Knox County · year in review
Board of Commissioners — 2022
What the body did on the record in 2022 — 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.
13
meetings held
655
recorded decisions →
569/608
unanimous, of 608 adopted (94% unanimity rate) →
26
split votes →
30/655
deferred, of 655 decisions (5% deferral rate) →
12
failed →
Topics most voted on
- Zoning & land use 140 decisions
- Contracts & purchasing 115 decisions
- Schools 92 decisions
- Intergovernmental & resolutions 91 decisions
- Personnel & appointments 58 decisions
- Roads & infrastructure 48 decisions
- Budget & taxes 39 decisions
- Public safety 36 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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9-D-22-RZ Approve rezoning to PR (Planned Residential) at 4 dwelling units per acre
6–5 (adopted by 1) · Oct 24, 2022
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RZ-22-5-122 Rezone from A Ag/CA/CB/RA to PR Planned Residential (Thunder Mountain Properties, LLC).
5–6 (failed by 1) · May 23, 2022
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R-22-9-804 Approve Community Television Agreement with Knoxville Community Media.
6–4 (adopted by 2) · Sep 26, 2022
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O-22-6-104 Approve ordinance amending zoning code regarding Development Plan Appeals.
6–4 (adopted by 2) · Aug 22, 2022
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O-22-6-102 Approve O-22-6-102 adopting County Sheriff's Civil Service Law (First Reading).
2–4 (failed by 2) · Jun 27, 2022
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 2022 — 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.