor.

After weeks of careful consideration, I believe that Jody Bell is the candidate best suited to ensure a sound and responsible judiciary that serves every Nashville.

And with that, I will yield my time to Councilman Capp, who has some more words to share.

Councilman, you recognize.

Thank you, Councilmember Coupen.

It's often thought that the higher the court, the more important it is.

Um, but that's actually not true in one really critical respect, which is the number of people that come before you.

The General Sessions Court in 2024 heard 171,193 cases.

Uh, that is a large amount of Nashville's interacting with the judicial system, and the sessions court is where those cases originate, civil and criminal.

And that is um where most people who are interacting and being in court experience their relationship to the court system.

So the presiding judges there have an incredibly important role about how justice is administered, public safety upheld in Nashville.

Miss Bell is a widely known and universally respected member of the bar in Nashville.

The Nashville Bar Association survey reflects that.

She is in there, there's um, you know, there's a well-known type in the legal profession, the sort of attorney that younger attorneys go to uh for advice and to learn.

Miss Bell is absolutely that figure in Nashville, but not just for younger attorneys.

Um, she is an absolutely excellent litigator, which is important because she's learned it in the law.

But being a litigator does not necessarily make uh for a good and careful and sensitive judge.

But Jody has, in addition to her extensive 30-year career in litigation, an excellent uh heart sensitivity, fairness, and care for people that is essential in the general sessions court.

Um and don't take it for me.

Uh the federal uh the the chief judge of the federal district court here in Nashville has appointed Jody twice to be on the local rules committee, and she was also on the committee to review uh and screen applicants for the federal public defender in Middle Tennessee.

That appointment was made by the chief judge of the Sixth Circuit, that is the federal appellate court uh that we are a part of.

My point in saying that is that when judges need advice about how to be judges, they go to Jody.

We should do the same.

Um, and on a personal note, somebody with her career and her experience has extremely valuable skills, marketable skills that could get a lot of um money in the marketplace.

Um, and it speaks to me very loudly when someone who has those marketable lucrative skills chooses to use them serving and representing indigent people in our city.

Um, I think we should all take that to heart.

Uh, Miss Bell is the judge that we need in Nashville, and I will yield my remaining time to her.

Thank you.

There's not much.

So, Miss Bell, you have 18 seconds.

I'm gonna talk back.

This will not be the first time.

If appointed, I can ensure this body that every person who appears before me, be they a victim, a witness, a party to a litigation, a person accused of crime, will be treated with dignity and respect, regardless of a person's race, socioeconomic, gender, foreign-born, American-born.

I will treat them fairly.

I'm asking for your vote, and it would be an honor to serve.

Thank you, Miss Bell.

All right.

Um, next is uh Le Roy J.

Uh Ellis, um, who uh nominated himself.

And so uh you are very welcome to come forward and uh be recognized uh for your five minutes if you choose to use all of them.

Go ahead and thank you, Vice Mayor.

I appreciate that.

Uh I don't have a nominator because I didn't want to share my time.

Um we've started out Spanish, so I'll say uh buenos, senor señorides, uh soy uh Johnny Ellis, uh Abagado de Nashville Yo Hickey, uh Migoseria Puerto Puerto Porme, but uh West General Sessions.

And uh, or uh let's see, we don't have any Arabic people here tonight.

But anyway, my name's Johnny Ellis.

I'm in the on the book as Leroy Ellis, which is my legal name.

Um I've been practicing law in Nashville for 27 years in all the various courts.

Um, and I speak more than one language.

Um, and I think that's important, because you can't make friends with people if you don't know how to speak to them.

Uh when I was a foreign exchange student in Germany, when I was in high school, that's when I started learning languages.

And it was so nice to hear someone else say hello to me in English.

So when I got back to Nashville, I thought, well, I want other people who are not from America, not from the United States, to feel that same feeling.

And I learned I can say hello in about 10 languages.

Um, and I've got a lot of Hispanic clients and Arabic clients, and so those are just languages that I speak.

But you can't understand people or their problems if you don't know how to talk to them.

And so I think that's important when somebody comes to my office for advice as a lawyer or to the courtroom for me to make a decision as a judge.

It's important that you understand what they're talking about and where they're from.

Because at the end of the day, I don't care what language you speak, who you find attractive, or what kind of hair you have.

I care why are you in my courtroom or in my office, and how can I help you?

So that's that's important.

Now, during the rules committee, I was asked a question on equity and uh inclusion, and I thought, you know, that's a tough question for me because I don't really know where to go with that.

I was in Nashville's first desegregated schools in the fourth grade.

All of a sudden we're desegregated.

Now, we were kids.

We didn't know that we weren't supposed to get along with each other.

So we played together, we ate lunch together, uh, you know, we we shared lunch, we we and as we grew older, we snuck into our dad's liquor cabinet together, uh, we stayed out past curfew together, and we made friends.

And at the end of the day, friendship is important because equity is the byproduct of what you really want, which is friendship, because we tend to treat our friends as equals, and you have to be able to know how to speak to your friends and relate to them on a different level.

So you say, well, do you really know what it's like, you know, to be the only person in a room that looks like me?

And I will, yeah, you know, because I went to a lot of parties and stuff when I was in high school and otherwise, and I was the only person in the room that looked like me, and uh never got a bit of trouble out of anybody, but it was always a good experience.

And you say, well, what about our immigrant community?

Can you relate to their plight of perhaps um deportation?

Well, my grandmother was Margaret Stallman.

Uh the next answer to your question is yes.

Uh the Stallman building, that family.

And during the World War, um, they tried to have them declared as enemy aliens, have their property seized, and have them deported.

So, yeah, I I get that.

I can understand that plight and that that problem.

Um, you know, am I am I fond with the LGBTQ community?

Well, one of my best friends and a good advisor is a guy named Shane Burkett, who, if you don't know, was the first openly gay man to run for Metro Council some years ago.

So, yes.

Um otherwise, and if you think that perhaps uh if racism is a learned behavior, um, you know, my father founded the American Civil Liberties Union in 1966, uh, along with Adolfo Birch and a group of others.

And after they founded the American Civil Liberties Union, which was for voting rights and free speech, he lost the lease on his uh office at um uh the National Bank and Trust building.

So, yeah, I think that that was probably not a just result.

Um, my family's been practicing law here on this acre of land for over five generations.

So I understand how Nashville got here, and I'd like to see where we're going to be beneficial, to be useful for us to benefit everyone.

And I think I'm there with that.

Because on the side of the building across the street, it says the first obligation of a society is justice.

Now, it's not black justice, it's not white justice, it's not poor justice or rich justice.

It's justice.

It's not political, justice not based on political values or political parties or anything else like that.

Justice should be based on the facts and the law, and a judge with a good sense of uh direction, moral and otherwise, about how to move forward and how to make a good decision.

My name's Johnny Ellis or Leroy Ellis on your ballot.

I would appreciate it.

I think I have the wisdom and the perspective and the ability to be a good judge for Davidson County, and I would appreciate your vote very much.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr.

Ellis.

Next uh in order is David Jones, uh, who was nominated by Councilmember Tombs, who is not present, so you are very welcome to come forward.

And um uh you have your five minutes, um, which you can take yourself or cede to others as you see fit.

Go ahead, sir.

Thank you, Vice Mayor.

Good evening.

My name is David Jones.

