Urges the President of the United States to approve federal help through the Federal Emergency Management Agency for people affected by Winter Storm Fern, which hit Nashville and Davidson County on January 24 and 25, 2026.
Metro Council, February 17, 2026
91 bills and resolutions and 18 appointments. Meeting page · Agenda (PDF) · Minutes (PDF)
- 37 passed
- 44 moving forward
- 7 put off
- 2 replaced
- 1 on the agenda, no action recorded
Passed 37
Final votes: these are now law or adopted.
Extends the tree canopy funding rules in Chapter 5.11 of the Metro Code until March 1, 2029, or until the rule that ends the program (Section 5.11.060) is repealed. The program pays to plant and care for trees on private property.
Accepts a grant of up to $10,000 from the Marjorie A. Neuhoff Private Foundation, Inc. to the Metropolitan Board of Health to pay for the care of shelter animals at Metro Animal Care and Control, with no cash match required.
Accepts an in-kind grant of up to $3.5 million from the Nashville Public Library Foundation to the Nashville Public Library for program enhancements and improvements. No cash match is required, and the grant period runs from July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026.
Accepts grants of up to $1,571,300 from the Nashville Public Library Foundation to the Nashville Public Library to pay for certain program positions and program enhancements. No cash match is required, and the grant period runs from July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026.
Lets the Department of Law settle the personal injury claims of Jerry and Reba Hayes for $48,000, paid from the Self-Insured Liability Fund. The claims come from a March 14, 2025 crash in which a Nashville Fire Department ambulance rear-ended their truck at Skyline Ridge Drive and Due West Avenue.
Approves a sole source contract with GovCIO LLC for maintenance and support of the ATS Voyager Message Switch and its interfaces, which the police department uses. The contract is estimated at $356,000 and lasts 60 months.
Accepts an in-kind grant worth up to $45,000 from the Nashville Police + Public Safety Alliance so Metro police personnel can use Care.com digital resources to connect with care providers and online content. No cash match is required, and the grant term runs from March 1, 2026, to February 28, 2027.
Accepts the terms of a Sourcewell master agreement with Scranton Manufacturing Co., Inc. dba New Way Trucks so Metro can buy refuse and recycling equipment for the Department of Waste Services. The anticipated project value is $2.5 million, with anticipated savings of $190,071, and the agreement expires December 28, 2027.
Allows Metro to accept about 2,597 feet of new eight-inch sewer main and 16 sewer manholes for three properties at 2183 Kidd Road, Fly Road (unnumbered) and Kidd Road (unnumbered) in Williamson County, known as 2183 Kidd Road Phase 1B. The water and public property directors may sign the needed documents.
Lets the Department of Law settle Phene Wardlaw's property damage claim for $53,954.40, paid from the Self-Insured Liability Fund. Raw sewage from a blocked sewer main entered her home at 1405 Woodland Street on September 25, 2025.
Lets the Department of Law settle Metro's claim against MasTec North America, Inc. for $135,000, paid to the Water Operating Fund 67331. MasTec's directional drilling damaged a 36-inch water main at 8th Avenue South and Division Street on February 23, 2021.
Directs the director of codes administration to waive building, electrical, gas/mechanical and/or plumbing permit fees for repairing or rebuilding homes and businesses damaged by the January 2026 winter storm. Owners must get permits on or before August 31, 2026 and show the work is due to storm damage.
Lets Nashville Department of Transportation enforcement, maintenance and repair workers and equipment operators direct traffic if they have finished a training course approved by the chief of police. It also lets fire department officers direct or help police direct traffic at the scene of a fire or any other emergency.
Renames Roehrig Court, from Jones Circle to the cul-de-sac, to "Magnolia Shores." The Roehrig Estates Homeowners Association asked for the change because the spelling and pronunciation of the old name made it hard to communicate for delivery and emergency services.
