Knox County · year in review
Board of Commissioners — 2024
What the body did on the record in 2024 — 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.
22
meetings held
877
recorded decisions →
732/793
unanimous, of 793 adopted (92% unanimity rate) →
57
split votes →
40/877
deferred, of 877 decisions (5% deferral rate) →
26
failed →
Topics most voted on
- Zoning & land use 194 decisions
- Contracts & purchasing 137 decisions
- Schools 101 decisions
- Roads & infrastructure 81 decisions
- Personnel & appointments 65 decisions
- Intergovernmental & resolutions 65 decisions
- Public safety 43 decisions
- Parks & community 33 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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RZ-24-10-108 Approve Logan Higgins Comprehensive Plan amendment (RC to SR)
6–5 (adopted by 1) · Oct 21, 2024
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RZ-24-10-109 Approve Logan Higgins rezoning (PR up to 2 to PR up to 8)
5–6 (failed by 1) · Oct 21, 2024
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RZ-24-10-107 Approve Mesana Investments rezoning (PR 3 to PR 5) with conditions
6–5 (adopted by 1) · Oct 21, 2024
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R-24-9-115 Appoint John Valliant to Sheriff's Office Employees' Merit System Board
6–5 (adopted by 1) · Sep 23, 2024
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10-M-24-RZ Substitute motion to approve rezoning for Ryan S. Lynch, E Beaver Creek Dr
6–5 (adopted by 1) · Nov 12, 2024
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 2024 — 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.