I'm an attorney with well over a decade of experience.

I currently serve Nashville as an assistant district attorney.

I'm a native Nashville.

I'm a husband, and I'm I'm a father to be.

I've committed countless service hours to local organizations here in this city.

Now, in a few moments, you, the Metro Council, will vote to appoint the next General Sessions judge for Nashville Davidson County.

I believe that this is an important vote for our criminal justice system.

Therefore, I urge you to vote for the most qualified appointee.

Let me tell you what a qualified appointee looks like.

The person you vote to appoint needs to be competent in all legal matters in General Sessions Court.

General Sessions judges, they handle criminal and civil matters.

I have years of experience practicing in both.

As I said before, I'm an assistant district attorney.

I've tried numerous cases.

I've handled way too many cases in General Sessions court to count.

With all due respect to the other nominees, I am confident in saying that no one has more experience handling these types of cases than me.

I also have experience handling civil matters in General Sessions Court.

I know that one of the major areas of practice in General Sessions is landlord tenant law.

I've represented both landlords and tenants in my career.

I've drafted these agreements in my career.

Throughout my career, I haven't just been on the sidelines.

I'm not someone who will have to get up to speed on these issues.

Obviously, I would apply the law in cases before me.

However, my experience being a hands-on attorney and my lived experience being a son of this city, also give me the understanding that not every case is the same.

Not every case needs to have the same disposition.

Sometimes it takes courage to ensure an outcome of justice.

Justice is not always popular.

It's not red, blue, black, white, brown, gay or straight, or any other adjective.

Justice is doing the right thing.

For example, during the 2020 protest, I was the one reviewing all of those incident reports.

For example, the historic courthouse where we are located tonight.

Those were my calls.

Finally, the person you appoint needs to be someone who cares.

Look, I've served this city for most of my adult life.

I chose to be a prosecutor so I could serve my community.

I wanted all people, no matter the color, no matter the tax bracket, no matter if they were a victim or a defendant, to know that they were getting a fair shot at justice when they saw me at the prosecutor's table.

While some of you might not know the work that I stand for, a lot of your constituents do.

I now want to give Nash Villians the same comfort as General Sessions Judge.

That's what a qualified appointee looks like.

I use proper discernment and I care.

That's why I'm seeking this appointment.

I hope I can earn your support and your vote tonight.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr.

Jones.

All right.

Uh, we will move into the process of the election.

Again, um, reading from the uh October 1st memo that was uh provided to the body.

Uh this election will be held in accordance with council rule forty-eight point two and forty-eight point three.

Voting shall be by machine, um, and members will see all nominees on the tablets on their desks.

The person receiving the largest number of votes cast will be elected if that person received a majority of the votes.

Okay.

This only requires a majority of those voting.

Um abstentions will not be considered as votes cast and therefore will not contribute to the election.

If more than two candidates are on the ballot, and there are, um, and no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast, then the two candidates with the largest vote totals will proceed to a runoff.

Okay, and then the clerk will load the vote again.

If there is a tie between two candidates, the vice mayor will cast a tie-breaking vote.

If that vote would be a deciding vote in the election.

All right.

Okay, Mr.

Clerk, uh, if you would please open the vote.

Okay.

All votes are in.

Uh, Mr.

Clerk, please show the vote.

Council has elected Jodie Bell.

Congratulations to Ms.

Bell.

And we thank everyone for putting themselves forward.

And that was with 20 uh votes.

All right.

Um, again, congratulations uh to Ms.

Bell and thank you to everyone for putting themselves uh forward and their willingness uh to serve.

All right, um, next is uh section F on our agenda, appointees and nominees.

Uh this portion of the agenda shares all persons scheduled to appear before the rules, confirmations and public elections committee for an interview this evening.

Referrals uh are back to the committee, uh will be by rule as part of the council's two meeting process for all elections and confirmations.

No votes will be taken by the body in this section of the agenda other than for deferrals.

Chair Cash, um, your committee report, please serve first for any withdrawals or deferrals if there are any.

Go ahead.

Thanks.

Um page.

Uh we for the transportation licensing commission.

Uh the nomination of Carrie Rogers was approved.

Six in favor, zero against zero not voting.

That's for a term expiring December 4th, 2025.

For the bicycle and pedestrian advisory commission, the appointment of Mr.

Chris Weinman for term expiring March 24th, 2027.

Uh, we voted six in favor, zero against zero not voting.

And for the human relations commission appointment of Katie uh Eldhouse Jackson for a term expiring July 22nd, 2028.

We voted six in favor, zero against zero not voting.

All right.

Um so all those folks uh will be referred back uh to your committee for confirmation consideration on December uh fourth.

Uh next, uh section G, uh you're recognized again for your committee report on the appointees that are in the second step of your committee's two meeting process.

Go ahead, sir.

All right, uh for the Metropolitan Board of Health.

Uh the appointment of Jeffrey Stoball for a term expiring July 9th, 2026.

We voted to approve six in favor, zero against zero not voting for the uh metropolitan development housing housing agency appointment of David Lawrence for a term expiring November 5th, 2030.

We voted six in favor, zero against zero not voting for the Metro uh Planning Commission, the appointment of Arya Dang for a term expiring March 31st, 2026.

We voted to approve six in favor, zero against zero not voting.

Um for the storm uh two for the stormwater management commission, the appointment of the reappointment of Janie Camp for term expiring October 31st, 2029, and the reappointment of Jay Fulmer for a term expiring October 31st, 2029.

We voted on both of those six in favor, zero against zero not voting.

All right, um, thank you for that report.

And if you could please uh make a consolidated motion um uh to confirm the appointments.

Is there a second for that consolidated motion?

Okay, does anyone need to remove um an item um or a uh uh appointee um from the collective motion uh for purposes of a no vote or abstention?

Okay, um hearing none, all in favor, please say aye.

Aye aye.

Okay, council has confirmed all of these uh appointees.

Um to those of you that were just confirmed.

Uh if you did choose to return to the council chamber this evening, which is not required, um, do please stand to be recognized as I do uh read your names.

Whether you are in the chamber or watching live from home or on a replay, um we do appreciate you.

So this is to confirm that council has confirmed to the Board of Health the appointment of Jerry Stoval.

Thank you.

Please remain standing.

Uh to the Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency, the appointment of David Lawrence.

To the Metro Planning Commission, Arya Dang.

Uh to the Stormwater Management Commission, uh, the reappointments of both Janie Camp and Jay Fulmer.

All right.

Um thank you so much for being here uh with us, uh sir, Mr.

Stovall.

Um we appreciate your willingness to serve.

Um and we thank all those folks who may be watching uh online or from home.

We appreciate them as well.

All right, next is section H in our agenda nominations.

Uh first is H1, uh the contract and compliance board.

This this is uh for nominations to fill one vacancy on the board for a term expiring on October 15th with an election to be conducted at the December 16th uh meeting.

Uh council members will have received a memo from me um uh November 3rd.

Um and I did share that as well at the meeting of November 4th.

Um would members I see they have entered the queue to make nominations.

That's great.

Um uh nominations are open at this time.

Mr.

Huffman, you are recognized.

Thank you, Vice Mayor.

I'd like to nominate Emma Boyd Elliott.

Okay, uh, Mr.

Huffman has nominated Emma Boyd, and can you say that last name one more time, sir?