Approves an agreement with Piedmont Natural Gas, Inc. to relocate a natural gas pipeline on the Nissan Stadium campus for the new performing arts center. Metro pays the estimated $5,166,200 cost, including $2,583,100 in advance within 15 days of the agreement's effective date.
Approves an agreement for Nashville to host Japan's national soccer team as its base camp and training site for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Metro would help with transportation, parking, safety and security, and pay its own costs; the agreement ends December 31, 2026.
Approves a ten-year agreement letting Metro's Department of Human Resources use cubicle office space and shared areas at Operation Stand Down Tennessee's building at 1125 12th Ave South at no cost.
Allows Metro to give the Electric Power Board overhead and underground easements on its land at 6 Main Street and 116 S 1st Street. The easements are for supplying electricity to a pumping station on Woodland Street.
Approves a lease letting Chiqui Cafe, LLC run the Sunnyside Mansion Cafe in 357 square feet at 3021 Lealand Lane. Chiqui pays $1,000 per month, and the lease runs from February 20, 2026 to February 21, 2029.
Accepts a donated greenway conservation easement of 3.095 acres from Main Street Land Trust at 0 Bethwood Drive, 2539 Allenwood Drive and 2543 Allenwood Drive. There is no cost to Metro.
Approves a donated greenway conservation easement from Domain Timberlake Multistate 2, LLC to Metro for greenway improvements at 1032 Bear Run, 409 Misty Creek Court, and 0 Nature Trail Way. The easement covers 1.64 acres and costs Metro nothing.
Lets the Board of Parks and Recreation waive remaining park improvement requirements, such as walking trails, when it accepts a six-acre park at Brick Church Pike from Habitat for Humanity. Habitat has put in or raised more than $2.2 million for the park and the nearby Parkwood Ballpark area.
Approves an agreement between the Metro Police Department and Care.com, Inc. giving eligible people access to a site for finding child, senior and pet care, tutoring and more. Metro pays $11,176 a year, rising five percent with each renewal, and the term runs March 1, 2026 to February 28, 2027.
Renames Alley #569, from Morrison Street to 11th Avenue North, as "Clowder Alley" and Alley #535, from Jackson Street to Alley #569, as "Catamount Alley". A developer is building townhomes reached only by alley, and the new names should help emergency services find the units.
Abandons the Alley #1907 right-of-way from Drake Avenue to Alley #1906, as requested by Matthew McSpadden. Metro keeps its utility easements there.
Lets 616 Ewing Partners build and maintain an underground NES transformer vault, bike racks and a projecting sign in the public right-of-way at 616 Ewing Avenue. The company must carry at least $4 million in liability insurance and cover Metro against claims.
Gives up Metro's rights to an existing 10-foot public utility and drainage easement at 3801 Cleghorn Avenue, as requested by the owner, CHSL Cleghorn Hotel Partners, LLC.
Lets Metro give up one sewer manhole and take over new sewer pipes, 12 manholes, a wetwell change and easements at 1686 Reynolds Road, Reynolds Road (unnumbered) and 600 Airpark Commerce Drive. The new pipes are about 331 feet of 12-inch main, about 1,497 feet of eight-inch main and about 718 feet of eight-inch main, at no cost to Metro.
Lets Metro take over new sewer pipes, eight manholes and easements at Gray Street and Martin Street, known as Martin and Gray Townhomes. The pipes are about 107 feet and about 311 feet of eight-inch main, at no cost to Metro.
Accepts about 40 feet of new eight-inch sewer pipe, one manhole and easements for the property at 1212 Baptist World Center Drive. The text says it costs Metro nothing.
Lets Metro abandon old water and sewer pipes and accept new water and sewer pipes, manholes, two relocated fire hydrant assemblies and easements for Vanderbilt University - CUI Phase A & B at 2415 Vanderbilt Place. It abandons about 630 feet of six-inch and 61 feet of 20-inch water main and about 495 feet of eight-inch sewer main, and it replaces one manhole.
