2026-09-29 - City Council

Summary

Built from the item titles in the City's published minutes; outcomes were spot-checked but not every vote, discussion or public forum statement was read. The minutes are inferred approved because the 2026-10-13 meeting recorded a vote approving them. Packet attachments and the video were not read.

• Confirmations to the Affordable Housing Fund Advisory Committee and further appointments to the African American Equity Restoration Task Force.
• Affordable Housing Funding: a resolution on redevelopment financial mechanisms for blighted and vacant properties, aimed at affordable housing.
• Fall 2026 Rezonings: 5307 Ballard Dr from RN-1 to RN-2 (Planning Commission 13-0, on consent) and 318 Nancy Lynn Ln from I-G to I-RD; an alley closing on Wright St; a resolution asking the Planning Commission to consider a conservation or historic overlay.
• Contracts and grants: wellness and employee assistance program contracts (Employee Health and Benefits Contracts), guardrail replacement contracts ($75,000 per year each), a Department of Justice crime gun intelligence grant, and pensions item R-275.
• Emergency ordinance appropriating $23,800 from the Community Improvement (202) Fund.

Agenda

Agenda posted on the City's PrimeGov portal (meeting id 920). Items are summarized above.

Sources

• Agenda and minutes: PrimeGov portal, meeting id 920 (https://knoxvilletn.primegov.com/Portal/Meeting); https://www.knoxvilletn.gov/1339/City-Council-Agenda-Minutes
• Video: https://knoxvilletn.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?clip_id=137 (Granicus)

Video

Watch the video (Granicus; the video is not on YouTube).

Transcript

Transcript pending.