File #: RS2023-67   
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 10/26/2023 In control: Metropolitan Council
On agenda: 11/7/2023 Final action: 11/7/2023
Title: A resolution approving amendment one to a Community-Based Treatment Services for Offenders grant from the Tennessee Department of Correction to the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the State Trial Courts, to divert eligible offenders from the Tennessee prison system by providing community supervision and treatment services.
Sponsors: Delishia Porterfield, Erin Evans, Ginny Welsch, Brenda Gadd, Zulfat Suara, Kyonzte Toombs
Attachments: 1. Grant Amendment One Exhibit
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A resolution approving amendment one to a Community-Based Treatment Services for Offenders grant from the Tennessee Department of Correction to the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the State Trial Courts, to divert eligible offenders from the Tennessee prison system by providing community supervision and treatment services.
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WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the State Trial Courts, previously entered into a grant agreement with the Tennessee Department of Correction to divert eligible offenders from the Tennessee prison system by providing community supervision and treatment services approved by RS2023-1977; and,
WHEREAS, the parties with to amend the grant agreement to amend language for the inclusion of supervision only services due to statute changes, a copy of which amendment one is attached hereto; and,
WHEREAS, it is to the benefit of the citizens of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County that amendment one be approved.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:
Section 1. That amendment one to the grant by and between the Tennessee Department of Correction and the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the State Trial Courts, to divert eligible offenders from the Tennessee prison system by providing community supervision and treatment services, a copy of which amendment one is attached hereto and incorporated herein, is hereby approved, and the Metropolitan Mayor is authorized to execute the same.
Section 2. That this resolution shall take effect from and after its adoption, the welfare of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County requiring it.
Agenda Analysis
Analysis

This resolution approves the first amendment to a Community-Based Treatment Services for Offenders grant from the Tennessee Department of Correction to the State Trial Court, previously approved by Resolution No. RS2023-...

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