Lets Metro take over new water and sewer pipes, four fire hydrant assemblies, 20 sewer manholes and easements at 3124 Murfreesboro Pike and 3201 Hamilton Church Road, known as Antioch 15 Phase 1. The pipes are about 2,396 feet of eight-inch water main and about 1,992 feet and 1,217 feet of eight-inch sewer main, at no cost to Metro.
Lets Metro accept about 27 feet of new eight-inch sewer pipe, one sewer manhole and the related easements for the properties at 3620 and 3628 Anderson Road. The text says it has no cost to Metro.
Lets Metro Water and Sewerage Services accept $367,464.64 from the DuPont settlement over contamination of public drinking water systems, and put it in the Water and Sewer Revenue Fund. It also allows Metro to accept and add any further settlement payments from DuPont to that fund.
Honors the life and legacy of former Council Member Walter Hunt, Sr., who died on January 26, 2026, at age 87 and represented District 3 on the Council from 2006 to 2015.
Recognizes Lunar New Year 2026, the Year of the Horse, which fell on February 17, 2026, and wishes everyone who observes it a happy and prosperous new year.
Moving forward 44
Bills pass three readings; these cleared one or two tonight.
Removes the sunset date from Chapter 5.11 of the Metro Code, so the tree canopy funding program no longer has to be extended again. As amended, it also allows money from the general fund or by transfer to be used for planting, replacing, watering and caring for trees.
Lets the Assessor of Property lower Tax Year 2026 property assessments for properties destroyed or badly damaged by Winter Storm Fern, based on the actual time they were destroyed or damaged. Owners must apply before September 1, and the proration applies when the time exceeds thirty days.
Gives the Electric Power Board an overhead and pole placement easement on property the Metropolitan Government owns at 2907 Booker Street, for supplying electricity. It lets the Director of Public Property Administration grant the easement and sign the papers.
Approves a second change to Metro's contract with InspectionReportsOnline.net Inc. for fire protection system inspection reports, extending it to July 31, 2026 and adding required language about the boycott of Israel. The contract costs Metro nothing, and the Fire Department still receives $10 per report.
Approves an agreement with KIPP Nashville that lets Metro do shoring and related work on KIPP's property at 917 Bell Road so the Global Mall demolition can be finished. Metro would hire the contractor and pay the costs, with work starting no earlier than May 22, 2026 and finishing by July 31, 2026.
Readopts the Metro Code, including supplemental and replacement pages (Supp. No. 52) covering general and permanent ordinances enacted on or before August 20, 2025. Where no specific penalty is given, violations carry a penalty of up to $50.
Lets Metro accept about 1,607 linear feet of new eight-inch sewer main, 10 sewer manholes and easements for two properties at West Division Street (unnumbered) and Lawler Lane (unnumbered) in Mt. Juliet, Wilson County, known as Canebrake Phase 3A Revision 01.
Lets the water and sewerage director give a one-time bill credit after the January 2026 winter storm: $25.51 for residential and $23.37 for commercial customers who pay water and sewer, and $10.07 residential or $7.93 commercial for water-only customers. Also lets the director pause shut-offs for non-payment and late charges, and approve payment plans of up to six months.
Approves a contract with Fairpointe Planning, LLC for technical and engineering services such as multimodal planning, design, and program management, for any Metro department to use. It can cost up to $44.2 million and lasts three years, with five one-year extensions possible.
Approves a contract with Gresham Smith for technical and engineering services such as multimodal planning, design, traffic signals, and construction inspection, for any Metro department to use. It can cost up to $44.2 million and lasts three years, with five one-year extensions possible.
Approves a contract with GRW Engineers, Inc. for technical and engineering services such as multimodal planning, design, and traffic signals, for any Metro department to use. It can cost up to $44.2 million and lasts three years, with five one-year extensions possible.
Approves a contract with H.W. Lochner, Inc. for technical and engineering services, such as transportation planning, design, traffic signals and construction inspection, that any Metro department can use. It is worth up to $44.2 million and lasts three years, with five one-year extensions possible.
