City Council Legislative Budget Hearings and Public Hearing will be held May 16, 2019 in the Main Assembly Room.
SCHEDULE
8:30 AM WELCOME AND OPENING COMMENTS by Vice-Mayor Finbarr Saunders
8:40 AM MAYOR'S BUDGET INTRODUCTION by Mayor Madeline Rogero
8:50 AM BUDGET OVERVIEW by David Brace, Chief Operating Officer / Deputy to the Mayor and Jim York, Finance Director
9:45 AM ADMINISTRATION / OFFICE OF COMMUNITY RELATIONS by Dr. Avice Reid, Senior Director
10:00 AM POLICY AND REDEVELOPMENT by Dr. Bill Lyons, Chief Policy Officer and Deputy to the Mayor
• COMMUNICATIONS by Eric Vreeland, Senior Director
• SPECIAL EVENTS by Judith Foltz, Director
• COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT by Becky Wade, Director
• OFFICE OF NEIGHBORHOODS by Debbie Sharp, Coordinator
• REDEVELOPMENT by Dawn Michelle Foster, Director
• DOWNTOWN by Rick Emmett, Coordinator
• OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY by Erin Gill, Director
• OFFICE OF BUSINESS SUPPORT by Patricia Robledo, Business Liaison
• KNOXVILLE CHAMBER/INNOVATION VALLEY by Rhonda Rice, Executive Vice-President
11:00 AM FIRE DEPARTMENT by Stan Sharp, Chief
11:15 AM KNOXVILLE-KNOX COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY by Colin Ickes, Director
11:30 AM POLICE DEPARTMENT by Eve Thomas, Chief
12:00 PM LUNCH
1:00 PM OPERATIONS by David Brace, Chief Operating Officer and Deputy to the Mayor
• EMPLOYEE BENEFITS & RISK MANAGEMENT by Christine Fitzgerald, Director
• INFORMATION SYSTEMS by Janet Wright, Director
• KNOXVILLE AREA TRANSIT by Melissa Roberson, Interim General Manager
• PLANS REVIEW AND INSPECTIONS by Peter Ahrens, Director
• ENGINEERING by Jim Hagerman, Director
• FLEET by Keith Shields, Director
• PARKS AND RECREATION by Sheryl Ely, Director
• PUBLIC SERVICE by Chad Weth, Director
• 311 by Russ Jensen, Manager
• KNOXVILLE CONVENTION CENTER / CIVIC AUDITORIUM AND COLISEUM / CHILHOWEE PARK by Mary Bogert, General Manager
3:00 PM OTHER AGENCIES
• VISIT KNOXVILLE by Kim Bumpas, President
• ZOO KNOXVILLE by Lisa New, Executive Director
• KNOXVILLE-KNOX COUNTY PLANNING by Gerald Green, Executive Director
• COMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE by Barbara Kelly, Executive Director
4:00 PM CIVIL SERVICE by Vicki Hatfield, Director
4:10 PM LAW DEPARTMENT by Charles Swanson, Senior Director
4:20 PM FINANCE by Jim York, Director
4:30 PM CITY COURT by Judge John Rosson and Valerie Coleman, Municipal Court Administrator
4:40 PM LEGISLATIVE by Vice-Mayor Finbarr Saunders
BREAK
5:00 PM PUBLIC HEARING