I'm sorry.

Elliot.

Elliot.

Um, okay.

Um next is uh council member Russ Bradford.

You're recognized, sir.

Thank you, madam president.

I would like to nominate Tamika White.

Okay, Councilmember Bradford has nominated Tamika White.

Are there any additional nominations uh for the contract compliance board?

Ms.

Webb, you're recognized.

Thank you.

My computer's not working.

They're going to get someone.

Okay, thank you.

I want to nominate Stuart Huffman.

Okay.

Ms.

Webb has nominated Stuart Huffman.

Are there any other uh council members seeking to make a nomination uh for the vacancy on the contract and compliance board?

Seeing none, those nominations are now closed.

And um if you would please uh be in touch with the clerk or he will be in touch with you um for contact information uh for your nominees.

So next, item H2 uh regarding the Human Relations Commission.

Uh nominations to fill one vacancy on the commission for a term expiring on April 18th, 2028, with an election also to be conducted at the December 16th uh council meeting.

Again, members received a memo from me um on uh 113 November 3rd.

Um and then we shared that memo as well at the meeting of November 4th and uh shared what this commission as well as compliance board uh do in calling for those nominations and so those nominations are now open.

Um I see Ms.

Webb is in the queue.

Ms.

Webb, you're recognized.

I would like to nominate Jonathan Turner.

Okay, Ms.

Webb has nominated Jonathan Turner.

Uh next is Councilmember Clay Capp.

You're recognized, sir.

I nominate Carrie Adams, K E R I.

Okay, Mr.

Capp has nominated nominated Carrie Adams.

Is anyone else uh seeking to make a nomination seeing none?

Uh the nominations are now closed.

All right.

Next, we're going to move into our public comment period.

Members of the public who are Tennessee residents wishing to speak, uh, may sign up at a table outside the council chamber from 5 to 6 p.m.

on the day of the council meeting.

Public comment is limited to 20 minutes total at council meetings, and each speaker is allowed up to two minutes to speak.

Uh person speaking on agenda items must be prioritized to comply with state law.

Uh this evening uh for public comment is uh Mr.

Steve Ryder.

He is speaking on agenda item 43 uh regarding uh uh Bill 1113 in opposition.

Go ahead, sir, you're recognized.

Thank you, madam chair, uh members of the uh council.

I didn't know how to go out and do that.

I can't say that I'm an opposition or favor, so I really needed a clarification, but there are only two spots that you could go list there.

Understood, thank you.

Um so I appreciate uh the lead sponsor, Jacob Koopin, for going out there and getting a deferral, but the deferral is only for one meeting.

And the public hearing is scheduled for mid-December.

So that raises some concerns for me because uh I don't know if it's clear that on third reading that we can amend it.

And so I want to make sure that I'm on record that we get a clarification on that.

I thought we were gonna do that tonight, so I want to make sure that when we have the public hearing that it is amendable at that time.

If not, then uh we should we have to make some changes, I guess, in the legislative process.

Um raising taxes on people.

Um I've seen a lot of small businesses, restaurants closed down, lost a bike shop.

And I don't know if you really followed it that much, but you know, large businesses can absorb some things, medium-sized businesses, but small businesses really are having a hard time out there.

And so the proponents of this, I might ask them to go out there and look if they want to raise some money, they can do that for whatever they need to do for beautification.

But small businesses are out there are really suffering.

I saw Choi.

I mean, it was a nice restaurant, Asian restaurant, closed down.

I had a favorite restaurant that shut down, and I don't think there's a real appreciation about how small businesses are really struggling in this town.

It's a really big issue, and I saw Arnold's talked about 133,000 property.

Thank you, Mr.

Ryder.

Uh Mr.

Ryder was uh the only member of the public to sign up for our public comment, and so that concludes public comment.

First among them is J1.

This is amendment uh to rule 12.

Um uh members will have on their desks um a explanation of this amendment uh as well as the analysis.

Um uh I will do this just like I would do uh a piece of legislation, so I will as well read the sponsors, Johnston Horton, Wiener, Evans, Hancock, Truffle, Huffman Webb, Spain, Rutherford, Allen, Benton, Eastlick, Greg, and Koopin, um, and recognize the primary sponsor, Council Member Johnston, you're recognized.

Thank you.

So this rule um is sort of in keeping with a lot of the things that we have done this term to provide some more efficiencies in our meetings.

Um, will you request a committee report?

Oh, I'm so sorry.

No, in memory, I know it's it's not a little different than legislation, so understandable.

Councilmember Cash, Chair of Rules and Confirmations, your recognized sir.

Thanks.

So on the rule change, we voted to approve four in favor, two against, and zero not voting.

Should I report on the amendment or wait on that?

Um let's let's wait on that.

Let's take them one at a time, um, especially uh since that one um is gonna be deferred by rule.

So the uh vote was uh four um to two.

Is that correct, sir?

Yes.

Okay.

Um go ahead, Ms.

Johnson, back to you.

Um it was an amendment on this rule change.

Um we can still take it separately, but Mr.

Cash, did you um have a report on the uh amendment by council member Siles?

Yes, we voted zero in favor, five against one not voting.

Okay, zero against five.

Okay.

Say that um I'm sorry, sir.

Say that again.

So say in favor, five.

There were zero votes in favor.

Got it.

Okay, understood.

Five against.

Understood.

All right, back to you, Miss Johnson.

Go ahead.

Thank you.

Um so what this rule change does is takes the non-binding resolutions that are honorary or memorializing and moves them to proclamation.

Um there it's been um a pretty heavy load on the council office number one, but also I think it takes a lot of time for our agenda.

We have a lot of incredibly important matters that we need to discuss.

Um, and I understand that these are important items for folks.

Proclamations are printed out just as beautifully.

There is a searchable database for them now, which is nice.

Um, but I think that um we there's just so much that of true business of this government that needs to be handled.

Um, that our meetings kind of go long.

Again, the council office is really um overwhelmed, short staffed, I think.

Um maybe Margaret would agree.

And um so anything that we can do to help with that.

Also, um, when people come to be uh their the presentations, um, if it's done properly, it's they don't have to sit here and wait for us to get through elections or whatever it is um before they're actually recognized.

Um, and then there are gonna be certain times.

I think people there are um certain events, whether this memorializing or honorary, that I think the council will want to be on record as, and that's when you can suspend the rules.

Um, and so it doesn't completely take it away.

Um, it just is an efficiency.

Um as far as the amendment goes, I'm sort of agnostic on the amendment 12.3 is literally a probably applied usually just to those memorializing or honorary um resolutions, so it doesn't make um it doesn't matter if it's there or not to me.

So um how how everybody um anybody thinks.

So I hope you'll support.

All right.

Um so we are on uh two discussion.

And um again, we are taking this up just like legislation.

So in the midst of this discussion on this rule, if some if a member wants to move the amendment, that's a proper um kind of motion in the midst of this discussion, okay.

Um uh first in the queue uh for discussion is council member sepulvida.

You're recognized.

Thank you, Vice Mayor.

Um, I'll be voting against this rule change.

Um we we've discussed this in the past, and um the sponsor and I have both been rules chair, and um I believe that um honoring significant moments and our city's history outweighs the minimal time um that we save in our council meetings.

Um we have streamlined our council meetings significantly in the past through rules change, right?

