City of Knoxville, TN City Council · 2016 year in review
Finbarr Saunders
At-Large Seat C · Jan 1, 2016 – Dec 31, 2016 As of the meeting of September 29, 2026 — the newest published record.
Excludes 114 motions not yet published.
209
Votes cast →
100%
Attendance
1
Dissents (no on adopted)
105
Motions made
155
Seconded
Topics Finbarr Saunders voted on most
| Topic | Votes | Aye | No | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zoning & land use | 59 | 57 (97%) | 1 (2%) | See votes → |
| Budget & taxes | 24 | 24 (100%) | 0 (0%) | See votes → |
| Personnel & appointments | 23 | 23 (100%) | 0 (0%) | See votes → |
| Parks & community | 18 | 18 (100%) | 0 (0%) | See votes → |
| Roads & infrastructure | 15 | 15 (100%) | 0 (0%) | See votes → |
| Contracts & purchasing | 11 | 11 (100%) | 0 (0%) | See votes → |
| Intergovernmental & resolutions | 8 | 8 | 0 | See votes → |
| Public safety | 6 | 5 | 1 | See votes → |
Raw counts are always shown; a percentage appears only once a topic reaches 10 votes.
Biggest split votes
The most divided decisions Finbarr Saunders cast a vote on — the closest winning margins — with how they voted. Each links to its full roll call.
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4-A-16-OA Motion to reconsider: Amend zoning for 'Alternative Financial Services'.
Finbarr Saunders voted No · roll call 5–4 (margin 1) · Jul 5, 2016
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10-C-16-RZ Motion to defer: Rezone property from C-3 to RP-1 (Planned Residential)
Finbarr Saunders voted Aye · roll call 4–5 (margin 1) · Dec 6, 2016
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4-C-16-PA Motion to deny: Ordinance for Fenton Nissan: One Year Plan Amendment on Clinton Highway.
Finbarr Saunders voted Aye · roll call 6–3 (margin 3) · May 24, 2016
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Motion to deny: Appeal denial of variance for 2885 Tazewell Pike
Finbarr Saunders voted Aye · roll call 5–2 (margin 3) · Jul 19, 2016
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Approve appeal regarding 2885 Tazewell Pike variance
Finbarr Saunders voted No · roll call 2–5 (margin 3) · Jul 19, 2016
How these are counted
Every figure is a deterministic count over Finbarr Saunders’s published roll-call votes on the City of Knoxville, TN City Council between Jan 1, 2016 and Dec 31, 2016. Nothing here is a composite score, a grade, or a ranking.
- Votes cast counts the motions in this window on which Finbarr Saunders appears in the roll call. Attendance = votes recorded present (not absent or recused) ÷ votes cast; shown as a percentage only at or above 10 votes, otherwise as the raw fraction.
- Dissents = “No” votes on motions the body adopted anyway.
- Topics voted on most attributes each vote to every neutral topic its agenda items carry (primary and secondary), procedural excluded; a topic percentage appears only at or above 10 votes.
- Biggest split votes are decided (adopted or failed) contested motions Finbarr Saunders cast an aye or no on, ordered by the smallest winning margin first.
See Finbarr Saunders’s full record and term patterns, or the general methodology page.