October 17 City Council Update
OCTOBER 10 CITY COUNCIL HIGHLIGHTS The Agenda Session recording can be found here. The Business Session recording can be found here. Councilwoman Noel moved...
October City Council Update
OCTOBER 3 CITY COUNCIL HIGHLIGHTS The Affordable Housing Work Session recording can be found here. The council discussed the recent Housing Action Plan. This...
New Parks and Outdoors Committee and More
GENERAL HIGHLIGHTS The council is considering the creation of a Parks and Outdoors Advisory Committee. The committee will advise the Parks and Outdoors...
September 12 and 19 Council Agendas
SEPTEMBER 12 CITY COUNCIL HIGHLIGHTS The Proposed Meeting Agenda can be found here. The council will vote on a number of rezoning and planning requests...
Housing Action Plan and More
GENERAL HIGHLIGHTS The Mayor’s office has created a policy playbook to expand affordable housing in Chattanooga. You can [read more about the plan...
Affordable Housing Search Tool, Eviction Prevention Initiative, and More
GENERAL HIGHLIGHTS The Mayor’s office has created an affordable housing search tool. You can read more about it here. AUGUST 22 CITY COUNCIL HIGHLIGHTS The...
Officer Involved Shooting, Area Plans, and More
GENERAL HIGHLIGHTS Mayor Kelly has released a statement on the police shooting of Roger Heard, Jr. Chief Murphy also provided updates at both the city...
Animal Control Board, Police Advisory Review Committee, and More
GENERAL HIGHLIGHTS The mayor has formalized a partnership with the city of Trostyanets, Ukraine. A 50-member working group will “determine the best way to...
Police Advisory Review Committee Moratorium, State of the City, and More
GENERAL HIGHLIGHTS This past weekend I released my interview with Casey Tinker, manager for the Office of Homelessness and Supportive Housing.You can listen...
Police Advisory Review Committee Moratorium, STVR Tax Rates, and More
JULY 25 CITY COUNCIL HIGHLIGHTS The Agenda Session recording can be found here. The council discussed the temporary moratorium of the PARC ordinance due to...
State of the City, ARP Funds, and More.
GENERAL HIGHLIGHTS On August 3 Mayor Kelly will give his State of the City Address. You can find more information and RSVP here. On July 25 the city council...
Agreement with Trostyanets, Ukraine, ARP Funding, and More
GENERAL HIGHLIGHTS On July 11 the city council approved an agreement establishing a partnership between the City of Chattanooga and the City of Trostyanets...
Budget Receives Final Approval, One Westside TIF under discussion, and More
GENERAL HIGHLIGHTS Dr. Mary Lambert will be stepping down from her post as the Director of the Office of Community Health at the end of this month to pursue...
City Budget Receives First Approval, ONE Westside TIF Presentation, and More
GENERAL HIGHLIGHTS On June 13 the city council unanimously approved the FY23-24 proposed city budget on first reading. The final reading will be on June 20....
First Budget Vote on Tuesday, One Westside Plan, and More
GENERAL HIGHLIGHTS The city council will hold the first vote on the FY23-24 city budget on June 13 and the final vote on June 20. You can view the proposed...
City Budget, Lots of Board Appointments, and More
GENERAL HIGHLIGHTS On June 6 the city council will host a public hearing on the proposed FY23-24 budget. The council will hold their first vote on June 13...
Final STVR Regulations, New Chief Equity Officer, and More
GENERAL HIGHLIGHTS On May 16 the city council gave final approval to new Short Term Vacation Rental (STVR) regulations. The legislation will take effect on...
STVR Regulations, KORDSA PILOT, and More
GENERAL HIGHLIGHTS The Chattanooga Police Department has created a Nightlife Engagement Team to provide more officer visibility during large gatherings. On...
The City of Chattanooga FY 2024 Budget
Budget Overview The mayor has released his proposed budget for fiscal year 2024, which runs from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024. The budget is split into 2...
STVR Regulations, KORDSA TIF, and More
GENERAL HIGHLIGHTS On May 9 the city council will vote on new STVR regulations. Absentee (non-owner occupied) STVRs will only be permitted within commercial...