We have had uh consolidated agendas um that we have done in rules changes.

Um we have only two presentations allowed during announcements period.

If we have this rule change, there could be the possibility that we start fighting over those two announcement presentation periods, and then we have a rule change to allow more presentations, and then we go long when it comes to announcement periods, and then on and on and on.

There are moments in history in this city that we need to acknowledge, right?

There are civil rights leaders that pass away.

There are um histories such as Hispanic History Month, Black History Month, LGBTQ history month.

Um I don't think that a couple of minutes longer in council meetings makes up for this rule change.

In fact, I would just encourage us to not speak so much.

Honestly, that's all we have to do.

Don't pull things from the agenda.

Uh don't be long-winded.

You don't have to be on TV.

That's all you gotta do.

But there are things that we have to honor and have to acknowledge in our city's history.

It is important and it is imperative.

It has to be on record, and it is not the same thing as a proclamation.

Sure, I have used a proclamation instead of a resolution before because I have accidentally, you know, passed the deadline to file a resolution, and I have used the proclamation to um acknowledge something during the announcements period.

I have done that, and it's been fine, and and I haven't minded, but there are certain things that I have to do in a resolution.

So, colleagues, I this is too important.

There are things that are too important to not have a resolution.

Um and so I I would encourage you to vote against this because a couple of extra minutes that we're sitting here at our desks doing important city work, uh it it's not worth it.

It it's gonna be okay.

It's gonna be just fine.

Our meetings have got in shorter with other rule changes.

Thank you.

Next um in the queue is rules chair cash.

Go ahead, sir.

Thank you, Chair.

I'll like I really appreciate members uh like the sponsor working on ways to make our meetings run more quickly and smoothly.

Um I think this rule change though goes too far.

Councilmember Sepulveda uh kind of said it well.

Um just we're we're removing some things that you know, over the last six years, I could think of some honorary or um memorializing resolutions that we could have done without, but I could also point to many that I think added to this council and added to our understanding of our city's history and of the people that we serve.

Um I I want to note that while there are a good number of sponsors, 15 and I respect them all.

Um, I want to note that there is not one sponsor that's a member of there's there's not one sponsor that's a member of the minority caucus, not one that's a member of the LGBTQ caucus, and not one that is a member of the immigrant caucus.

I just feel like that we uh need a broader consensus to do away with this rule, and I'm not comfortable um so I'll be voting no.

Thank you.

Thank you, Chair Cash.

Uh, next for discussion is council member vo you're recognized.

Thank you, Vice Mayor.

I also stand um in voting against this rule change.

I appreciate the sponsor for bringing it forth for discussion.

Um, but for me, community recognition is part of our role as as council members.

Um, and for me, uh resolutions provide transparency that proclamations do not.

Resolutions appear on our agenda, they enter the public record, and they're visible to the whole city.

Proclamations are far less accessible.

If transparency and accountability matter, we should keep community recognitions in the public and not move them into a process with less visibility.

This recently happened for um uh a restaurant um in our city that just celebrated 50 years.

International market just celebrated 50 years, and um, you know, um we had uh Patty Mint Day, and we're able to do that as a proclamation, but nobody knows that, right?

Nobody is aware of that, and they were the first high restaurant that uh came to Nashville.

And um, you know, we had to do that because of varying like timelines.

And so I know how important it is.

Um and to me, this does concentrate power unnecessarily because then it debate then we have to then centralize gatekeeping on what community stories get heard.

Um, you know, every member on this body should deserve the autonomy to meaningfully represent their district and their community um without um these limitations.

Um and efficiency should not come at the expense of representation.

We can re can streamline processes without silencing community voices.

Um, you know, for me, uh, if I have to choose between Filipino American History Month or A N H PI History Month, and then for example, I just had um a very important community member pass away, and you know, their family is coming next month um because we're gonna honor um Santa.

And you know, their family is coming next month because we're gonna honor Sampa.

And you know, I I think it does matter because you know I received an email from a community member who thanked me for sponsoring this resolution um honoring um Santa, Mr.

Irwin, um, because he uh made this our city very special.

And so for me, I'm just very concerned that it is limiting voices and not allowing us to represent our communities as they should be.

And so I encourage my uh colleagues to um vote against this rule change.

Thank you.

Thank you, Ms.

Boe.

Next for discussion is council member at large, Evan Siegel, you recognize call the question.

Thank you.

Um, okay.

Uh this is non-debatable motion.

It requires two-thirds of those voting, um, and we can uh take it first by vote.

If you agree uh with the motion for the previous question, that will end uh debate on um this uh rule change and we will move straight to the vote.

All in favor of the previous question, please say aye.

Any voting no?

No.

Okay, the ayes have it.

Um so we're going to uh move uh to the vote.

Um Mr.

Clerk, um, just in an abundance of caution, um, would you please uh load the vote for this, please, sir?

This requires 27 votes of the council for passage.

A rules change requires 27 votes, a supermajority.

Uh with all votes in, Mr.

Clerk, if you would please show the vote.

Uh this amendment to the rules of procedure has failed with 12 votes in favor, 14 against, and one abstention.

Again, it requires 27 votes.

All right.

Um regarding uh item J 12, um uh rule 29 um amendment to rules of procedure um by uh rule 53.2 um our proposed rule amendments for due consideration have a mandatory deferral of one meeting.

Um uh this is sponsored by uh Mr.

Spain, Huffman Coopin, and Weiner.

Um, and so uh this will be uh referred uh to the committee um at our next meeting, the first meeting in December.

Okay.

All right.

Next, we are um moving uh into the consolidated consent agenda, uh item K, uh section K rather.

All resolutions and second and third reading ordinances on this agenda are included on the consent agenda if recommended for approval unanimously by all committees to which the item was referred.

Items on the consent agenda will be voted on at a single time.

The item number along with the resolution and ordinance number of the items on the consent agenda will be read by me, and members of council may remove any item from the consent agenda by request before the consent agenda vote is taken.

All right, um, the first uh item recommended for the consolidated consent agenda, um uh looking at section L and our resolutions is agenda item three, resolution 2025-1627.

Next is agenda item four, resolution 2025 dash one six two eight.

Agenda item five, resolution 2025 dash one six two nine.

Agenda item six, resolution 2025 dash one six three zero.

Agenda item seven, resolution 2025 dash one six three one.

Agenda item eight, resolution 2025 dash one six three two.

Agenda item nine, resolution 2025 dash one six three three.

Agenda item 10 resolution 2025-1634.

Agenda item 11 resolution 2025-1635.

Agenda item 12 resolution 2025-1636.

Agenda item 14 resolution 2025-1638.

Agenda item 15 resolution 2025-1639.

Agenda item 16 Resolution 2025-1640.

Agenda item 19 Resolution 2025-1643.

Agenda Item 25 Resolution 2025-1649.

Agenda Item 27 Resolution 2025-1651.

Next moving to bills on second reading proposed for the consent agenda.

First among those is agenda item 51 ordinance BL 2025-1117.

Agenda item 52 ordinance BL 2025-1119.

First is agenda item 63, Ordinance BL 2025-1022.

Agenda item 64 ordinance BL 2025-1023.

Agenda Item 65 ordinance BL 2025-1088.

Agenda Item 66, Ordinance BL 2025-1091.

Agenda item 70, ordinance BL 2025-1095.

And agenda item 71, ordinance BL 2025-1096.

