Chattanooga

General Information

Office Hours:

Mon-Fri 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM

Social Media:

Utilities

City Utilities:

Electric

Garbage

Sewer

Municipal Statistics

County:

Hamilton, Marion

2020 Population

(Certified by TNECD): 181099

Next Election:

05-03-2022

Number of Employees:

2509

Grand Division:

East

2010 Population

(Certified by TNECD): 167674

Time Zone:

Eastern

Meeting Information

Meeting Day:

Every Tuesday

Meeting Time:

6:00 PM

Meeting Place:

Assembly Room, City Council Building, 1000 Lindsay Street

Municipal Data

Charter:

Home Rule - 1972

Date of Incorporation:

11/01/1839

Charter File:

Link to Charter

Incorporation Act:

Private Acts 1839-40, ch. 32, p. 57

Previous Charter Citations:

Private Acts 1851-52, ch. 13, p. 15; Private Acts 1866-67, ch. 8, Sec. 8, p. 22; Private Acts 1911, ch. 10, p. 31; Private Acts 1945, ch. 271, p. 890; Private Acts 1969, ch. 82, p. 348

Governing Body and Staff

Governing Body
Mayor	Mr. Tim Kelly	(423) 643-7800 mayor@chattanooga.gov
Councilmember	Ms. Carol Berz	(423) 643-7170 cberz@chattanooga.gov
Councilmember	Ms. Demetrus Coonrod	(423) 643-7170 dcoonrod@chattanooga.gov
Councilmember	Ms. Raquetta Dotley	(423) 643-7180 rdotley@chattanooga.gov
Councilmember	Mr. Chip Henderson	(423) 643-7170 cchenderson@chattanooga.gov
Councilmember	Mr. Isiah Hester	(423) 643-7183 ihester@chattanooga.gov
Councilmember	Ms. Jenny Hill	(423) 643-7187 jhill@chattanooga.gov
Councilmember	Mr. Darrin Ledford	(423) 643-7170 dledford@chattanooga.gov
Councilmember	Ms. Marvene Noel	(423) 643-7182 mnoel@chattanooga.gov
Councilmember	Mr. Ken Smith	(423) 643-7170 kensmith@chattanooga.gov

Staff
Chief Human Resources Officer	Ms. Mande Lawrence	(423) 643-7203 alawrence@chattanooga.gov
Chief Information Officer	Mr. Tyson Morris	(423) 643-6300 tmorris@chattanooga.gov
Chief of Staff	Mr. Joda Thongnopnua	(423) 643-7800 jthongnopnua@chattanooga.gov
City Clerk	Ms. Nicole Gwyn	(423) 643-7170 nsgwyn@chattanooga.gov
City Court Clerk	Mr. Anthony Byrd	(423) 643-7170 abyrd@chattanooga.gov
City Engineer	Mr. William C. Payne	(423) 643-6160 bpayne@chattanooga.gov
City Judge	Mr. Russell Bean	(423) 643-7571 jbean@chattanooga.gov
City Judge	Ms. Sherry Paty	(423) 643-7569 spaty@chattanooga.gov
Communications Director	Ms. Kristen Yates	(423) 643-7800 kyates@chattanooga.gov
Director of City-Wide Services	Mr. Ricky Colston	(423) 643-6828 rcolston@chattanooga.gov
Director of Wastewater Resources	Mr. Jeffrey Rose	(423) 643-7498 jarose@chattanooga.gov
Executive Director RPA	Mr. Dan Reuter	(423) 643-5900 dreuter@chattanooga.gov
Finance Officer	Mr. Brent Goldberg	(423) 643-7363 bgoldberg@chattanooga.gov
Fire Chief	Mr. Philip Hyman	(423) 643-5601 phyman@chattanooga.gov
Library Director	Ms. Corrine Hill	(423) 643-7700 chill@lib.chattanooga.gov
Manager of Community Development	Ms. Sandra Gober	(423) 643-7300 sgober@chattanooga.gov
Police Chief	Ms. Celeste Murphy	(423) 643-5011

Attorney
City Attorney	Mrs. Emily O'Donnell	(423) 643-8250 eaodonnell@chattanooga.gov

MTAS Consultants

Fire: Steve Cross (615) 532-7108

Finance: Brad Harris (423) 718-0797

HR: Betsy Cunningham (865) 974-6689

Legal: Elisha Hodge (615) 532-6827

Mgmt: Honna Rogers (423) 756-3925

Police: Rex Barton (423) 506-0402

PW: VACANT (865) 974-0411

Training: Johanna Owenby (865) 974-9858

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

City of Chattanooga ( Hamilton, Marion )