Knox County · year in review
Board of Commissioners — 2020
What the body did on the record in 2020 — every figure a mechanical count over the published minutes, each linking to the exact rows it summarizes. This is a breakdown of the record, not a score or a grade. As of the meeting of August 31, 2026 — the newest published record.
Excludes 13 motions not yet published.
5
meetings held
288
recorded decisions →
250/273
unanimous, of 273 adopted (92% unanimity rate) →
13
split votes →
8/288
deferred, of 288 decisions (3% deferral rate) →
6
failed →
Topics most voted on
- Contracts & purchasing 55 decisions
- Zoning & land use 53 decisions
- Personnel & appointments 32 decisions
- Schools 30 decisions
- Roads & infrastructure 27 decisions
- Intergovernmental & resolutions 22 decisions
- Public safety 15 decisions
- Budget & taxes 9 decisions
Biggest split votes
The year’s most divided decisions — the closest winning margins (|aye − no|). Each links to its full roll call.
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R-20-9-112 Resolution appointing citizen representative to the Knox County Board of Health.
5–6 (failed by 1) · Sep 28, 2020
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RZ-20-10-105 Approve rezoning for Taylor D. Forrester O/B/O YSOS Holdings, LLC.
5–6 (failed by 1) · Oct 26, 2020
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Re-organization of the commission with election of Chair and Vice-Chair
6–5 (adopted by 1) · Sep 1, 2020
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O-20-12-101 Approve ordinance amending County Board of Health advisory role
4–3 (failed by 1) · Dec 21, 2020
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O-20-12-101 Approve ordinance amending County Board of Health advisory role
6–4 (adopted by 2) · Dec 21, 2020
How these are counted
Every figure is a deterministic count over the Knox County, TN Board of Commissioners’s published motions on meetings held in 2020 — the same records behind the vote browser each card links to. Nothing here is a composite score, a grade, or a ranking.
- Unanimity rate = adopted motions with at least one aye and no dissent or abstention, divided by all adopted motions. Shown as a percentage only when there are at least 10 adopted motions.
- Deferral rate = motions disposed as deferred, divided by all recorded decisions in the year. Shown as a percentage only at or above 10 decisions.
- Topics most voted on counts each decision under every neutral topic its agenda items carry (primary and secondary tags alike); procedural items are excluded, as in the default vote browser.
- Biggest split votes are decided (adopted or failed) contested motions ordered by the smallest winning margin |aye−no| first — the most divided decisions.
The general pipeline (sources, extraction, gates, review) is on the methodology page. Compare this body with others on the cross-body comparison.