2026 2 20 Strategic Summit Packet

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FY 2024-25 ACCOMPLISHMENTS 
 
• Partnered with McMinn Regional Humane Society to provide services at the city’s Animal Shelter  
through an updated agreement. 
 
• Sponsored the annual Veterans Day Parade on a permanent basis.  
 
• Held the annual S trategic Summit at Tennessee College of Applied Technology , facilitated by the 
Southeast Tennessee Development District (SETD), to discuss and outline the general goals 
for the upcoming fiscal year. 
 
• Completed a traffic safety action plan to identify problematic and unsafe traffic areas throughout the 
city using a federal Safe Streets for All (SS4A) Grant. 
 
• Wrote a $1M Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) to improve Knight Park, N. Jackson 
Street, and N. White Street. Grant application was not successful.  
 
• Approved a homeless camping ordinance. 
 
• Updated portions of the City Code. 
 
• Repaired the government access channel 95 and updated its content for better citizen and visitor 
communication. 
 
• Continue to update and modernize the city’s website for better citizen communication. 
 
• Continued the discussion of creating a historic overlay district for the downtown area.  
 
• Acquired routing software/hardware for garbage trucks to increase operational efficiency. 
 
• Installed a replacement generator for city hall.  
 
• Installed decorative fencing at Cedar Grove Cemetery.  
 
• Installed a Safe Haven baby box at Fire Station Headquarters using grant funds.  
 
• Selected an architect to begin the design of a new fire station #3 to be located on Elizabeth Street.  
 
• Selected an architect to begin the planning for the renovation and expansion of City Hall. 
 
• Leased the old Ingleside School to Tennessee Wesleyan University.