New Bill Could Raise Standards for Awarding Construction Contracts Legislation introduced by Metro Councilmember Sandra Sepulveda seeks to incentivize safety, training and compensation for workers Tweet Share On Tuesday evening, Metro Councilmember Sandra Sepulveda plans to introduce a new bill that could raise Nashville’s standards for awarding construction contracts, emphasizing workplace safety and fair payment and compensation. “We've been working on this for about a year, and we came to the table with several unions and several worker groups, and we’ve heard it all,” says the District 30 councilmember. “We've heard wage-theft stories, we've heard lack of sanitary facilities. … We've heard people who aren't trained. We've heard about retaliation.”