Mayor Indya Kincannon will hold public hearings with City department directors next week as she begins to prepare her 2022-23 budget.

The hearings will be held in Room 461 of the City County Building, 400 Main St., on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, March 22-24, 2022. 

The discussion is open to the public, and it also may be viewed afterward on the website of Knoxville Community Media (formerly known as Community Television of Knoxville, or CTV) – www.CTVKnox.org. Knoxville Community Media will be recording and posting videos of the proceedings, available roughly 24 hours after each day’s live event.

Here is the department-by-department hearing schedule:

Tuesday, March 22

9 a.m. – introduction and overview of budget process
9:15 a.m. – operations overview
9:20 a.m. – Public Service Department
9:45 a.m. – Fleet Services Department
10:15 a.m. – Engineering Department
10:45 a.m. – Plans Review and Inspections Department
11 a.m. – Parks and Recreation Department
11:45 a.m. – break for lunch
1 p.m. – Knoxville Police Department
1:30 p.m. – Knoxville Fire Department
2 p.m. – Knoxville Emergency Management Agency (KEMA)
2:15 p.m. – Employee Benefits & Risk Management Department
2:30 p.m. – Human Resources Department
3 p.m. – Public Building Authority
3:30 p.m. – Public Facilities / ASM Global

Wednesday, March 23

9 a.m. – Policy initiatives overview
9:15 a.m. – Special Events Department
9:30 a.m. – Communications Department
9:45 a.m. – Sustainability Department
10 a.m. – Civil Service Department
10:15 a.m. – Community Empowerment Department (Title VI, Police Advisory & Review Committee, Office of Neighborhood Empowerment)
10:30 a.m. – Community Safety Department
10:45 a.m. – Knoxville Area Transit
10:50 a.m. – Economic and Community Development overview
11 a.m. – Downtown and urban corridors
11:15 a.m. – Housing and Neighborhood Development Department
11:45 a.m. – break for lunch
1 p.m. – Knoxville-Knox County Community Action Committee (CAC)
1:15 p.m. – Knoxville’s Community Development Corp. (KCDC)
1:30 p.m. – Knoxville Chamber
2 p.m. – Knoxville-Knox County Planning
2:30 p.m. – Visit Knoxville
3 p.m. – Zoo Knoxville

Thursday, March 24

9 a.m. – 311/211 Center for Service Innovation
9:15 a.m. – Municipal Court
10 a.m. – Information Systems Department
10:15 a.m. – Law Department
10:30 a.m. – City Council / Recorder’s Office
11 a.m. – Finance Department
11:30 a.m. – Knoxville Entrepreneur Center (KEC)
Noon – break for lunch
1 p.m. – Other organizations; miscellaneous

For more information on the City’s budget and timeline, visit www.knoxvilletn.gov/budget.