City officials gather in Nashville for 2025 TML Legislative Conference Municipal officials from across Tennessee gathered in Nashville on March 3-4 to hear from a variety of lawmakers, state officials, and experts on the issues at the TML Legislative Conference. Police departments must meet federal cybersecurity standards to access important databases Police departments without proper cyber security measures in place could lose access to valuable state and federal databases that provide information about sex offenders, warrants, licensing data... Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly wins second term Tim Kelly will remain mayor of Chattanooga with two council races headed to run-offs and voters approving residency changes for city employees. TNCPE, MTAS partner to help other cities repeat Germantown's Baldrige success In 2019, the city of Germantown became the first municipality in Tennessee and one of only five municipalities in the country to receive the coveted Malcolm Baldrige Performance Excellence Program... News Across Tennessee Aerospace company acquires, expand Tullahoma operations CG Model Tek LLC officials announced today the company will expand its manufacturing operations to Tullahoma. CG Model Tek will invest $4.5 million and create 32 jobs through the project, which includes purchasing the assets of longtime Tullahoma company, Micro Craft. CG Model Tek will operate... Franklin earns AAA bond ratings Both Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services have given the city of Franklin their top rating (AAA) for Franklin’s expected $43.5 million series 2025 general obligation (GO) bonds. In assigning the AAA rating, the top rating available, the rating agencies cited the City’s healthy financial... Clarksville deploys LiDAR for safer streets Clarksville’s Street Department has begun to deploy Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) remote sensing technology in its pursuit of safer travel for the public throughout the city. Mayor Joe Pitts ceremonially turned on the technology to launch the program that partners the Clarksville Street... Spring Hill purchases property for water reservoir The city of Spring Hill has approved the $8 million purchase to develop a new water reservoir. The Spring Hill Board of Mayor and Aldermen approved the purchase of the 111-acre property adjacent to Interstate 65 as well as the donation of an additional 45 acres of land for the project. The purchase... ABB Electrification to expand Selmer operations ABB Electrification (ABB) officials announced today the company will expand its operations in Selmer, investing $76 million and creating 50 new jobs. As part of the project, the company will construct a new 300,000-square-foot manufacturing facility at the Selmer/McNairy Industrial Park, which... Columbia commemorates local Medal of Honor recipient Officials with the city of Columbia, military representatives, community, and family members gathered to honor what would have been the 80th birthday of local Medal of Honor recipient John Harlan Willis at the bridge into downtown named in his honor. Officials held a wreath-laying ceremony at the... ‹› People Kathy Dillon Kathy Dillon Kathy Dillon, former city manager of Union City, died March 11, 2025, at the age of 67 after a long battle with cancer. Dillon began her career in local government in 1991, serving as a city clerk, city treasurer, and ultimately city manager. She joined the city of Union City in 2007 and began... Anthony McClain Anthony McClain Anthony McClain, the Nashville Police Department’s North Precinct Commander, died from complications of a heart attack on Sunday, March 9, 2025, at the age of 53. A 27-year veteran of the Metro Nashville Police Department, McClain had been the head of the North Precinct since 2021. A fixture at... Angie Henderson Angie Henderson Angie Henderson, vice mayor of Nashville, has been selected as a member of the 2025 Champions Institute as part of Smart Growth America’s (SGA) Active People, Healthy Nation program. The Champions Institute is a program created to help local elected officials define, design, build, and evaluate... Jason Gage Jason Gage Jason Gage has been named the new city manager of Brentwood, taking over the role from City Manager Kirk Bednar who retired after more than 24 years serving the city of Brentwood. Gage has more than 30 years of experience in municipal government management and comes to Brentwood from Springfield, Mo... Tyler Williams Tyler Williams Tyler Williams has been promoted to the assistant city manager and chief financial officer for the town of Mount Carmel. Williams will continue to serve as city recorder but will take on an expanded role in managing day-to-day activities such as budget, public relations and communications, and... Matthew Hensley Matthew Hensley Matthew Hensley has been hired as a training and development consultant for UT-MTAS based out of its Knoxville office. Hensley comes to MTAS from serving as an assistant professor in the department of curriculum and instruction at East Tennessee State University. He is also a member of the... ‹› State Briefs Tennessee’s Births are Up – Now the Rest of the Story Despite a declining fertility rate, a growing female population is pushing the number of births in the state higher. The number of childbirths was up again last year in Tennessee. Pedestrian deaths in Tennessee decline in 2024 Pedestrian deaths declined year-over-year in 2024 but still remained well above where they were a decade ago. Tennessee reported a 30% decrease in pedestrian deaths with 63 deaths in 2024, down from 90 in 2023. However, the state has seen a 38% increase in pedestrian deaths since 2015 with more than... Tennessee AG's office announces top consumer complaints of 2024 In honor of National Consumer Protection Week, the Tennessee Attorney General’s Office Division of Consumer Affairs (DCA) announces the top ten complaint categories of 2024. Tennessee unemployment holds steady in January Unemployment in Tennessee held steady in January, matching the rate from December, according to new data from the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD). The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for the month was 3.7%, while December’s rate was revised to 3.7%. In a... TDOT, Keep Tennessee Beautiful partner for March cleanup events Spring is upon us, and as Tennesseans begin to emerge from winter’s hibernation, the Tennessee Department of Transportation’s (TDOT) Nobody Trashes Tennessee (NTT) is partnering with Keep Tennessee... Tennessee, nation sees slowing migration in 2023 The state of Tennessee saw its rate of net in-migration decrease in 2023 with 28,000 people moving to the volunteer state in 2023. U.S. Census data analyzed by Storage Cafe, an online marketplace, found that Tennessee saw 47,000 less residents in 2023 than it had migrate in 2022 and 69,000 less than... ‹› TML Updates Call for Nominations Set for April 1 for TML Achievement Awards TDEC accepting applications for waste tire reuse TDEC accepting applications for Solid Waste Management grants Restore Return Relief Advocacy
