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Municipal Technical Advisory Service (MTAS)

Chattanooga

City Hall, 101 East 11th Street
Chattanooga, TN 37402
Phone: (423) 643-7800 http://www.chattanooga.gov

Municipal Statistics

County: 
Hamilton, Marion
Municipality: 
City
Population (Certified by TNECD)
2023:
181,099 
2010:
167,674 
Next Election:
03-04-2025
Grand Division: 
East
Time Zone: 
Eastern
Employees: 
2509

Municipal Data

Meets: 
Every Tuesday at 6:00 PM at Assembly Room, City Council Building, 1000 Lindsay Street
Office Hours: 
Mon-Fri 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Charter: 
Home Rule
Incorporation Act: 
Private Acts 1839-40, ch. 32, p. 57
Charter: 
Districts: 
Link to Districts
City Utilities: 
Electric
Garbage
Sewer

Governing Body and Staff

GOVERNANCE
Mayor Tim Kelly (423) 643-7800
mayor@chattanooga.gov
Councilmember Carol Berz (423) 643-7181
cberz@chattanooga.gov
Councilmember Demetrus Coonrod (423) 643-7185
dcoonrod@chattanooga.gov
Councilmember, Chair Raquetta Dotley (423) 643-7180
rdotley@chattanooga.gov
Councilmember Chip Henderson (423) 643-7186
cchenderson@chattanooga.gov
Councilmember Isiah Hester (423) 643-7183
ihester@chattanooga.gov
Councilmember, Vice Chair Jenny Hill (423) 643-7187
jhill@chattanooga.gov
Councilmember Darrin Ledford (423) 643-7184
dledford@chattanooga.gov
Councilmember Marvene Noel (423) 643-7182
mnoel@chattanooga.gov
Councilmember Ken Smith (423) 643-7188
kensmith@chattanooga.gov
STAFF
Chief Equity Officer Tony Sammons (423) 643-7312
asammons@chattanooga.gov
Chief Housing Officer Nicole Heyman (423) 643-7800
jheyman@chattanooga.gov
Chief Human Resources Officer Mande Lawrence (423) 643-7205
alawrence@chattanooga.gov
Chief Information Officer Tyson Morris (423) 643-6351
tmorris@chattanooga.gov
Chief of Staff Jermaine Freeman (423) 643-7800
jfreeman@chattanooga.gov
Chief Operating Officer Ryan Ewalt (423) 643-7800
rewalt@chattanooga.gov
City Clerk Nicole Gwyn (423) 643-7170
nsgwyn@chattanooga.gov
City Court Clerk Anthony Byrd (423) 643-7170
abyrd@chattanooga.gov
City Engineer William C. Payne (423) 643-6160
bpayne@chattanooga.gov
City Judge Sherry Paty (423) 643-7569
spaty@chattanooga.gov
City Treasurer Jamie Zurkiya (423) 643-7262
jzurkiya@chattanooga.gov
Communications Director Kristen Yates (423) 643-7800
kyates@chattanooga.gov
Community Development, Administrator Donnie Walker (423) 643-7326
dwalker1@chattanooga.gov
Director of City-Wide Services Ricky Colston (423) 643-6828
rcolston@chattanooga.gov
Director of Homeless Initiatives Casey Tinker (423) 643-7665
ctinker@chattanooga.gov
Director of Wastewater Resources Mark Heinzer (423) 643-7499
mheinzer@chattanooga.gov
Early Learning, Administrator Karitsa Jones (423) 643-6414
kmjones2@chattanooga.gov
Economic Development, Administrator Richard Beeland (423) 643-7321
rbeeland@chattanooga.gov
Executive Director RPA Dan Reuter (423) 643-5900
dreuter@chattanooga.gov
Fire Chief Philip Hyman (423) 643-5601
phyman@chattanooga.gov
Innovation Delivery & Performance, Administrator Tim Moreland (423) 643-7827
tmoreland@chattanooga.gov
Interim Finance Officer Vickie Haley (423) 643-7363
vhaley@chattanooga.gov
Library Executive Director William O'Hearn (423) 643-7700
wohearn@chattanooga.gov
Manager of Community Development Sandra Gober (423) 643-7332
sgober@chattanooga.gov
Parks & Outdoors, Administrator Scott Martin (423) 643-7862
sdmartin@chattanooga.gov
Police Chief Celeste Murphy (423) 643-5011
cmurphy@chattanooga.gov
Public Works, Administrator William Pitcairn (423) 643-6012
wpitcairn@chattanooga.gov
Senior Advisor of Public Affairs Kevin Roig (423) 643-7800
kroig@chattanooga.gov
LEGAL
City Attorney Phillip Noblett (423) 643-8250
pnoblett@chattanooga.gov

MTAS CONSULTANTS

*Population figure provided by the State of Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development, Center for Economic Research in Tennessee (CERT) and updated annually.