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Knoxville council approves FY2023–24 budget and tax levy after debate over building-permit staffing and housing investment
Summary
The Knoxville City Council approved annual appropriations and a property tax ordinance for fiscal year 2023–24 after members debated adding plan‑review staff, using vacancy savings and how aggressively to fund affordable housing programs.
The Knoxville City Council on first reading approved ordinances making annual appropriations for fiscal year 2023–24 and levying property taxes to fund the city’s general and debt-service funds after more than an hour of discussion about building‑permit staffing and housing investments.
Council members said the budget includes some long‑requested positions to help reduce a backlog in building permits but questioned whether the city was doing enough to respond to an urgent affordable‑housing shortage.
Councilwoman Ryder placed on the record concerns about permitting delays and asked staff how the budget addressed processing backlogs. City staff said the adopted budget includes…
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