Agenda item 72, ordinance BL 2025-1097.

Agenda item 73, ordinance BL 2025-1101.

Agenda item 75, ordinance BL 2025-1103.

Agenda item 76, ordinance BL 2025-1104.

Agenda item 77, ordinance BL 2025-1105.

Agenda item 78, ordinance BL 2025-1106.

Agenda item 79, ordinance BL 2025-1107.

Agenda item 80, ordinance BL 2025-1109.

And agenda item 81, ordinance BL 2025-1110.

Agenda item 82, ordinance BL 2025-1111.

And lastly, agenda item 83, ordinance BL 2025-1112.

Do any items need to be removed from the consent agenda?

If so, if members would please join the queue to request that.

Thank you, Vice Mayor.

I need to pull items 70 and 71, BL 2025, 1095 and 1096.

Okay.

That is agenda items 70 and 71, 1095, 1096, sponsor Vo and Welsh.

Those will be pulled uh from consent.

Um next uh is Councilmember Sepulveda.

Councilmember, you're recognized.

Thank you, Vice Mayor.

Item number 30 RS 2025 1654.

Okay, um agenda item 30.

Councilmember Sepulveda has requested uh resolution uh 2025 1654 um be removed from consent.

It will be removed from consent.

Uh next uh is uh uh council member Horton, you're recognized, sir.

Thank you, Vice Mayor.

Can I remove item 67, please be all 2025 10 and 92?

Okay, council member Horton has requested the removal of agenda item 67.

That is ordinance uh 1092, it will be removed from consent.

And next, council member uh Emily Benedict, you're recognized, ma'am.

Thank you, Vice Mayor.

I'd like to pull um number 32 of resolution 2025 1656.

Okay, council member Benedict has requested uh agenda item uh 32 uh be removed from consent.

Uh this is resolution 1656, and it will be removed from consent.

Uh do any uh other members uh need to remove items from the consent agenda.

Okay, seeing none, uh Mr.

Clerk, uh are all committee reports in or the items uh remaining on the consent agenda.

Yes, I'll come in.

Your reports are in.

Okay, thank you, Mr.

Clerk.

Um members, is there a motion for approval uh of the consent agenda?

So moved.

Okay, um uh properly moved and seconded.

All in favor say aye.

Aye.

All right, council has passed all items on the consent agenda.

All right.

Um next, we're gonna go back uh to resolutions uh that were not on consent.

And first among those uh is um uh without objection.

I'd like uh to take the bills on introduction and first reading um first.

Is uh there any objection to doing that?

Okay.

Um uh with that then um all items on first reading.

This is um uh go ahead, Miss Johnson.

Um, related to first reading.

Yes.

Yeah, and I will go ahead.

Um I'm gonna go ahead and um share that all items on first reading shall be voted on at the same time, unless requested by either a primary sponsor individually or two or more members.

And so now um you may request that.

Go ahead, ma'am.

I need to remove um item 44 BL 2025 1146.

Okay, um number 4.

Um right that will be uh removed uh from the consolidated uh first reading vote and uh council member ewing, you're recognized to remove an item from the first uh reading consolidated vote.

Thank you, Vice Mayor.

Sorry for that.

Um I need to uh remove items 41 and 42, BL 2025-1143 and 1144.

Please okay, you are not the lead sponsor, um, so I need um another um member to uh join you in that uh request.

Um yes, sir, Mr.

Parker.

Can a member just abstain on the first reading, or do we require consent for all the consent items on first reading?

Um you may abstain.

Um special counsel Darby um regarding Mr.

Parker's point of order.

Go ahead.

First reading's a little bit different than something like the consent agenda, and um the council member would be able to abstain, but you would be abstaining from every item.

Okay, um, go ahead, uh Ms.

Ewing, you're recognized again.

Okay, then rather than take them off, um, just to save time, I will just abstain from those two items.

Okay, or the all the items?

Yes, yes, that's fine.

I appreciate that.

Okay.

Um so that removal was for purposes of abstention.

Um right.

So um the only item then being removed um from the collective vote um regarding first reading is um agenda item 44 um uh by uh Ms.

Johnson, and that is uh ordinance 1146.

Do any other items need to be removed from a collective first reading vote?

Okay, seeing none, is there a motion for approval of all the items remaining on first consideration?

Okay, uh properly seconded uh without uh um I'll just say um all in favor of uh the consent agenda, please say aye.

Aye um any uh abstentions, Ms.

Ewing.

You want to be recorded as an abstention?

Um okay.

Uh so uh with that uh council has approved all items on first reading.

Um and now we will go back to that polled item, agenda item 44, ordinance BL 2025-1146.

This is uh sponsor Johnston.

This is an ordinance to amend chapters 17.36 and 17.40 of the Metropolitan Code uh to create a detached accessory dwelling unit exclusion overlay district.

Um okay, council member, you are recognized.

Thank you.

I need to I want to move approval on first reading.

I just need to um defer the second reading and the public hearing to the March 3rd um for the planning commission consideration.

Okay, so um your motion at this time is to uh move approval on first with uh the second reading.

Yep, second reading and public hearing to March 3rd, and public hearing uh to March 3rd.

Um is there a second for that motion?

Okay, um, all right, so it is properly seconded.

Um and we are um then on to uh discussion.

Um is there anything you want to say um aside from it's literally just to allow for the planning commission to hear it and have that process play out.

All right.

Um is there anyone um uh seeking discussion on uh the motion to approve on first with uh second uh reading and public hearing on March the third okay um seeing none, all in favor, please say aye.

Any voting no?

Any abstaining?

Okay, all right.

Um uh that will be uh taken up on second uh reading um on March, the meeting of March 3rd.

Okay, um that then uh concludes all uh items on introduction first reading, and so now we will go back um to the resolutions that were not um on uh consent.

First among those is agenda item one.

Uh this is resolution 2025-1533, sponsors tombs, huffman, benton, coupon voe, and Spain.

And so now we will go back um to the resolutions that were not um on uh consent first among those is agenda item one uh this is resolution 2025-1533 sponsors tombs huffman benton coupon voe and spain this is a resolution approving a homeland security grant program application from the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency to the Metropolitan Government Acting Bind through the Office of Emergency Management Hold please we have lost quorum text your friends tell them to come back to Mark that is a logistical matter it's amazing I just got one okay quorum has been restored um so we may continue I think um I had concluded reading the caption I can't recall the OEM to fund efforts to prevent prepare for protect against and respond to acts of terrorism and other catastrophic events uh sponsor Huffman uh Chair you are recognized thank you Vice Mayor Committee Reports Public Health and Safety voted in two meeting uh voted for a two meeting deferral eight in favor zero against zero not voting okay two meeting deferral and for the report of the budget and finance committee vice chair spain you're recognized sir thank you madam president budget and finance voted for a uh deferral until December 16th ten in favor zero against zero not voting okay and so that was a uh two meeting deferral as well sir correct yes okay yes all right um okay back to you uh Mr.

