Oak Ridge City Council Meeting January 12, 2026

Oak Ridge City Council · January 12, 2026

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Meeting called to order; invocation and pledge

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Chair opens the January 2026 meeting, invites Elder Henry Watson (Mount Zion Baptist Church) to give the invocation, and introduces Xavier Harper, an Oak Ridge High School senior, to lead the Pledge of Allegiance.

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Oak Ridge City Council’s first meeting of 2026 included a report on the Heritage Railroad and a possible sale to Watco, dozens of board and commission appointments, ratification of several rezoning ordinances after a state notice-change, a package of resolutions (including a TDOT road project and emergency-plan consulting), and extended public comment on a proposed 360-unit multifamily project in Wolf Creek with traffic concerns.

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