Metro Nashville Government

Organizational Structure Both the Mayor and Council are elected on a nonpartisan
basis.
The following organization chart presents a high-level
view of Metro's structure. Within this framework, operations are conducted by
executive departments (reporting to the Mayor),
Metro has a "strong-mayor" form of government, in independent elected officials (including the elected Board
which the popularly-elected mayor is the city's chief of Education), and appointed boards, commissions, and
executive and is independent of the Council. agencies. The variety of elected officials, boards, and
commissions facilitate citizen involvement in the
government's operations.

Electorate - Citizens of Davidson County

Metropolitan Council Other elected officials

Metropolitan County Mayor
(Vice Mayor and 5 members elected (elected at-large
(elected at-large)
at-large, and 35 district members) except as noted below)

Council Staff Metropolitan Audit Semi-autonomous

Executive Board of Sheriff
Office Clerk Committee agencies, boards,
departments Education
and commissions
(9 district
Internal members) District Attorney
Audit General
Law
Assessor of
Public Defender
Property
Emergency Com. Auditorium Agricultural Civil Service Cm
District * Commission Extension Bd (Human Resrcs) Finance
Gen'l Sessio ns
County Clerk
Information Ct Judges (11)
District Energy Convention Planning
Arts Commission Technology
System Center Authority Commission
Services
Register of
Chancellors (4)
Deeds
Board of Fair Community Election
Sports Authority General Services
Commissioners Education Commission
Clerk & Master
Trustee
Ind (appointed)
Farmers Market Public Health Beer Permit
Development Police
Board Board Board
Board *
Juvenile Court Juvenile Court
Clerk Judge
Health & Ed Hospital Historical Transportation
Facilities Board * Authority * Commission Licensing Bd Fire
Circuit Co urt Circuit Co urt
Office of Clerk Judges (8)
Metro Dev & Metro Transit Historical Zoning Zoning Appeals
Emergency
Housing Agncy * Authority * Commission Board
Management
Criminal Court Criminal Court
Clerk Judges (6)
Electric Power JIS Policy Human Relations Electrical Codes
Bd (NES) * Committee Cm Examiners Bd Administratio n

Metro Nashville State Trial

Beautification Library Plumbing Courts (under
Airport Public Wo rks
Bureau Board Examiners Bd Circuit, Crimi-
Authority *
nal,& Chancery
judges)
Safety Advisory Public Records Metro Action Fire & Building
Water Services
Board * Commission Commission Codes Board

Abbreviations, Key, and Notes

Tourist Charter Revision Nashville Career Housing Code Soil & Water Bd = Board, Cm = Commission
Commission * Commission Advancemnt Ctr Appeals Board Conservation
Dotted boxes are not departments, but
describe groups of departments.
Parks & Board of Emergency
Recreation Bd Equalization Communications
* Denotes boards, co mmissions, agencies, &
co mponent units whose agency budgets are
Social Services Criminal Justice not included in the Metro operating budget.
Commssion Planning Unit
Audit Committee role and membership are
Office of Family established in the Metro Code in section
Safety 2.24.300.