Editing Knoxville, Tennessee (section)

==Government==
Knoxville is governed by a mayor and nine-member City Council. It uses the strong-mayor form of the [[mayor-council government|mayor-council system]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Council lets mayor keep gavel—for now|work=The Knoxville News-Sentinel|first=Scott|last=Barker|date=August 19, 2002}}</ref> The council consists of six members from [[single-member districts]] and three members elected [[at-large]] for the entire city. The council chooses from among its members the vice mayor (currently Tommy Smith), the Beer Board chairperson (currently Lauren Rider), and a representative to the Knoxville Transportation Authority (currently Debbie Helsley).<ref>Jennifer Meckles, "[http://www.wbir.com/news/article/196109/2/Madeline-Rogero-sworn-in-as-mayor-of-Knoxville Madeline Rogero Sworn in as Mayor of Knoxville] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130209130300/http://www.wbir.com/news/article/196109/2/Madeline-Rogero-sworn-in-as-mayor-of-Knoxville |date=February 9, 2013 }}", ''WBIR.com'', December 17, 2011. Retrieved: December 20, 2011.</ref> The City Council meets every other Tuesday at 7:00{{spaces}}p.m. in the Main Assembly Room of the [[Knoxville City-County Building|City County Building]].<ref>{{cite web|title=City Council |work=City of Knoxville |url=http://www.cityofknoxville.org/citycouncil/default.asp |access-date=August 14, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907180828/http://www.cityofknoxville.org/citycouncil/default.asp |archive-date=September 7, 2008 }}</ref>

The current mayor is [[Indya Kincannon]], who was sworn in as the city's second female mayor on December 21, 2019, replacing the first female mayor of the city, [[Madeline Rogero]], who was elected in 2011. Interim mayor [[Daniel Brown (politician)|Daniel Brown]], the first African American to hold the office, was appointed in January 2011 following the resignation of [[Bill Haslam]], who was elected Governor of Tennessee. Other recent mayors include Haslam's predecessor, [[Victor Ashe]] (1987−2003), [[Kyle Testerman]] (1972−1975, 1984−1987), and [[Randy Tyree]] (1976−1983).

[[File:Knoxville Police.jpg|thumb|[[Knoxville Police Department]] headquarters]]
The [[Knoxville Fire Department]] (KFD) provides Class{{spaces}}2 [[International Organization for Standardization|ISO]] service inside the city limits. The fire department operates 19 stations with 308 uniformed personnel.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ci.knoxville.tn.us/kfd/ |title=KNOXVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT (KFD) |access-date=December 2, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111104090237/http://www.ci.knoxville.tn.us/kfd/ |archive-date=November 4, 2011 }}</ref> KFD provides firefighting, first responder EMS response, vehicle extrication and HazMat response within the city limits.

The [[Knoxville Police Department]] serves the citizens of Knoxville with 378 officers and a total of 530 employees.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ci.knoxville.tn.us/kpd/field.asp |title=FIELD OPERATIONS |access-date=December 2, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121234132/http://www.ci.knoxville.tn.us/kpd/field.asp |archive-date=January 21, 2012 }}</ref>

911 ambulance service inside Knoxville is provided by AMR Ambulance under contract with Knox County.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2011/feb/23/ruralmetro-moves-early-extend-pact/ |title=Rural/Metro moves early to extend pact |access-date=December 2, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120711074425/http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2011/feb/23/ruralmetro-moves-early-extend-pact/ |archive-date=July 11, 2012 }}</ref>

Knoxville is home to the [[Tennessee Supreme Court]]'s courthouse for [[East Tennessee]].

===City Council===
Knoxville is governed by a mayor and a nine-member City Council, six of which represent from single-member districts and three members are elected at-large. Council members are elected through a nonpartisan, district-wide primary in which top two vote-getters advance to a city-wide runoff election in November. Council members are elected to serve a four-year term that is eligible for reelection once.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://knoxvilletn.gov/cms/One.aspx?portalId=109562&pageId=131053 |title=City Council |access-date=September 15, 2021 }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|+ List of City Council Members
|-
! District !! Member !! Took Office
|-
| 1 || Tommy Smith || 2020
|-
| 2 || Andrew Roberto || 2017
|-
| 3 || Seema Singh || 2017
|-
| 4 || Lauren Rider || 2017
|-
| 5 || Charles Thomas || 2019
|-
| 6 || Gwen McKenzie || 2017
|-
| At-large A || Lynne Fugate || 2019
|-
| At-large B || Debbie Helsley || 2023
|-
| At-large C || Amelia Parker || 2019
|}

