Municipal Statistics
County:
Hamilton, Marion
Municipality:
City
Population (Certified by TNECD*)
2025:
182,279
2010:
167,674
Next Election:
03-06-2029
Grand Division:
East
Time Zone:
Eastern
Employees:
2509
Social Media:
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:
Code:
Districts:
Link to DistrictsCity Utilities:
Electric
Garbage
Sewer
Governing Body and Staff
| Mayor | Tim Kelly | (423) 643-7800 mayor@chattanooga.gov |
| Councilmember | Jenni Berz | (423) 643-7181 |
| Councilmember | Dennis Clark | (423) 643-7183 |
| Councilmember | Jeff Davis | (423) 643-7188 |
| Councilmember | Raquetta Dotley | (423) 643-7180 rdotley@chattanooga.gov |
| Councilmember | Ron Elliott | (423) 643-7185 |
| Councilmember | Cody Harvey | (423) 643-7184 |
| Councilmember | Chip Henderson | (423) 643-7186 cchenderson@chattanooga.gov |
| Councilmember | Jenny Hill | (423) 643-7187 jhill@chattanooga.gov |
| Councilmember | Marvene Noel | (423) 643-7182 mnoel@chattanooga.gov |
| Chief Financial Officer | Weston Porter | (423) 643-7363 wporter@chattanooga.gov |
| Chief Human Resources Officer | Melody Wingfield | (423) 643-7205 mwingfield@chattanooga.gov |
| Chief Information Officer | Jerele Neeld | (423) 643-6351 jneeld@chattanooga.gov |
| Chief of Staff | Kevin Roig | (423) 643-7800 kroig@chattanooga.gov |
| Chief Operating Officer | Manda Green | (423) 643-7800 mgreen@chattanooga.gov |
| Chief Policy Officer | Nicole Heyman | (423) 643-7800 jheyman@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 | Roberta Long | (423) 643-7262 rlong@chattanooga.gov |
| Communications Director | Eric Holl | (423) 643-7800 eholl@chattanooga.gov |
| Community Development Administrator | Cedric Henson | (423) 643-7326 chenson@chattanooga.gov |
| Director Constituent Services | Kimberly Strong | (423) 643-7814 kstrong@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 Housing and Community Investment | Sandra Gober | (423) 643-7332 sgober@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 | VACANT | |
| Fire Chief | Terry Knowles | (423) 643-5601 tknowles@chattanooga.gov |
| Government Affairs and Information Services Director | Ellis Smith | (770) 331-7191 esmith@chattanooga.gov |
| Library Executive Director | William O'Hearn | (423) 643-7700 wohearn@chattanooga.gov |
| Parks & Outdoors Administrator | April Furth | (423) 643-7862 afurth@chattanooga.gov |
| Police Chief | John Chambers | (423) 643-5000 |
| Public Works Administrator | Jerramy Wood | (423) 643-6012 jwood1@chattanooga.gov |
| Senior Advisor for Economic & Workforce Development | Charita Allen | (423) 643-7800 callen@chattanooga.gov |
| City Attorney | Phillip Noblett | (423) 643-8250 pnoblett@chattanooga.gov |
MTAS CONSULTANTS
Fire: Steve Cross(615) 532-7108
Finance: Brad Harris (423) 718-0797
HR: Betsy Cunningham(865) 974-6689
Legal: Melissa Ashburn(865) 974-0411
Mgmt: Honna Rogers(423) 756-3925
Police: Jeff Stiles(865) 243-5447
PW: Brad Peters(865) 974-0416
Training: Matt Hensley(423) 972-7858
*Population figure provided by the State of Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development, Center for Economic Research in Tennessee (CERT) and updated annually.
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