City of Knoxville · year in review
City Council — 2012
What the body did on the record in 2012 — 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 September 29, 2026 — the newest published record.
Excludes 114 motions not yet published.
9
meetings held
252
recorded decisions →
219/240
unanimous, of 240 adopted (91% unanimity rate) →
14
split votes →
9/252
deferred, of 252 decisions (4% deferral rate) →
2
failed →
Topics most voted on
- Zoning & land use 55 decisions
- Roads & infrastructure 35 decisions
- Parks & community 26 decisions
- Contracts & purchasing 22 decisions
- Personnel & appointments 17 decisions
- Intergovernmental & resolutions 15 decisions
- Budget & taxes 13 decisions
- Public safety 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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Amend City Charter regarding pension plans, close current plans, adopt new plan.
5–3 (adopted by 2) · Aug 7, 2012
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Amend City Charter regarding pension plans, close current plans, adopt new plan.
3–5 (failed by 2) · Aug 7, 2012
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Amend City Charter regarding pension plans, close current plans, adopt new plan.
6–2 (adopted by 4) · Aug 7, 2012
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Approve budget amendment for Fulton Bellows Project on first reading
7–2 (adopted by 5) · Oct 2, 2012
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O-78-2012 Amend Operating Budget for Fiscal Year 2011/2012
7–2 (adopted by 5) · May 29, 2012
How these are counted
Every figure is a deterministic count over the City of Knoxville, TN City Council’s published motions on meetings held in 2012 — 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.