Brenda Gadd
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Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 13
- Total speaking time
- 37:51
- Avg per meeting
- 2:55
- Segments
- 577
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Top issues during term (20)
voter turnout
While voting is free, the city might need to spend extra cash on staffing and managing these unexpectedly long lines.
Right Turns on Red and Roadway Safety Ordinance
Staff time and signage costs for NDOT to study and implement intersection modifications.
Greenway Crosswalk Safety Review
Potential future expenditures for upgraded crosswalk infrastructure pending study outcomes.
General Obligation Bond Issuance
Up to $544.72 million in borrowed funds that ultimately affect the city's debt service and taxpayer obligations.
Barnes Fund Affordable Housing Grants
Grants and allocations total millions toward affordable housing construction and rehabilitation.
Board and Commission Appointments and Confirmations
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Fiscal Year 2027 Operating Budget & Grocery Tax Cut
Involves billions in local tax revenues, expenditures, and capital investments for FY 2027.
Multimodal Infrastructure Funding
Future capital investments will rely heavily on utility fees, CIB requests, and dedicated funding sources like Choose How You Move.
Protection of Youth from Online Extremism
Absorbed within existing departmental operating resources.
Outbuilding Height and Scale in Historic Overlays
Property values for individual homeowners may increase with larger square footage, but overall neighborhood housing diversity could be impacted.
Convention Center Authority Oversight and Boring Company Tunnel Proposal
None directly from the resolution, though a private multi-million dollar infrastructure project is at stake.
Emergency Communications Dispatch Software Upgrade
Unknown
Fairgrounds Speedway & Early Voting
Continued legal battles over the speedway could cost the city extra cash, but strong voter turnout shows local civic engagement is rolling along fine.
Cane Ridge Road Multi-Family Specific Plan
Private capital investment for 68 new residential units.
Metro Public Health Department Strategic Plan (2026-2031)
Relies heavily on grant funding and local budget allocations.
Community Partnership Fund Grant Allocations
$100,000 total distributed across multiple non-profit grants.
Statewide School Resource Officer Program Grant
Provides $75,000 per officer in state reimbursement funds.
Opioid Settlement Fund Strategic Governance
$1.5 million in Metro funds to Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
Traffic safety school and victims assistance fee changes
Higher enrollment fees for traffic safety school; victims assistance assessment adjusted to state law.
Homeless services funding
About $3.2 million in Metro appropriations plus a federal HUD grant application.
Decisions during term (1723)
Recorded while Gadd was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
Adoption of the Agenda
Approval of September 24, 2026 Minutes
Deferral of Items 4, 5, 8, 10A, 10B, and 12
Adoption of the Consent Agenda
Cane Ridge Supplemental Policy Amendment
Midtown East Sub-District DTC Text Amendment
2026SP023001 - Courtyards at Battle Grove
2026CP014002 - Donelson Hermitage Old Hickory Community Plan Amendment
2026SP016001 - 3145 Brandow Road
2025SP0400001 - Poff Dental
2026SP045001 - 3142 Old Franklin Road
2026S167001 - Park Haven Communities, Phase 3, Section 2
2026S168001 - Park Haven Communities, Phase 3, Section 3
247-84-P004 - South Plaza Shopping Center PUD Revision
2026C077PR001 - 4036 Leland Lane
2026C078PR001 - 5608 and 5610 O'Brien Avenue
2026C079PR001 - 2724 Herman Street
2026C080PR001 - 103 Evelyn Drive
2026C081PR001 - 519 High Street
2026C082PR001 - 2921 South Lake Drive
Voting record (50)
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