Nashville Metro News

On Tuesday night, Metro Council struggled through a rules change proposal by Councilmember Sandra Sepulveda that would allow the body more time to review board and committee nominations, extending the timeline of the confirmation vote by two weeks. “So, someone will come before the Rules Committee, we will have questions, we would go over their résumé, and then we would vote on a recommendation,” explained Sepulveda. “Then, at the next meeting…their vote would be on our agenda.” According to Sepulveda, the existing rule has created “a situation where our boards and commissions don’t look and reflect the city that we currently live in,” which in turn has caused the “problems in our current boards and commissions that we are seeing in the news today.” (Could she have been referring to the strife within the Metro Arts Commission?)& Dave Rosenberg, a former council member currently serving as Metro’s Director of Data and Innovation, disagreed, stating that Sepulveda’s proposal would both deter volunteers and prove to be an inefficient solution. “Under this proposal, you will be treating volunteers with more suspicion, then you do legislation that you pass and what I mean by that is tonight you’re going to vote on a...