Approves a contract with HDR Engineering, Inc. for technical and engineering services, such as transportation planning, design, traffic signals and program management, that any Metro department can use. It is worth up to $44.2 million and lasts three years, with five one-year extensions possible.
Approves a contract with Lose & Associates, Inc. for technical and engineering services, such as transportation planning, design, traffic signals and surveying, that any Metro department can use. It is worth up to $44.2 million and lasts three years, with five one-year extensions possible.
Approves a contract with Neel-Schaffer, Inc. for technical and engineering services, such as transportation planning, design, traffic signals and program management, that any Metro department can use. It is worth up to $44.2 million and lasts three years, with five one-year extensions possible.
Approves a contract with Nelson Nygaard Consulting Associates Inc. for technical and engineering services, such as transportation planning, design, traffic signals and program management, that any Metro department can use. It is worth up to $44.2 million and lasts three years, with five one-year extensions possible.
Approves a contract with Orchards, Hiltz & McCliment, Inc. (OHM Advisors) for technical and engineering services, such as transportation planning, design, traffic signals and surveying, that any Metro department can use. It is worth up to $44.2 million and lasts three years, with five one-year extensions possible.
Approves a contract with Parsons Transportation Group, Inc. for technical and engineering services, paid up to $44.2 million, that any Metro department can use. It lasts three years with five one-year extensions, and covers planning, design, traffic signals, communications, surveys and program management.
Approves a contract with Borra, Himakara Gupta dba Borra Consulting for technical and engineering services, paid up to $44.2 million, that any Metro department can use. It lasts three years with five one-year extensions, and covers traffic signals, communications and public relations, development services and survey/CAD work.
Approves a contract with CDM Smith Inc. for technical and engineering services, paid up to $44.2 million, that any Metro department can use. It lasts three years with five one-year extensions, and covers planning, design, traffic signals, construction inspection, communications, surveys and program management.
Approves a contract with Collier Engineering Co., Inc. for technical and engineering services, paid up to $44.2 million, that any Metro department can use. It lasts three years with five one-year extensions, and covers planning, design, traffic signals, construction inspection, communications, surveys and program management.
Approves a contract with Consor North America Inc. for technical and engineering services, paid up to $44.2 million, that any Metro department can use. It lasts three years with five one-year extensions, and covers planning, design, traffic signals, construction inspection, communications, surveys and program management.
Approves a contract with Crawford, Murphy & Tilly, Inc. for technical and engineering services, paid up to $44.2 million, that any Metro department can use. It lasts three years with five one-year extensions, and covers planning, design, communications and public relations, development services, and grant/loan/research/policy coordination.
Approves a contract with AECOM Technical Services, Inc. for technical and engineering services such as transportation planning, design, traffic signals, inspection and survey work. Pays up to $44.2 million, runs three years with five one-year extensions, and any Metro department can use it.
Approves a contract with Alfred Benesch & Company for technical and engineering services such as transportation planning, design, traffic signals, public relations and CAD work. Pays up to $44.2 million, runs three years with five one-year extensions, and any Metro department can use it.
Approves a contract with Alta Planning + Design, Inc. for technical and engineering services such as transportation planning, design, traffic signals, public relations, survey and program management. Pays up to $44.2 million, runs three years with five one-year extensions, and any Metro department can use it.
Approves a contract with Arcadis US Inc. for technical and engineering services such as transportation planning, design, traffic signals, development services and program management. Pays up to $44.2 million, runs three years with five one-year extensions, and any Metro department can use it.
Approves a contract with Barge Design Solutions, Inc. for technical and engineering services such as transportation planning, design, traffic signals, construction inspection and survey work. Pays up to $44.2 million, runs three years with five one-year extensions, and any Metro department can use it.
Approves a contract with Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. for technical and engineering services such as transportation planning, design, traffic signals, construction inspection and program management. Pays up to $44.2 million, runs three years with five one-year extensions, and any Metro department can use it.
