2026-11-10 - City Council

Summary

• FY2026-27 Budget Amendment and ERP Contract: second reading of the FY26/27 operating and capital budget amendment (consent, item 10d) and a third amendment to the Highstreet IT ERP agreement, +$640,000, total not to exceed $3,114,020.
• Trane Energy Savings Contract: energy savings performance contract (five solar arrays plus lighting), not to exceed $4,383,414, and audits of 44 facilities, not to exceed $151,880.
• Board of Zoning Appeals Decisions on Council Appeal: three appeals of Board of Zoning Appeals decisions (Douglas Ave, Luttrell St).
• Vehicle-for-Hire Oversight: first reading moving oversight from Police to Fleet Services.
• Fall 2026 Rezonings: first readings of alley and street closures, a Board of Zoning Appeals membership increase and four rezoning or plan-amendment groups.
• Employee Health and Benefits Contracts: stop-loss insurance, about $1.1 million per year.
• Smaller resolutions: Downtown Knoxville Alliance Budget, Lakeshore Park Sanitary Line Reimbursement, Historic Facade Grant on East Anderson Avenue, Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant, and a Certificate of Compliance for Crossroads Liquor Store (Beer Board Permit Compliance).
• A Pension Board confirmation (item 9c) and approval of the minutes of the 2026-10-27 - City Council meeting are also on the agenda.
• Votes and outcomes are not known: minutes are not yet posted (draft minutes are expected the Thursday after, November 12) and no public video clip was found yet.

Built from the City's posted agenda (read in full; published November 3). Packet attachments were not read. Ordinance and resolution numbers are not shown in the agenda text, only item letters.

Agenda

• 9c: confirmation to the Pension Board.
• 10d (consent, second reading): ordinance amending the FY 26/27 operating and capital budgets. FY2026-27 Budget Amendment and ERP Contract
• Zoning appeals (item 11): 11e and 11f, appeals of BZA decisions on Douglas Ave (BZA-26-0065, -0066); 11g, appeal of a BZA denial of variances on Luttrell St (BZA-26-0050). Board of Zoning Appeals Decisions on Council Appeal
• Resolutions (item 12):
  • 12h: BlueRe stop-loss insurance, about $1.1M per year. Employee Health and Benefits Contracts
  • 12i: Downtown Knoxville Alliance (Central Business Improvement District) FY26-27 budget. Downtown Knoxville Alliance Budget
  • 12j: Highstreet IT ERP third amendment, +$640,000, total not to exceed $3,114,020. FY2026-27 Budget Amendment and ERP Contract
  • 12k: Lakeshore Park Conservancy sanitary line reimbursement, $44,276. Lakeshore Park Sanitary Line Reimbursement
  • 12l: Trane energy savings performance contract, not to exceed $4,383,414. Trane Energy Savings Contract
  • 12m: Trane investment-grade audits of 44 facilities, not to exceed $151,880. Trane Energy Savings Contract
  • 12n: historic facade grant, East Anderson Ave, up to $50,000. Historic Facade Grant on East Anderson Avenue
  • 12o: DOJ Bulletproof Vest Partnership grant, up to $8,000 with an $8,000 city match. Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant
  • 12p: Certificate of Compliance for Crossroads Liquor Store. Beer Board Permit Compliance
• First readings (items 13q-13ae):
  • 13q: Chapter 26 vehicles for hire move from Police to Fleet Services, low-speed vehicle rules added, wrecker commission composition changed. Vehicle-for-Hire Oversight
  • 13r-13t: alley and street closures with quitclaim deeds (alley at Vermont Ave, Gordon St near Maryland Ave, an alley off N Broadway). Fall 2026 Rezonings
  • 13u: Zoning Code Art. 14.10, more Board of Zoning Appeals members (10-A-26-OA; Planning Commission 13-0). Fall 2026 Rezonings
  • 13v: rezone Nash Rd from I-G to RN-2 (10-E-26-RZ). Fall 2026 Rezonings
  • 13w-13y: Clinch Ave and Laurel Ave sector plan, One Year Plan and rezone to RN-6. Fall 2026 Rezonings
  • 13z-13ab: E. Moody Ave plan amendments and rezone to RN-3. Fall 2026 Rezonings
  • 13ac-13ae: Rudy St plan amendments and rezone to C-G-1. Fall 2026 Rezonings

Sources

• Agenda (PDF, read): https://knoxvilletn.primegov.com/Public/CompiledDocument?meetingTemplateId=4355&compileOutputType=1 (PrimeGov meeting id 924; packet template 4357)
• City agenda and minutes page: https://www.knoxvilletn.gov/1339/City-Council-Agenda-Minutes
• Video (Granicus; no clip posted for this meeting as of November 11): https://knoxvilletn.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?event_id=78

Video

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Transcript

Transcript pending.