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2026-10-27 - City Council

Summary

Built from the City's posted agenda and published minutes (item-by-item summary). The minutes have no recorded approval yet, so treat them as published but not confirmed approved. Public forum speakers were not read in detail. No video link was found on the City's meeting portal for this meeting. Packet attachments were not read.

  • Compensation Plan and Study: an ordinance amending the compensation plan for the Fire Marshal classification.
  • Fall 2026 Rezonings: 5015 Sullivan Rd (AG to RN-1), 1204 Sylvan St (RN-1 to RN-2), and Kim Watt Dr/Millard Beets Rd (RN-1 to RN-2).
  • Whitaker Water Treatment Plant Expansion Grant: R-294 accepted up to $42,500,000 from TDEC for the Mark B. Whitaker Water Treatment Plant expansion (consent).
  • Affordable Housing Funding: an Affordable Rental Development Fund award of up to $750,000 for 25 affordable units, and a quitclaim of 412 Ocala Dr to East Tennessee Housing Development Corp.
  • Employee Health and Benefits Contracts: EyeMed vision benefits.
  • Other items: R-287 recognizing the 50th anniversary of Markman's Diamonds, 2027 sidewalk replacement ($548,774.80), a police firearms trade, Keep Knoxville Beautiful funding (up to $150,000 per year), TDOT fund transfers for KAT, a DOJ OJJDP grant ($614,230), a TDEC grant of up to $72,000, and pensions.
  • The public forum had speakers; their statements were not read.

Agenda

Agenda posted on the City's PrimeGov portal (meeting id 922). Items are summarized above.

Sources

Video

No video link found.

Transcript

No transcript.