===List of mayors===
{{see also|Mayoral elections in Knoxville}}
Not to be confused with the [[Knox County, Tennessee#Government and politics|Mayor of Knox County]]
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! style="background:#F5DEB3"|  <small>Mayors of Knoxville, Tennessee</small>
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* [[Thomas Emmerson]], 1816-1817<ref name=mayors>{{cite web|url=http://www.cityofknoxville.org/mayors/default.asp |title=Mayors |publisher=City of Knoxville |access-date=May 8, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120504043813/http://www.cityofknoxville.org/mayors/default.asp |archive-date=May 4, 2012 }}</ref>
* James Park, 1818–1821
* William C. Mynatt, 1822–1823, 1827, 1835–1836
* James Park, 1824–1826
* Joseph Churchill Strong, 1828–1831
* Donald McIntosh, 1832–1833
* Solomon D. Jacobs, 1834–1835 
* Frederick Steidinger Heiskell, 1835
* James King, 1837
* William Baine Alexander Ramsey, 1838–1839 
* Samuel Bell, 1840–1841, 1844–1845 
* Gideon Morgan Hazen, 1842
* Matthew Moore Gaines, 1843
* Joseph Lewis King, 1846
* Samuel B. Boyd, 1847–1851 
* George McNutt White, 1852–1853 
* [[James C. Luttrell]], 1854, 1859–1867
* [[William Graham Swan]], 1855–1856 
* James Harvey Cowan, 1856, 1858
* Thomas J. Powell, 1857
* Samuel Davies Carrick White, 1857
* Albert Morgan Piper, 1858
* Charles James McClung, 1858
* Joseph Jaques, 1858, 1878
* James M. White, 1858
* Marcus DeLafayette Bearden, 1868–1869 
* John Somers Van Gilder, 1870–1872 
* [[William Rule (American editor)|William Rule]], 1873, 1898–1899
* [[Peter Staub]], 1874–1875, 1881–1882
* Daniel A. Carpenter, 1876–1877 
* Samuel Bell Luttrell, 1879
* Hardy Bryan Branner, 1880
* Reuben S. Payne, 1882
* William Clark Fulcher, 1883–1884 
* James Churchwell Luttrell, III, 1885–1887 
* [[Martin Condon]], 1888–1889 
* [[Peter Kern (American businessman)|Peter Kern]], 1890–1891 
* M. E. Thompson, 1892–1895 
* [[Samuel Gordon Heiskell]], 1896–1897, 1900–1901, 1906–1907, 1910–1915
* Joseph Tedford McTeer, 1902–1903
* John Paul Murphy, 1904
* William H. Gass, 1904–1905 
* John McMillan Brooks, 1908–1909 
* Sam E. Hill, 1912
* John Edgar McMillan, 1916–1919 
* Ernest Wesley Neal, 1920–1923 
* Benjamin A. Morton, 1924–1927 
* [[James Alexander Fowler]], 1928–1929 
* James A. Trent, 1930–1931 
* John T. O'Connor, 1932–1935 
* James W. Elmore, 1936–1937 
* Walter W. Mynatt, 1938–1939 
* Frederick Leland "Fred" Allen, 1940–1941 
* Fred R. Stair, 1942–1943 
* Erastus Eugene Patton, 1944–1945 
* [[Cas Walker]], 1946 and 1959
* Edward L. Chavannes, 1946–1947 
* James W. Elmore, Jr., 1948–1951 
* [[George Roby Dempster]], 1952–1955 
* Jack W. Dance, 1956–1959 
* [[John Duncan Sr.|John J. Duncan]], 1959–1964 
* Robert L. Crossley, 1964
* Leonard Reid Rogers, 1965–1971 
* [[Kyle Testerman]], 1972–1975, 1984–1987
* [[Randy Tyree]], 1976–1983 
* [[Victor Ashe]], 1988–2003 
* [[Bill Haslam]], 2003–2011
* [[Daniel Brown (politician)|Daniel Brown]], 2011, first African-American mayor
* [[Madeline Rogero]], 2011–2019
* [[Indya Kincannon]], 2019–
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