Government
Metro Government
How It Works
Nashville's legislative body consists of 40 members (five at-large members and 35 district representatives) who serve four-year terms. All newly elected terms expire in 2007; elections will be held in August 2007. Council meets at 7 p.m. on the first and third Tuesdays of each month. Meetings are held in Council Chambers of the temporary City Hall at 225 Polk Ave. (while the Metro Courthouse undergoes renovations). Meetings are open to the public. The first meeting of odd-numbered months is specifically for public hearings on zoning bills. Agendas for the meetings can be picked up at Metro Clerk's Office, Suite 101, 225 Polk Ave., or found at www.nashville.gov.
If you can't attend council meetings in person, you can follow the proceedings as they are broadcast live on Channel 3, the Government Access Channel. You can catch the meetings yet another time when WNPT-Channel 8 rebroadcasts them at 10:30 p.m. the same evening.
For council information, call 862-6780, or visit the above Web site.
Bills and Budgets
Bills: Proposed ordinances must be filed by council members and are then read at three council meetings. Council votes on the bill and must pass it before enactment. While the mayor has veto privilege, council can still end up with the last word by overriding the veto with 27 votes.
Budget: Each spring the mayor gets together with Metro government department heads and starts putting together numbers for Metro's budget. Hearings are held and a preliminary budget is determined. This budget must be filed with the Metro Clerk by May 25.
Once the preliminary budget is filed, Metro Council studies the budget and makes any adjustments it deems necessary. Council works on a strict deadline; the final budget must be approved by midnight June 30.
Unless noted otherwise, all e-mail addresses follow this pattern: firstname.lastname@nashville.gov.
The Mayor
Bill Purcell
225 Polk Ave., Second Floor 37203
862-6000
mayor@metro.nashville.org
Metro Council
Vice Mayor & President
Howard Gentry Jr.
225 Polk Ave., Suite 102 37203
3502 Geneva Circle 37209
320-6080
At-Large Council Members
Buck Dozier
624 Ronnie Rd., Madison 37115
868-4042
Diane Neighbors
1311 Ordway Pl. 37206
226-6073
David Briley
1902 Boscobel St. 37206
429-6533
Carolyn Baldwin Tucker
1521 Naples Ave. 37207
868-4060
Adam Dread
P. O Box 158891 37215
665-2405
District Council Members
District 1
Brenda Gilmore
3009 Vista Valley Ct. 37218
876-3665
District 2
Jamie Isabel
2019 Clintondale Dr. 37218
255-1506
District 3
Chester Hughes
1512 Pineview Dr. 37207
865-6137
District 4
Michael Craddock
4414 Brush Hill Rd. 37216
226-0521
District 5
Pam Murray
802 Stockell St. 37207
248-3556
District 6
Mike Jameson
1218 Forrest Ave. 37206
227-5940
District 7
Erik Cole
533 Skyview Dr. 37206
228-1337
District 8
Jason Hart
1009 Calvert St. 37216
262-6010
District 9
Jim Forkum
542 Menees Ln., Madison 37115
865-4521
District 10
Rip Ryman
P. O. Box 643, Goodlettsville 37070
859-0409
District 11
Feller Brown
212 Madison St., Madison 37115
847-3958
District 12
Jim Gotto
5108 John Hager Rd., Hermitage 37076
883-3087
District 13
Carl Burch
4024 Windwood Ln., 37214
883-3695
District 14
Harold White
2942 Leatherwood Dr. 37214
889-6572
District 15
J. B. Loring
3231 Knobview Dr. 37214
885-0780
District 16
Amanda McClendon
3105 Wingate Ave. 37211
333-8917
District 17
Ronnie Greer
2038 Elliott Ave. 37204
385-2893
District 18
Ginger Hausser
