Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County, TN - File #: RS2023-26

• File #: RS2023-26
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 9/20/2023
• In control: Metropolitan Council
• On agenda: 10/3/2023
• Final action: 10/3/2023
• Title: A resolution appropriating a total of $355,200 from the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Metropolitan Board of Health, to Neighborhood Health, Inc. and approving a grant contract by and between the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Metropolitan Board of Health, and Neighborhood Health, Inc. to provide homeless individuals with medical and dental services at two or more clinics in or near downtown Nashville.
• Sponsors: Delishia Porterfield, Erin Evans, Ginny Welsch, Burkley Allen

Date	Action By	Action
10/4/2023	Mayor	approved
10/3/2023	Metropolitan Council	adopted
10/3/2023	Public Health and Safety Committee	approved
10/2/2023	Budget and Finance Committee	approved
9/26/2023	Metropolitan Council	filed

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A resolution appropriating a total of $355,200 from the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Metropolitan Board of Health, to Neighborhood Health, Inc. and approving a grant contract by and between the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Metropolitan Board of Health, and Neighborhood Health, Inc. to provide homeless individuals with medical and dental services at two or more clinics in or near downtown Nashville.
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WHEREAS, Section 7-3-314 of the Tennessee Code Annotated states that metropolitan forms of government may provide financial assistance to nonprofit organizations in accordance with the guidelines of the Metropolitan Government; and,
WHEREAS, Section 5.04.070 of the Metropolitan Code of Laws provides that the Council may, by Resolution, appropriate funds for the financial aid of nonprofit organizations; and,
WHEREAS, Metropolitan Charter Section 10.104 provides that the Board of Health has the duty to contract for such services as will further the program and policies of the Board, subject to confirmation by Resolution of Council; and,
WHEREAS, The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, acting by and through the Metropolitan Board of Health, wishes to appropriate funding and contract with Neighborhood Health, Inc. to provide homeless individuals with medical and dental services at two or more clinics in or near downtown Nashville; and,
WHEREAS, it is to the benefit of the citizens of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County that this contract be approved.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:
Section 1. There is hereby appropriated Three Hundred Fifty-Five Thousand Two Hundred Dollars ($355,200) from the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, acting by and through the Metropolitan Board of Health, to Neighborhood Health, Inc. for the purposes herein stated.
Section 2. The Metropol...