Huffman for a motion for a two meeting deferral all right properly moved and seconded is there any discussion for the two meeting deferral motion seeing none all in favor please say aye any voting no or abstaining all right um this resolution has been uh deferred two meetings to the meeting of December 16th uh next is agenda item two uh resolution 2025 uh one five three four sponsors tombs huffman benton coupon vaux and spain this is a resolution approving an urban area security initiative grant application from the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency to the Metro government acting by and through the Office of Emergency Management to fund costs related to enhancing security and the resilience of high risk urban areas by building sustaining and improving capabilities to prevent prepare for protect against and respond to acts of terrorism uh chair huffman you are recognized again sir go ahead thank you vice mayor committee reports public health and safety voted to defer this meeting to or defer this item two meetings eight in favor zero against zero not voting okay thank you and for the report of the budget and finance committee vice chair spain go ahead thank you madam president uh budget and finance voted for a two meeting deferral ten in favor zero against zero not voting okay um now it's back to you uh Mr.

Huffman sponsor for a motion on this resolution move for a two meeting deferral second okay properly moved and seconded is in any discussion on the two meeting deferral motion seeing none all in favor please say aye any voting no or abstaining okay uh this is also uh deferred to uh meetings next uh hang in members we're gonna zoom right on through we don't have many left here okay um agenda item 13 resolution 2025-1637 sponsors tombs huffman gad styles lls and spain this is a resolution approving amendment one to an air pollution control program support grant the uh united uh states environmental protection agency to the metro government acting by and through the metro board of health for ongoing collection of data on ambient air concentrations for fine particulate matter in Nashville Tennessee um go ahead uh uh public health and safety chair huffman and sponsor go ahead thank you vice mayor the public health and safety committee I'm sorry committee reports that that's fine to the public the public health and safety uh committee voted uh to approve this as substituted eight in favor zero against zero not voting okay um as substituted with miss allen substitute okay and for the report uh budget and finance vice chair spain thank you madam president budget and finance voted in favor of the substitute ten in favor zero against zero not voting and in favor of the bill as substituted ten in favor zero against zero not voting okay um thank you much okay back to you sponsor huffman for a motion i would like to move to approve as substituted um okay well first you just got to move the bill to get it in front of us move the bill is uh bid the bill okay all right there's a motion to approve um now the next thing you can do is you can move that substitute move the bill is substituted okay um all right so uh there is a second on the motion to substitute okay um so there's a motion to approve um and now there is a motion to substitute uh with Ms.

Allen's amendment, and Ms.

Allen is seeking to be recognized.

Go ahead, ma'am.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

Just to explain, all this does is make the the caption of this align with what the description of the grant actually is.

All right, this is uh even though it's housekeeping, it is a housekeeping substitute.

Um right.

Um all in favor of the motion to substitute, please say aye.

Okay, and then uh now, Mr.

Huffman.

Sorry, you got to renew your motion uh to approve as substituted, please, sir.

Uh I didn't even push a button.

Go ahead.

Move to move move to approve the substituted.

Any discussion on that?

Um seeing none.

Uh all in favor, please say aye.

Uh any voting, uh no or abstaining.

All right.

This has uh passed uh or you have adopted this resolution as substituted.

All right, okay.

Next is agenda item 20.

Um, this is resolution 2025-1644.

Sponsors tombs, huffman, and Spain.

This is a resolution approving the application for the statewide school resource officer SRO program grant from the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security for the placement of school resource officers in schools for the continued efforts to establish and maintain safe and secure learning environments for eligible schools, K through 12 public schools and public charter schools.

Uh Mr.

Huffman sponsor, you are recognized also uh for your committee report, Chair.

Go ahead.

Thank you, uh Vice Mayor of uh public health and safety voted to approve this.

Item eight in favor, zero against zero not voting.

Okay, and for the report of the budget and finance committee, Vice Chair Spain.

Thank you, Madam President.

Budget and finance voted in favor, nine in favor, one against one uh zero not voting.

Okay, nine in favor, one against and zero not voting.

Okay, Mr.

Huffman, uh back to you for a motion on this bill.

Move for approval.

Okay, is there a second?

This is properly moved and seconded.

Is there any discussion on this resolution?

Seeing none, all in favor, please say aye.

Any voting no?

No.

Um, with uh one member voting no because it is a resolution with only one vote.

We do have to do a roll call vote.

So, Mr.

Clerk, if you would uh please uh load the vote maybe we can be clear.

Um Ms.

Wiener, are you seeking to vote?

Okay, uh with all votes in, Mr.

Clerk, please show the vote.

Okay, you have uh adopted uh this resolution with 23 votes in favor, two against and two abstentions.

All right, uh next is uh agenda item 30, resolution 2025-1654, sponsors tombs and Spain.

This is a resolution authorizing the Metro uh Department of Law to compromise and settle the property damage claim of Charlie Rodriguez against the Metro government in the amount of $32,710 and 71 cents with said amount to be paid out of the self-insured liability fund.

Uh sponsor Spain, uh you are recognized, sir.

Thank you, Madam President.

Uh committee reports, the budget and finance committee voted uh in support.

10 in favor, zero against zero not voting.

And I will move passage.

Okay, um, there is a motion to approve.

It is properly seconded.

Is there any discussion on this resolution?

Okay, seeing none, all in favor, please say aye.

Any voting no?

Any abstaining?

Okay, um uh Ms.

Sepulveda, you can be recorded as an abstention.

Okay, all right.

Um, so uh this resolution has been adopted.

Next is agenda item 31, resolution 2025-1655.

Uh sponsor Styles um and Evans as well, I believe at this juncture.

Um resolution calling for uh the mayor's office and the department of emergency communications to enact various reforms relative to departmental leadership and workplace culture.

Um Ms.

Evans, have you signed on as a co-sponsor?

So you are uh recognized to request, please first your uh committee reports, ma'am.

Committee reports, please.

Okay.

Um for uh the report of the public health and safety committee, Chair Huffman.

Thank you, Vice Mayor.

Uh Public Health and Safety voted to defer this item one meeting eight in favor, zero against zero not vote.

Okay.

Um and go ahead, uh Ms.

Hill, uh, for your report um for government ops.

Uh we voted the same way.

Six in favor, zero against zero nine voting to defer one meeting.

Okay, um, per rule eight point one, um, that is a mandatory uh uh deferral of one meeting.

Um so that will be uh taken up.

That resolution will be taken up again um at our first meeting in December.

Okay.

Um next is agenda item 32, resolution 2025-1656, sponsor Benedict.

This is a resolution requesting that the Tennessee General Assembly authorize the naming of the Gallatin Pike Bridge over State Route 155, Briley Parkway as the representative Carson W.

Bill Beck Memorial Bridge.

Uh go ahead, council member, you're recognized.

Thank you, Madam Vice Mayor, committee reports.

For the report of the rules, confirmations and public elections commission or committee rather, Chair Cash.

We voted five in favor, zero against zero now voting.

Okay, back to you for a motion, Miss Benedict.

Thank you.

Uh move approval, and I also do have a late filed amendment.

Okay.

Um so there's a motion to approve.

Uh is there second?

Okay, so the bill is before us, and at this time, um uh are you uh requesting a suspension of the rules?

I moved to suspend the rules.

Okay.

Um, Mr.

Cash, uh, did you take up the nature of the late filed amendment?

Go ahead, sir.

The the late file amendment was not before us.

Okay.

Um is there um any objection to a suspension of the rules um for purposes of taking up uh this late amendment?

Seeing none, the rules are suspended.

Um, and if you would please uh explain your amendment.

Go ahead.

I'd like to move this uh late amendment.

