Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County, TN - File #: BL2023-1991

• File #: BL2023-1991
• Type: Bill (Ordinance)
• Status: Passed
• File created: 6/9/2023
• In control: Planning and Zoning Committee
• On agenda: 7/18/2023
• Final action: 7/18/2023
• Title: An ordinance adding a new section 2.128.070 to the Metropolitan Code of Laws establishing the office of county historian, the appointment process and necessary credentials, as well as the county historian's duties and appointments within the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County.
• Sponsors: Brett Withers, Kathleen Murphy, Russ Bradford, Burkley Allen, Tonya Hancock, Delishia Porterfield

Date	Action By	Action
7/21/2023	Mayor	approved
7/18/2023	Metropolitan Council	passed on third reading
7/6/2023	Metropolitan Council	passed on second reading
7/6/2023	Rules, Confirmations, and Public Elections Committee	approved
7/5/2023	Planning and Zoning Committee	approved
6/20/2023	Metropolitan Council	passed on first reading
6/13/2023	Metropolitan Council	filed

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An ordinance adding a new section 2.128.070 to the Metropolitan Code of Laws establishing the office of county historian, the appointment process and necessary credentials, as well as the county historian's duties and appointments within the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County.
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WHEREAS, Tennessee Code Annotated section 5-18-101 provides for each county to appoint a county historian, whose duties are to include, but not be limited to, "collecting and preserving local and state history" as well as working with the state historian, state library and archives, and the state historical commission; and
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Code of Laws currently refers to the county historian in terms of the historian's work with the Historical Commission in section 2.128.060(J) and the historian's function as an ex-officio member of the Davidson County Public Records Commission in section 2.140.030(B); and
WHEREAS, the county historian is a scholar and authority on the history of Nashville and Davidson County; and
WHEREAS, the current county historian advises the Historical Commission on a range of history-related projects including nominations to the National Register of Historic Places, publications, interpretive signage, historical markers, as well as historic and cultural tours, among other topics and activities;
WHEREAS, the current county historian serves as an ex-officio, non-voting member on the Metropolitan Historical Commission and Public Records Commission; and
WHEREAS, the current county historian also works with the public library, Metropolitan Archives, and Metropolitan Clerk to provide guidance regarding county history as necessary; and
WHEREAS, it is in the Metropolitan Government's best interests to establish more specific criteria for future county historians, better delineating the appointment process as well as the necessary qualifications and duties.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED BY THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE & ...