City of Knoxville · year in review
City Council — 2013
What the body did on the record in 2013 — 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.
8
meetings held
252
recorded decisions →
207/215
unanimous, of 215 adopted (96% unanimity rate) →
7
split votes →
26/252
deferred, of 252 decisions (10% deferral rate) →
1
failed →
Topics most voted on
- Zoning & land use 84 decisions
- Roads & infrastructure 29 decisions
- Budget & taxes 18 decisions
- Personnel & appointments 16 decisions
- Parks & community 13 decisions
- Contracts & purchasing 11 decisions
- Public safety 10 decisions
- Intergovernmental & resolutions 7 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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O-84-2013 Close portion of Ben Atchley Street and execute quitclaim deeds.
5–3 (adopted by 2) · May 28, 2013
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7-I-13-RZ Rezone S side Middlebrook Pike to O-1/F-1
5–3 (adopted by 2) · Sep 17, 2013
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2-A-13-SC Close portion of Ben Atchley Street and grant quitclaim deeds.
5–3 (adopted by 2) · May 14, 2013
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Call the question on Ordinance 12I
2–7 (failed by 5) · Sep 3, 2013
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R-368-2013 Apply for Historic Overlay designation at 2110 Chapman Highway
8–1 (adopted by 7) · Nov 12, 2013
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 2013 — 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.