What this does there uh 10 minutes ago we found a little typo, and so this legislation will actually be printed and given to the state legislature to pass this, so we needed to make sure we got it corrected.

So the amendment just clears up a minor space and a comma.

Okay, a minor tapa typographical error.

Okay, so that is the motion to amend uh was there a second?

Okay, is there any further discussion on um the amendment?

Um uh seeing none, all in favor of the amendment, uh please say aye.

Aye.

Okay, and if you would please renew your motion as amended.

I'd like to move uh for approval as amended.

Okay, that's great.

Um, is there a second for that?

All right, we're on to discussion.

And Mr.

Bradford, you are recognized, sir.

Madam Vice Mayor.

Oh, would you wish to speak first?

Then that'd be great.

Yes, um, Mr.

Bradford, if you would please go ahead, ma'am.

Thank you.

Thank you, Vice Mayor.

So I would because I pulled this for that type of graphical error.

I thought that I would go ahead and share on uh representative Bill Beck died um in June of 2023.

He was um a larger than life individual for all of Nashville, but especially for um district seven, district nine, district three, district five, and district six, so as well as for the city at large and the Davidson County delegation.

Um this is um this bridge connects Inglewood to Madison and Representative Beck was Mr.

Madison.

If you didn't know him, you knew that he was a Madison boy.

He talked about it all the time.

And he had an infectious laugh that you could hear from Madison all the way to the state capitals.

So um I'm excited to get this passed.

I'm excited to get it to the legislature where they're planning to get it on their omnibus bill for us to pass, and hopefully we'll all be out there celebrating with a new memorial bridge name at this time next year.

And so again, I renew my motion.

Thank you, Ms.

Benedict.

Okay, we are on to discussion.

Councilmember Bradford, you're recognized.

Oh, I'm sorry, sir.

Go ahead.

Yes, Chair.

I was just wondering if the uh sponsor would amend her motion to include 12.3.

Um okay.

Um is there a second?

I see her nodding um uh to apply 12.3, such that all members voting uh in uh support or in favor will be recognized as co-sponsors of the legislation.

All right, um, so there is a motion uh to approve with rule 12.3 applied.

Um we're approving this as amended with the late amendment.

Is there any further discussion?

Seeing none, all in favor, please say aye.

Any voting no or abstaining?

Okay, um, you have adopted uh this resolution.

Um we have already disposed of uh uh uh bills on introduction and first reading.

Um so we are almost uh done here.

We are now moving on to uh bills on second reading um that were not on the consent agenda.

Okay.

Let's see.

Uh so this is section N of our agenda.

First is agenda item 45.

Uh this is ordinance BL 2025-956.

Uh sponsors Ellis and Benton.

This is an ordinance to amend Chapter 12.40 of the Metro Code of Laws regarding restrictions for street and alley parking.

Uh uh Councilmember Benton, you are recognized, sir.

Thank you, Vice Mayor.

Um, I think I need committee reports.

Yes, sir.

Um, okay.

Um for the report of the transportation and infrastructure committee.

Um Chair Evan Siegel.

Um this is regarding uh Ms.

Ellis's uh bill nine five six.

You're recognized.

Um the committee voted 10 in favor, zero against zero not voting in favor of the substitute, and ten in favor, zero against zero not voting um to approve as substituted.

Okay.

Um thank you very much.

I believe that is the only committee report you require.

So it's back to you, uh Mr.

Benton, uh, for an initial motion to get the bill before us, please, sir.

I'd like to move approval, please.

Okay, is there a second?

All right, go ahead, sir.

Um I don't have a lot to say about it, except we do have a substitute to add to it.

Yeah.

Do I need to move that right now?

You can do it right out of the gate, sure.

Sure.

Well, I'd like to move the substitute.

Is there a second for that motion?

Okay.

Um could you share just a little bit about the substitute?

Uh basically, this went before the um traffic and parking commission.

And they found some things that they didn't like.

So we modeled or Tasha, um, Miss Ellis, put together exactly what they actually wanted in their wording and modeled it exactly after that, did not modify anything from their suggestions and recommendations, and it satisfied what uh the sponsor was actually trying to accomplish.

So I appreciate that uh explanation.

So there is a motion to substitute uh with the primary sponsor, Ms.

Ellis's uh substitute.

It is properly seconded, and we're on to discussion of the motion to substitute.

Uh first in the queue is uh chair of transportation infrastructure, Ms.

Evan Siegel, you're recognized.

Um thank you, madam president.

There's been a lot of discussion around this bill.

And so I just want to, since the sponsor isn't here to say um that the substitute makes the bill a lot better.

There is still, I think work that we all agreed on the committee that needs to be done.

Um not today in the future.

This though is much better than what we actually have today.

So um approving the substitute and then approving as substituted will improve our code significantly.

And again, there's still work to continue doing, but it is better than what we're looking at and living with today.

All right, thank you, Chair.

Um, and next, uh Councilmember Parker, you're recognized.

Thank you, Vice Mayor.

Um, I'll echo what our transportation infrastructure chair just shared.

Um we had a lot of discussion at the traffic and parking commission about this proposed legislation as well.

I think even back to the point when I was chairing the committee here.

Um, lots of lots of discussion.

Really appreciate the lead sponsor for um working so closely with NDOT, um, taking that feedback from multiple traffic and parking commission meetings and um committee meetings here um and incorporating that into the bill.

Uh I'll agree that I think the second substitute is a significant improvement on what's in the code today.

Um, and and uh look forward to um supporting the second substitute now and potentially looking at some of these parking issues on a more holistic level um before the term's over.

But I think this is a massive improvement today, and I'd encourage colleagues to support it.

All right, um, thank you, uh Commissioner Parker, um, who represents this body on the traffic and parking commission.

All right, um, I see no one else in the queue on the motion uh to substitute.

Um so all in favor of the substitute, please say aye.

Any voting no or abstaining?

All right, so it's back to you, Mr.

Benton to renew your motion for approval is substituted.

Oh, I'm sorry, sir.

Go ahead.

I appreciate the comments, and I think we're going for excellence, not perfection, and we'll move from there.

I would like to move the um the bill as substituted, please.

Okay, and properly seconded.

Is there any further discussion on the motion to approve on second reading as substituted?

Seeing none, all in favor, please say aye.

Aye.

Any voting no or abstaining?

Okay, this has passed uh second reading as substituted.

Uh next is agenda item 46, ordinance BL2025-1061.

Sponsors Wiener Style, Bradford, Greg, Huffman, Gad, Tombs, Coopin, Benedict East Lick, Evans Lee, Horton Hill, Ellis Rutherford Gamble, Cortez, Evan Siegel, Suara, Nash Spain, Druffle, Allen Webb, Hancock, Vow, and Cap.

This is an ordinance to amend Title II of the Metro Code of Laws to establish the Metropolitan Animal Care and Control Uh Commission.

Uh, Ms.

Weiner, uh Councilmember, you are recognized.

Thank you so much.

I would like to ask for committee report.

All right.

Um for a report of the uh rules, uh confirmations and public elections committee.

Chair Cash.

Thank you.

We voted six in favor, zero against you.

We're not voting on both the um the bill and the amendment.

Okay.

Um all righty.

Um so it's back to you for a motion on your bill.

I would like to move the bill as amended.

Okay, first you've got to move approval of the bill.

Okay.

We'll move.

