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A resolution calling for the Mayor's Office and the Metropolitan Government to immediately resume the hiring process of the executive director for the Nashville Office of Entertainment and for the Metropolitan Nashville Arts Commission and the Metropolitan Government to begin the search for the executive director of Metro Arts.
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WHEREAS, creative offices within the Metropolitan Government have suffered severe neglect, due to a lack of substantial movement on the hiring of the executive directors of both the Nashville Office of Entertainment and the Metropolitan Nashville Arts Commission ("Metro Arts"); and
WHEREAS, the Nashville Office of Music, Film and Entertainment was announced in 2022 by Mayor John Cooper and enacted into law by the Metropolitan Council in April 2023; and
WHEREAS, more than 120 people applied to serve as the executive director of the Nashville Office of Music, Film and Entertainment in December 2024, but no interviews or final hires have occurred; and
WHEREAS, the Nashville Office of Music, Film and Entertainment was renamed the Nashville Office of Entertainment through an ordinance passed by the Council in June 2025. The same ordinance removed any requirement that the Office's executive director and staff be organized under the Mayor's Office; and
WHEREAS, additional barriers have been placed in recent months towards the hiring of this executive director, including a change in hiring authority, a delay in creating the position within the Metropolitan Government's payroll system, claims that the Nashville Office of Entertainment does not exist under law, and a failure to file necessary administration legislation to transfer the funds for the position to the Nashville Office of Entertainment; and
WHEREAS, separately, Metro Arts has been without an executive director since May of 2024. Two interim directors have since led Metro Arts; and
WHEREAS, Metro Arts needs a full-time director with arts organization experience so that the d...
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