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Brad Bivens has retired after serving more than 23 years as city engineer for the city of Forest Hills. Bivens was employed with Neel-Schaffer Engineering and was assigned to the Forest Hills for more than two decades, providing both professional services and institutional knowledge for the...

The Tennessee Urban Forestry Council (TUFC) has recognized two outstanding arborists from Tullahoma for their exceptional contributions to urban forestry and community sustainability. Lyle Russell, community engagement officer and arborist for the city of Tullahoma, has been named the 2024...

Chase Sons, chief of police for the city of Tullahoma, has been accepted into the 293rd Class of the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Va. The elite training program is by competitive nomination with at less than 1% of law enforcement officers worldwide earning the honor. Sons started with the...

Cliff Mann has been selected as the new stormwater coordinator for the city of Farragut. Mann has served as an engineering technician with the city since 2023. Prior to that, he worked for the city of Knoxville as a stormwater engineering technician and then as a stormwater specialist with Blount...

David Townsend has been selected as the assistant chief of police for the Collierville Police Department. Townsend has been with the department for 29 years and has held numerous leadership roles, most recently as inspector over the Community Services Division. He is a graduate of session 249 of the...

Randy Evans, chief of the Cookeville Police Department, will retire on Jan. 31, 2025, after more than 41 years of service to the department. Evans began his career as a patrol officer with CPD in 1983 and was promoted to sergeant in 1990, lieutenant in 1998, captain in 2007, major in 2010, and has...

Will Wiley has been selected as the new public works director for Farragut. Wiley comes to the city from Poway, Calif., where he served as the assistant director of public works maintenance and operations for the San Diego suburb. Wiley will take over following the retirement of longtime Public...

Capt. Nick Surre has been selected as the next assistant police chief for the Brentwood Police Department. Surre has 18 years of experience and will take over from new Chief Jim Colvin in February. He has been with the Brentwood Police Department since April 2007, serving as a crime scene technician...

Jenneen Kaufman Reed has been unanimously confirmed as the finance director for Metro Nashville. Reed takes over the role from interim finance director Kevin Crumbo and comes to the city with 30 years of experience – including serving as deputy finance director and chief accountant for the city...

Alicia Summers has been named the new assistant city manager for the city of Johnson City. In her new role, she will oversee the planning and development services and economic development departments. Summers has served as the city’s economic development director since 2022 and has nearly two...

Ken Webb has been selected as the new vice mayor of Cleveland following the retirement of longtime Vice Mayor Avery Johnson in August. Webb has been an at-large member of the Cleveland City Council since 2018. Webb graduated from Tennessee Wesleyan University and worked as a staff accountant for a...