Every Monday we run down the week’s public meetings and civic events.
Council Expands Co-Response Program
The McNabb Center will use increased funding to boost pay for social workers, enabling KPD to deploy six teams to respond to mental health crises.
Recording Crime
KPD emerges from a contentious City Council meeting with a comprehensive, long-term contract for cameras and software.
Fighting Crime With TLC
The city’s place-based enforcement strategy has shown some promising results in a high-crime area.
Interrupting Violence
Turn Up Knox combines community credibility with professional training to save lives and foster safer neighborhoods.
City Budget Sails Through
Council OKs spending plan by a comfortable margin, though members clash over police presence at meetings.
City Budget Meets Little Resistance
At a hearing on Thursday, City Council members registered few complaints about Mayor Indya Kincannon’s proposed spending plan.
‘On a Roll’
An upbeat Knoxville Mayor Indya Kincannon proposed a budget that would spend more on police salaries and housing programs.
2023 Revue: Knoxville City Government
The election provided many of the year’s headlines, while other important stories focused on the housing crisis, safety and public project milestones.