Oak Ridge

Top issues

The five most-discussed unresolved issues, ranked by recorded discussion time (a measure of importance and contention), then by how many meetings they came up in.

Issues on upcoming agendas

Issues linked from the meetings scheduled in the next 10 days.

Recent updates

Issues with new information found in the last 7 days, newest first.

Upcoming meetings

Recent meetings

One page per meeting, summarizing every record we have of it (agenda, minutes, video and transcript).

Issues with near term decisions

Long running topics

No actions pending

Completed

Sources

Where the data comes from

• City website: https://www.oakridgetn.gov/ (City of Oak Ridge, Tennessee; Anderson and Roane Counties). City Clerk: (865) 425-3411.
• Agendas and minutes landing page: https://www.oakridgetn.gov/210/Agendas-Minutes. Only the Industrial Development Board publishes agendas and minutes in the Agenda Center (https://www.oakridgetn.gov/AgendaCenter/Industrial-Development-Board-10). For prior-year minutes the city directs people to the City Clerk.
• Public Notices: https://www.oakridgetn.gov/219/Public-Notices holds legal notices and the post-meeting Notices of Proceedings for Council and boards.
• Monthly meeting schedules: https://www.oakridgetn.gov/DocumentCenter/View/5017/Nov-Meeting-Schedule-2026. Calendar: https://www.oakridgetn.gov/calendar.aspx?CID=14. Archive for 2022-2023: https://www.oakridgetn.gov/355/2022-2023-Archived-Agendas-Minutes.
• Council livestream (Vimeo): https://www.oakridgetn.gov/308/Livestream. Boards index: https://www.oakridgetn.gov/212/Boards-Commissions.
• Collected 2026-11-12.

Governing body

• City Council (regular meetings 2nd Monday 7 PM; Council/Manager Work Session 3rd Tuesday 6 PM): Mayor Warren Gooch, Mayor Pro Tem Jim Dodson, Sean Gleason, Derrick Hammond, Charlie Hensley, Chuck Hope and Ellen Smith
• City staff: City Manager Randy Hemann, City Attorney Tammy Rackard, City Clerk Mary Beth Hickman
• Industrial Development Board (1st Monday 4 PM, Municipal Building Courtroom, 200 S. Tulane Avenue): Chairman David Wilson, Vice-Chairman Sasha Little, Secretary/Treasurer Timothy Stallings, with members Richard Chinn, Harold Trapp, Peter Newby, Ryan Overton, Michael Russell and Adam Vann
• Other bodies on the November schedule (no pages yet): Municipal Planning Commission, Board of Zoning Appeals, Environmental Quality Advisory Board, Traffic Safety Advisory Board, Oak Ridge Land Bank Corp., Beer Permit Board, Recreation and Parks Advisory Board and others (the site says 18 boards)

Data quality notes

• No City Council agendas or packets were found online. The Council pages are built from the post-meeting Notices of Proceedings, which list actions taken but not discussion, vote counts or public comment. A Council work session agenda from 2025 exists but is outside this window.
• Meetings not covered by a page yet: Council special meetings of 2026-08-31 and 2026-09-28 (known only from approvals of their minutes), and all boards other than the Industrial Development Board and Council.
• Video: Council meetings are livestreamed on Vimeo. The city's YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIKMcSFjQzaf4WJWVdDXJ9g) lists no council meetings after 2024, so no meeting page uses a YouTube id. Recording availability was not verified.
• The Industrial Development Board minutes were read only in part (text cut off). The agenda for 2026-11-02 was read; its outcomes are not yet known.
• Upcoming Council and Planning Commission dates follow the standing schedule and were not confirmed against agendas.