Approves a contract with Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson, Inc. for technical and engineering services that any Metro department can use, costing up to $44.2 million. It lasts three years, with five one-year extensions possible, and is paid from Fund 40025.
Approves a contract with KCI Technologies, Inc. for technical and engineering services that any Metro department can use, costing up to $44.2 million. It lasts three years, with five one-year extensions possible, and is paid from Fund 40025.
Approves a contract with Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. for technical and engineering services that any Metro department can use, costing up to $44.2 million. It lasts three years, with five one-year extensions possible, and is paid from Fund 40025.
Approves a contract with Lamar Dunn & Associates, Inc. dba LDA Engineering for technical and engineering services that any Metro department can use, costing up to $44.2 million. It lasts three years, with five one-year extensions possible, and is paid from Fund 40025.
Approves a contract with Ragan-Smith Associates, LLC for technical and engineering services that any Metro department can use, costing up to $44.2 million. It lasts three years, with five one-year extensions possible, and is paid from Fund 40025.
Approves a contract with Smith Seckman Reid, Inc. for technical and engineering services that any Metro department can use, costing up to $44.2 million. It lasts three years, with five one-year extensions possible, and is paid from Fund 40025.
Approves a contract with Stantec Consulting Services Inc. for technical and engineering services that any Metro department can use, at up to $44.2 million. The contract runs three years with five one-year extension options, which goes past the usual 60-month limit.
Approves a contract with Volkert Inc. for technical and engineering services, such as design, construction inspection and surveying, that any Metro department can use, at up to $44.2 million. The contract runs three years with five one-year extension options, which goes past the usual 60-month limit.
Approves a contract with WSP USA Inc. for technical and engineering services that any Metro department can use, at up to $44.2 million. The contract runs three years with five one-year extension options, which goes past the usual 60-month limit.
Changes Metro Code Section 6.08.080 so the Nashville Public Library permanently takes over running the Nashville Education, Community, and Arts Television Corporation's public and educational access channels. The chief librarian would set channel rules, and government access television would stay with the Department of Information Technology Services.
Lets licensed landscape architects, along with land surveyors and professional engineers, prepare and stamp plans for Tier I and Tier II residential infill development. Tier III plans must still be stamped by a professional engineer.
Approves a second change to Metro's contract with Hydromax USA, LLC for valve exercising and hydrant maintenance. It adds six months, for a total of 66 months, changes the proof of insurance wording, and adds required language about the boycott of Israel.
Lets Metro accept about 1,529 feet of new eight-inch sewer pipe, seven manholes and easements for two properties on West Division Street (unnumbered) in Mt. Juliet, known as Canebrake Subdivision - Phase 2B. It has no cost to Metro.
Lets Metro accept new sewer pipes (about 1,478 feet of eight-inch, 687 feet of two-inch and 100 feet of one and a half-inch), eight manholes and easements for 9913 and 9917 Maupin Road, known as WMN Regency Hills. It has no cost to Metro.
Lets Metro give up old sewer pipes, six manholes and easements and accept new water and sewer lines, two fire hydrant assemblies, 18 manholes and easements for nine properties at Dickerson Pike, Gatewood Avenue and Marie Street, known as The Pike Phase 1. It has no cost to Metro.
Put off 7
Deferred to a later meeting or sent to committee.
Amendment to Rules of Procedure, Rule 13.4 - Filing Deadlines; emergency items
Asks the Planning Department Housing Division to keep studying and carrying out new housing solutions, and asks MDHA to research and use such solutions on surplus Metro or MDHA land suited for homes. Also asks that the work be funded in the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 operating budget at an amount recommended by the Planning Director and the MDHA President & CEO.
Asks the Electric Power Board to fire Teresa Broyles-Aplin, the President and Chief Executive Officer of Nashville Electric Service, over problems with leadership, preparation, risk management and public communication during the outages after Winter Storm Fern. It also urges the Board to run an open leadership transition and send it a copy of the resolution.
