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TCAPWA Executive By Rodney Keeton
Committee
2016 Has Been A Big Year!
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I would like to start by thanking the Board and the
PRESIDENT: Rodney Keeton Membership of TCAPWA for the opportunity and privilege
Operations Manager, Stringfellow Chattanooga to serve as your President. It has been a big year with a lot of
rodney@stringfellow.bz exciting things going on.
(423) 544-3408
The year began with Governor Bill Haslam’s Proclamation
PRESIDENT ELECT: Manny Belen of Public Works Week. Several Board members and I went
Deputy Director, Engineering, Memphis to the Capitol to personally thank the Governor for his
manny.belen@memphistn.gov continuous support of Public Works statewide.
(901) 576-6933
The Tennessee Chapter also had the great honor in
VICE-PRESIDENT: Ryan McReynolds 2016 of hosting the Roger Clark Leadership Conference
Assistant City Manager, Kingsport in Chattanooga. It was well attended from Regions III and
mcreynolds@kingsporttn.gov IV with over 50 members representing their respective
(423) 229-9470 municipalities. Appreciation plaques were given to Bo
Mills, our Region III Director, and also to Tommy Brown,
SECRETARY: Sharon Rollins Region IV Director, for their service and leadership. I
Consulting Program Manager, MTAS would personally like to thank our sponsors, Stringfellow, Inc., and Mattern and Craig,
sharon.rollins@tennessee.edu which helped make this event successful, as well as Mike Flatt and the Conference
(865) 974-0411 Committee for their hard work on all of the details and organization of this event.
TREASURER: Kenny Wiggins I had the distinct honor as your President to present the Murphy Snoderly Award
Director, Public Works & Engineering, Alcoa at the TML Congress. I feel this is the top award we present because it recognizes the
kwiggins@cityofalcoa-tn.gov everyday, hard-working person. This year’s recipient was Bill Forrester with the City
(865) 380-4800 of Alcoa. His relentless work ethic, exceptional operating skills and forward-thinking
make him an invaluable member of the Alcoa sanitation team.
WEST DIR: John Fox
Operations Assistant, Collierville The Chapter awarded two $1,000 scholarships to two deserving students, Phillip
jfox@ci.collierville.tn.us Jones, Jr., of Murfreesboro and Bonnie M. Dodson of Chattanooga.
(901) 457-2800
This year at the APWA PWX held in Minneapolis, Minn., the world was introduced
MIDDLE DIR: Phillip Jones to Mills, President Elect of the APWA. We are so proud to have him as our National
Operations Manager, Metro Nashville President and representative of our great state of Tennessee.
phillip.jones@nashville.gov
(615) 533-2377 I am proud to say that the TCAPWA was awarded the Presidential Award for
Chapter Excellence, also known as the PACE Award. Britt Elmore with the City of
UPPER CUMBERLAND DIR: Tracy Meggs Chattanooga was recognized on the National Level for his completion of the Emerging
Civil Engineer, Cookeville Leaders Academy. Last, but for sure not least, Justin Holland and his team, with the
tmeggs@cookeville-tn.org City of Chattanooga, were awarded recognition for their completion of Accreditation. I
(931) 520-5282 would like to congratulate all of them, as they are the very first Public Works agency in
Tennessee to receive Accreditation.
UPPER EAST DIR: Nicholas Bradshaw
Planning & Safety Coordinator, Knoxville The Tennessee Public Works Institute is still going strong thanks to the leadership
nbradshaw@knoxvilletn.gov of John Calvert and his team of volunteers, Ronnie Hammonds, Mills, Loretta
(865) 215-6022 Hopper, John Anderson, Calvin Clifton, John Fox and Ken Donaldson, just to name
a few. The Maintenance Technologies for Public Works class in June had 23 attendees
LOWER EAST DIR: Justin Holland from 10 different agencies. The Public Works Supervision class in September had 15
Administrator of Public Works, Chattanooga attendees from eight different agencies. The final 2016 School for Fleet Management
holland_j@chattanooga.gov will be December 5-8. TCAPWA’s financial contribution and the volunteer instructors
(423) 643-6010; (423) 802-8422 cell have been and continue to be what has made TPWI so affordable and successful over
the past 13 years.
COUNCIL OF CHAPTERS DELEGATE: Calvin Clifton
Mattern and Craig, Inc. Thank you again to Anderson, Conference Chair, and his committee for all of
cdclifton@matternandcraig.com their hard work on this year’s annual conference in Memphis. In keeping with past
(423) 245-4970 Presidents’ pledges to get young people involved with the Chapter, we will have
free passes for college students and school groups. Thank you also to Flatt, our past
COUNCIL OF CHAPTERS ALT.: Ronnie Hammonds Conference Chair for setting the standards for our Conference so high.
Streets & Sanitation Manager, Kingsport
ronniehammonds@kingsporttn.gov In closing, I would like to extend a special thanks to all of the Branch Directors. This
(423) 229-9397 year’s branch meetings have been great. Attendance this year has been better than ever.
I hope that going forward, everyone will keep up the good work, because this is where
PAST PRESIDENT: Ken Donaldson our new members and future leaders and officers will come from. Thank you also to all
Director of Public Works, Columbia Committee Members and Committee Chairpersons for your service, and for all of the
kdonaldson@columbiatn.com assistance you have provided to me throughout the year. I couldn’t have done it without
(931) 388-8650 each and every one of you.
CHAPTER ADMINISTRATOR: Mark Miller 5
Public Works Director, Pigeon Forge
mmiller@cityofpigeonforge.com
(865) 429-7312
TPW PUBLISHER: Klair Kimmey
P.O. Box 52503, Knoxville, TN 37950
klair@tnpublicworks.com
(865) 288-0815
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