521 Chesterfield Ave. 37212
783-0106
District 19
Ludye N. Wallace
P.O. Box 22907 37202
329-4356
District 20
Billy Joe Walls
504 Nichol Rd. 37209
353-6248
District 21
Edward Whitmore
3613 Batavia St. 37209
321-0795
District 22
Eric Crafton
7532 Oakhaven Trace 37209
352-7808
District 23
Chris Whitson
424 Church St. 37219
742-4542
District 24
John Summers
5000 Wyoming Ave. 37209
386-9660
District 25
Jim Shulman
3516 Hampton Ave. 37215
292-4344
District 26
Greg Adkins
5311 Overton Rd. 37220
834-5158
District 27
Randy Foster
409 Windsor Ct. 37211
834-0562
District 28
Jason Alexander
4408 Dowdy Dr., Antioch 37013
781-0648
District 29
Vivian Wilhoite
1029 Flintlock Ct. 37217
589-2003
District 30
Michael Kerstetter
233 Clipper Ct. 37211
834-1305
District 31
Parker Toler
5613 Clovermeade Dr. 37027
376-2952
District 32
Sam Coleman
4037 Pepperwood Dr., Antioch 37013
641-5168
District 33
Tommy Bradley
144 2nd Ave. N., Suite 333 37201
360-3993
District 34
Lynn Williams
4020 Dorcas Dr. 37215
385-3859
District 35
Charlie Tygard
P.O. Box 210945 (37221)
646-3295
State Government
Governor
Phil Bredesen (D)
Term expires 2006
Office of the Governor
State Capitol, 1st Fl.
600 Charlotte Ave.
Nashville 37243-0001
741-2001
State Senators Representing Nashville
All e-mail addresses follow this pattern: sen.firstname.surname@legislature.state.tn.us.
District 17
Mae Beavers (R)
Term expires in 2006
320 War Memorial Bldg.
37243-0217
741-2421
District 19
Thelma Harper (D)
Term expires in 2006
2 Legislative Plaza 37243-0219
741-2453
District 20
Joe M. Haynes (D)
Term expires in 2008
5 Legislative Plaza 37243-0220
741-6679
District 21
Douglas Henry Jr. (D)
Term expires in 2006
11 Legislative Plaza 37243-0221
741-3291
District 23
Jim Bryson (R)
Term expires in 2006
310 War Memorial Bldg.
37243-0023
State Representatives for Nashville
(All terms expire in 2006.)
All e-mail addresses follow this pattern: rep.firstname.surname@legislature.state.tn.us.
District 50
Gary Moore (D)
109 War Memorial Building 37243-0150
741-4317
District 51
Mike Turner (D)
108 War Memorial Bldg. 37243
741-3229
District 52
Rob Briley (D)
17 Legislative Plaza 37243
741-2184
District 53
Janis Sontany (D)
26 Legislative Plaza 37243
741-6861
District 54
Edith Taylor Langster (D)
35 Legislative Plaza 37243-0154
741-1997
District 55
Gary Odom (D)
217 War Memorial Bldg. 37243
741-4410
District 56
Beth Halteman Harwell (R)
107 War Memorial Bldg. 37243-0156
741-0709
District 57
Susan Lynn (R)
209 War Memorial Bldg.
741-7462
District 58
Mary Pruitt (D)
25 Legislative Plaza 37243-0158
741-3853
District 59
Sherry Stoner Jones (D)
108 War Memorial Bldg. 37243
741-2035
District 60
Ben West Jr. (D)
37 Legislative Plaza 37243-0160
741-6959
U.S. Senators & Representatives
U.S. Sen. Bill Frist (R)
Term expires 2006
Walk-in and mailing address:
Office of Senator Bill Frist
United States Senate
Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-3344
e-mail: Senator_Frist@frist.senate.gov
Local office:
28 White Bridge Rd., Ste. 211, 37205
352-9411
U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander (R)
Term expires in 2008
302 Senate Hart Bldg.
Washington, D.C. 20515
(202) 224-4944
Local Office:
3322 West End Ave., Ste. 120, 37203
U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper (D)
Term expires 2004
Office of Congressman Jim Cooper
United States Congress
Washington, D.C. 20510
(615) 736-5295
Washington, D.C. 20510
(615) 736-5295
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