Sorry about that.

We will move approval of the bill.

Okay.

Um it's I heard a second.

Um, and so at this juncture, with it properly before us, you can also move uh your amendment.

And I would like to move the amendment, please.

Is there a second?

Would you like to share what the amendment does?

Uh the amendment actually takes out two words and operations.

Okay, so it is a housekeeping amendment.

That's um okay.

Um is there any further discussion on uh sponsor weiner's uh amendment?

Seeing none, all in favor of the amendment, please say aye.

Any voting no or abstaining?

And now uh Ms.

Wiener, you need to uh renew your motion to approve is amended, please.

I would like to renew my motion to approve as amended.

All right, is there any discussion um on this ordinance on second reading as amended?

Seeing none, all in favor, please say aye.

Any voting no or abstaining?

Okay, this is passed at second of three readings as amended.

Next is agenda item 47, ordinance BL 2025-1063 sponsors tombs, Evan Siegel in Spain.

This is an ordinance amending certain sections and subsections of chapter 2.62, chapter 12.56, and title 13 of the Metro Code of Laws to modify fees charged by the National Department of Uh Transportation and Multimodal Infrastructure, aka N DOT, and make various other changes.

Uh Ms.

Evan Siegel is the second sponsor.

Uh you are recognized.

Uh thank you, Madam President.

I believe we have the transportation infrastructure committee report already, but we still need the budget.

Okay.

Um for the report of the budget and finance committee, vice chair Spain, you're recognized.

Thank you, Madam President.

Budget and finance voted for a deferral until January 20th.

10 in favor, zero against, zero not voting.

Okay.

Um back to you, uh, Ms.

Evan Siegel, sponsor.

Um thank you, Madam President.

I would uh move slightly differently.

I would move to defer to January 20th with a re-referral as well to traffic and infrastructure so that it can then go back to that committee as well.

Okay, um, is properly moved and seconded.

Okay.

Is there any um discussion on the uh motion uh to defer uh uh second reading um uh to the meeting of January 20th, at which time it will be uh back to with the re-referral to transportation and infrastructure.

Um uh councilmember Johnston, you're recognized.

Could we add a re-referral back to budget as well?

Do you mind amending?

Oh, it will automatically go back to budget because right, they got a little out of cadence with each other, but thank you for asking.

Um to defer uh the second reading to January 20th, uh with a and they will both be um back in committee, um, budget and finance and transportation infrastructure.

Um seeing none, um, all in favor, please say aye.

Any voting no or abstaining?

Okay.

Um this will be taken up again um uh for the meeting of January 20th, back on that agenda.

Okay, um uh next is agenda item 48 ordinance BL2025-1113 sponsors Cup and Cash and Allen.

This is an ordinance amending title two of the Metro Code of Laws authorizing the creation of a midtown central business improvement district and appointing a corporation to act as an advisory board to the district with the necessary powers and authority to carry out the purpose and intent of the district.

Uh council member Koopin, your recognized sponsor.

Thank you, Madam President.

Committee reports.

All right.

Um for the uh report of the budget and finance committee, Vice Chair Spain, you're recognized.

Thank you, Madam President.

Budget and finance voted for a one-meeting deferral.

10 in favor, zero against zero not voted.

Okay, um, and with that, um, Mr.

Koopin, that is an automatic uh one meeting deferral by rule eight point one.

Um so this uh bill will be back on its uh second reading um at the first meeting in December.

Okay.

Next is agenda item 49, ordinance BL 2025-1114, uh, sponsor styles, evans, ellis, and webb.

This is an ordinance amending title three of the metro code of laws to require departments, boards, and commissions of the metro government to conduct annual employee surveys.

Um sponsor Evans, um, you are recognized.

Um this is on uh Ms.

Styles being absent.

This is on her uh ordinance one one one four.

Go ahead, you're recognized.

Thank you.

Committee reports, please.

For the report of government operations and regulations, Chair Hill.

I think vice mayor.

We voted for a one-meeting deferral.

Six in favor, zero against zero nine voting.

Okay, and with that, um, by rule eight point one, that is a mandatory one meeting deferral by rule.

Um, it does not require a vote.

Uh so this will be taken up again on second reading at the first meeting in December.

Next is agenda item 50 ordinance BL 2025-1115.

Sponsor uh vo.

Um, do we have a um anybody else signed on um to this bill?

Okay.

Um uh Ms.

Welsh is going to uh sign on uh with the clerk.

Um this is an ordinance amending chapters uh 16.04 point and 16.24 of the Metro Code of Laws to require a fence permit for permanent fences to be constructed within Nashville and Davidson County.

Um Ms.

Welsh, you're recognized.

Thank you, Vice Mayor Committee reports, please.

Um for the report of government operations and regulations.

Go ahead, Chair Hill.

Thank you, Madam Vice Mayor.

We also voted one meeting deferral, six in favor, zero against zero at night voting.

Okay, so by rule, um this is deferred uh one meeting uh to the first meeting in uh December, the second reading.

All right.

Uh that concludes uh all uh the second reading items.

Um now we're into third reading, and first among those is agenda item 67.

Uh this is ordinance BL 2025-1092, sponsor Horton.

This is an ordinance to amend title 17 of the Metro Code of Laws, the zoning ordinance of the Metro Government by changing from R8 to M U L A N S zoning for property located at 5701 Robertson Avenue, located on the corner of Robertson Avenue and Midland Avenue.

This is 2.30 acres.

Mr.

Horton, you are recognized.

Thank you, Vice Mayor.

I'd like to move for a one meeting deferral, please.

Okay, is there second?

Um properly moved and seconded for a one uh meeting deferral.

Um anything uh you want to share about that?

You don't have to.

It provides the opportunity for one additional community meeting.

Okay, I appreciate that.

It's properly moved and seconded.

Um, and is there any further discussion on the motion to defer one meeting?

Uh seeing none, all in favor, please say aye.

Any voting no or abstaining?

Okay, this is deferred one meeting.

Uh I think we are we've got one more item or two.

Yep.

Um, Ms.

Welsh, um uh regarding agenda items 70 and 71.

Okay.

Um these are uh sponsors VO and Welsh.

They are companions to each other.

Agenda item 70 is ordinance BL 2025-1095.

This is an ordinance to amend title 17, the Metro Code of Laws, the zoning ordinance of the Metro Government by changing from R6 to M U L A N S and IWD to SP zoning for various properties located south of Hart Street along First Avenue, Second Avenue South, and Andrew T.

Whitamar Street, located at the corner of First Avenue South and Heart Street.

This is 5.79 acres and partially within the Wedgewood Houston Chestnut Hill Urban Design Overlay to permit a mixed use development.

And again, it's companion ordinance 1096, which requires uh certain materials to be restricted in the construction of buildings.

Um so Ms.

Welsh, as these are companions to each other, um, when you uh take these up, you can do a consolidated motion.

So go ahead, ma'am.

Um I would like to uh do a consolidated motion and move for a one-meeting deferral on each bill.

Okay, properly moved and seconded.

Is there any discussion on the motion to defer one meeting one zero nine five and one zero nine three on their third and final reading?

Okay.

Um seeing none, all in favor, please say aye.

Any voting no or abstaining?

All right, uh colleagues, that concludes our agenda.

Uh is there a motion to adjourn?

Okay.

Uh we are adjourned.

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