Briefing
Metropolitan Council (Nashville) minutes — May 7, 2026: appointments, zoning actions, consent agenda approvals, and mayor’s budget priorities
The Metropolitan Council met in special session on May 7, 2026. Council confirmed multiple board and commission appointments (including Nick Cavin to the Health & Educational Facilities Board and several Midtown MBID directors), approved a broad Consent Agenda covering housing, infrastructure, public health and safety grants, and water/sewer projects, advanced numerous zoning and specific-plan ordinances to the Planning & Zoning Committee, and adopted the Metropolitan Nashville Arts Commission FY27 operating support criteria. The Mayor’s message accompanied the minutes, proposing a 22% cut to the local option grocery tax, a $69 million investment in the Unified Housing Strategy, continued funding for the employee pay plan, and reporting on the 2026 Series D bond refinancing.
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