Remarks by Joy Styles
18 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
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“Whereas Nashville is home to more than 20,000 Kurds, the largest Kurdish community in the United States, and this vibrant community has become an integral part of the city's social and cultural landscape, where Kurdish traditions and American life have developed alongside one another and...”
Metropolitan Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“I'd like to move for approval with a brief comment, please. All right, is there a second? It's seconded, go ahead, ma'am. So some of the concerns that the planning table just mentioned, we have addressed in an amendment for Title II so that adults... day services could also be expedited the same way that childcare can. So that was an amendment that is present for us this week. So that was not done when we had originally presented this bill to planning. So that is an update. So things are more in line. And so I'd like to move for approval. The reason why I'm doing this, daycare is a pejorative…”
Metropolitan Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“No worries. The reason why I did this in the first place was because daycare is a pejorative term within childcare, the childcare world. And so I just wanted to make sure that all of our language was in keeping with what is being used in that industry. It's something that has come up. I went to a conference, spoke on a panel earlier this year with the United Way, with the Alice Conference, and it was something that came up several times, making sure that daycare was no longer being used because childcare is a lot more comprehensive in terms of the educational needs that are taking place for…”
Metropolitan Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Uh, yes, please. Okay. So, um, The amendment for Title II is the one that I mentioned that makes it so the administrator can allow for the adult day services to be expedited just like daycare would be as well.”
Metropolitan Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Yeah, yes, watching the television out there. I'd like to open the public hearing, please.”
Metropolitan Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Yes, I'd like to move for approval, please.”
Metropolitan Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“First, please, to get the bill before us, ma'am. Yes, I'd like to move for approval, please.”
Metropolitan Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Yes, I had originally put in for RM20, but I need to change it to RM9. That fits better. So that's what the substitute would do.”
Metropolitan Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Okay, so there's a motion to approve as substituted at this juncture So if you would please miss Stiles answer miss Lee's question particular to the change that your substitute made Yes, so with RM 20 they were going to be more units would be permitted on the site and the developer only needs up to 29 so RM 9 fit better”
Metropolitan Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Thank you very much. I wanted to thank the sponsor for doing this resolution for Jerry. He is very active and he is very well known in the music community. He's an amazing songwriter and it's great that his heart covers a multiple variety of interests and is passionate about every single one. So thank you very much. Thank you.”
Metropolitan Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Thank you very much. I would like to move for approval.”
Metropolitan Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Thank you very much so I put forth a substitute for this meeting that takes the desire for a study that was in the previous substitute by CM Ellis and combines it with the original request that I had for us to require annual surveys for our employees to give us feedback. I think we're all very well versed at this point. This stems from what happened last year with our Department of Emergency Communications. I think that the surveys that we did last year, they gave us good insight. I think this is a good way to split the baby. There's a study and we're also asking for support. There was a…”
Metropolitan Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“All right, go ahead, ma'am. Okay, great. I would like to move the substitute, if I may, with a brief comment, I guess.”
Metropolitan Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“So again, my substitute takes the desire to have a study done on how to do a survey, what is the appropriate amount of time in which we can distribute surveys and also still request that we implement an annual survey process. I think we have heard enough from employees. They do not trust our HR department. So to put this solely in our HR department's hands to come up with a solution is not wisdom and it does not support our employees. I'm fearful that the study is going to take a lot of time and then the hope will be that people will forget about it. Then we get to the budget and we're trying…”
Metropolitan Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“I appreciate my colleague for believing that there's a methodology of doing this that I think if we were perhaps under other leadership would make sense. But I think to CM Welsh's commentary regarding employee trust, we continue to ignore, it feels like, the fact that our employees constantly come to us. I don't know about you, but I'm kind of the, employee whisperer now, so when anything goes wrong, I get an email or I get a phone call from different employees in different departments. And when I get a chance to talk to them, it is, I don't trust HR, I don't believe they're gonna do a good…”
Metropolitan Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“That was actually from earlier, but I guess I'll take a second.”
Metropolitan Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“I'm up now. Okay. I keep hearing over and over again that somehow we are unable to figure out how a third party that actually spends their time creating these surveys doesn't know how to create surveys for fire or police or any other department. That's not an issue. That's what their wheelhouse is. I think it's silly that we're using that as any of our arguments. I continue to be concerned. I hope that this doesn't die a slow death. I hope that Council Member Ellis is going to stay on HR and make sure the survey study gets done and comes back and it's gonna come to committee and we're gonna…”
Metropolitan Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Thank you very much. Some of the comments that Council Member Eastlick made, I agree with it. I think this is a a dog and pony show. It sounds really nice. It's meant to make people feel good, but $300,000 is a joke. It isn't going to really help constituents and small businesses throughout this county. If there was a real effort, we would have put real money in this fund in the budget to take care of businesses. And I think business owners are very clear that this administration doesn't really care about them. I'm gonna vote yes, because even a small amount of money, I'd rather say yes to…”
Metropolitan Council · Oct 6, 2026