Requires the Department of Human Resources to give anonymous annual surveys to employees of Metro departments, boards and commissions about leadership and management, workplace culture, professional growth and contributing to goals. Results go to the mayor, the department director, and the board or commission, and to the Council on request.
Requires businesses in Nashville and Davidson County that advertise prices set by an algorithm using a person's own data to show the notice "THIS PRICE WAS SET BY AN ALGORITHM USING YOUR PERSONAL DATA." The Department of Codes Administration would enforce it.
Requires a two-year permit from the Nashville Department of Transportation and Multimodal Infrastructure (NDOT) before anyone puts a sandwich board sign on a public sidewalk or street. Applicants must show liability insurance, and the signs have limits on size, height, location and overnight display.
Replaces Metro's driveway rules with the NDOT Access Management Manual, which sets how driveways and other access from private property to public streets must be built for new development. It also lets owners ask NDOT for waivers, with appeals to the Traffic and Parking Commission, and adds setback rules for off-street loading docks.
Replaced 2
A substitute version took this one's place.
Asks the Metropolitan Civil Service Commission to require an online complaint or grievance form on every Metro department, board and commission website, with confirmation of submission. It also asks that each complaint get a response within two business days and be resolved within ninety days of filing.
Backs the Davidson County General Sessions Court's new Winter Storm Housing Support Docket, which helps renters facing eviction over storm-related money problems, and urges the court to pause or limit evictions as much as possible for sixty days.
On the agenda, no action recorded 1
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Board and commission appointments (18)
- Action Commission Reappointment of Shilan Haji for a term expiring February 2, 2029. · No action recorded
- Employee Benefits Study and Formulating Committee Appointment of Margaret Darby for a term expiring March 3, 2031. · No action recorded
- Employee Benefits Study and Formulating Committee Appointment of Lesley Farmer for a term expiring March 3, 2031. · No action recorded
- Employee Benefits Study and Formulating Committee Appointment of Glenn Farner for a term expiring March 3, 2031. · No action recorded
- Employee Benefits Study and Formulating Committee Appointment of Gary Moore for a term expiring March 3, 2031. · No action recorded
- Employee Benefits Study and Formulating Committee Appointment of John Tishler for a term expiring March 3, 2031. · No action recorded
- Fire and Building Code Appeals Board Reappointment of Anthony Locke for a term expiring March 1, 2030. · No action recorded
- Sports Authority Appointment of Jon Glassmeyer for a term expiring February 17, 2030. · No action recorded
- Sports Authority Reappointment of Anna Page for a term expiring February 19, 2032. · No action recorded
- Sports Authority Appointment of Kendell Poole for a term expiring February 19, 2032. · No action recorded
- Sports Authority Reappointment of Daniel (Russ) Pulley for a term expiring February 19, 2032. · Deferred to a later meeting
- Sports Authority Appointment of Adam Sansiveri for a term expiring February 19, 2032. · No action recorded
- Sports Authority Appointment of Victor Wynn for a term expiring February 17, 2030. · No action recorded
- Transportation Licensing Commission Consideration of nominees to fill one vacancy on the Commission with a term expiring on January 31, 2028, with an election to be conducted at the March 3, 2026 Council meeting. · Manaen Hall nominated by CM Parker · No action recorded
- Contract and Compliance Board Appointment of Marcus Booth for a term expiring September 3, 2026. · Approved
- Historical Commission Reappointment of Don Cusic for a term expiring February 3, 2030. · Approved
- Historical Commission Reappointment of Laura Rost for a term expiring January 29, 2030. · Approved
- Greenways and Open Space Commission Election to fill one vacancy on the Commission with a term expiring on August 31, 2027. With this vacancy, the Council is responsible for electing persons from its own membership to serve on the Commission. · CM Parker nominated by CM Toombs · CM Hancock nominated by CM Vo · Nominated; the council votes on confirmation later