City of Knoxville · year in review
City Council — 2022
What the body did on the record in 2022 — 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.
24
meetings held
725
recorded decisions →
607/677
unanimous, of 677 adopted (90% unanimity rate) →
56
split votes →
28/725
deferred, of 725 decisions (4% deferral rate) →
16
failed →
Topics most voted on
- Zoning & land use 155 decisions
- Contracts & purchasing 91 decisions
- Budget & taxes 84 decisions
- Roads & infrastructure 70 decisions
- Parks & community 64 decisions
- Personnel & appointments 58 decisions
- Public safety 28 decisions
- Intergovernmental & resolutions 24 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-113-2022 Authorize MOU with One Knoxville Sporting Club for Mini-Pitch at Harriet Tubman Park
4–5 (failed by 1) · Apr 5, 2022
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R-249-2022 Approve Magnolia Ave Warehouse District Redevelopment Plan amendment for TIF and PILOT
5–4 (adopted by 1) · Aug 23, 2022
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Approve appeal of denial regarding Level II Development Plan Review for 451 West Blount Ave
3–5 (failed by 2) · Dec 13, 2022
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Levy tax for General Fund and Debt Service Fund for FY 2022-2023
5–3 (adopted by 2) · May 3, 2022
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4-A-22-RZ Rezone Bruhin Road properties from RN-1 to RN-5
6–3 (adopted by 3) · May 31, 2022
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 2022 — 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.