Every dead end in the money trail becomes a numbered pursuit here. When a document is obtained and ingested, the issue gets stamped with the date and what it revealed. 1 of 2 complete.
#1
Ingest the Metro Nashville budget.
Tax-supported budget by function.
2026-08-21 — what this revealed: FY2027 $3.85B — Education (MNPS) is 37% of it, Public Safety & Justice 22%. One consolidated city-county budget since 1963. Foots by function to the dollar.
✓ Complete
#2
Ingest the adopted ordinance & departments.
The footing table is the Recommended budget; pull the adopted ordinance (Appendix 1) and the per-department detail to break Public Safety into Police/Fire/Sheriff.