City of Knoxville · year in review
City Council — 2019
What the body did on the record in 2019 — 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.
10
meetings held
281
recorded decisions →
195/263
unanimous, of 263 adopted (74% unanimity rate) →
15
split votes →
14/281
deferred, of 281 decisions (5% deferral rate) →
2
failed →
Topics most voted on
- Personnel & appointments 39 decisions
- Zoning & land use 33 decisions
- Parks & community 20 decisions
- Roads & infrastructure 19 decisions
- Contracts & purchasing 15 decisions
- Intergovernmental & resolutions 15 decisions
- Public safety 11 decisions
- Budget & taxes 10 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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R-44-2019 Authorize IDB to accept PILOT payments for RB Hotel Knoxville, LLC
6–3 (adopted by 3) · Jan 29, 2019
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Amend Central City Sector Plan for 53 properties in Fort Sanders neighborhood
3–6 (failed by 3) · Feb 12, 2019
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Amend Central City Sector Plan for 53 properties in Fort Sanders neighborhood
6–3 (adopted by 3) · Feb 12, 2019
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ADU: amending Section 10.3 B.2
3–6 (failed by 3) · May 30, 2019
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Rename districts in Section 4.2 Uses C.
6–3 (adopted by 3) · May 30, 2019
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 2019 — 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.