The Knoxville City Council approved the adoption of their new comprehensive plan at their meeting Monday night.

The purpose of this plan is to provide guidance to decision makers regarding the community’s future development, with a planning horizon of 20 years and an expected plan life of ten years. The process for this plan started in June of 2024, which involved hiring MSA Professional Services to assist in its preparation. Since then, the city has opened a community survey, held an open house, formulated the plan, and have now released the plan. At the meeting, City Economic Development Director Glenn Lyons presented the plan to the council and spoke on its highlights.

Also at the meeting there was an oath of office administered to firefighter Mitchell Brodsack, mayoral readings of EMS Week and Public Works Week proclamations, a public hearing held and approval of a FY25 budget amendment, and the meeting closed with approval of eight facade improvement grant applications. The applications received criticism from council member Megan Day who did not agree with businesses applying for the grant multiple times and she also voiced opposition for some projects that she felt did not need the amount of funding they were applying for. The applications passed in a 4-1 split vote with Day being the nay vote.