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5 Honored to Serve 18 TCAPWA 2019 Mark Miller Project of the Year:
Chattanooga’s Big Dig
Incoming TCAPWA President and Chattanooga native Justin
Holland reflects on how his years serving with the City of The City of Chattanooga takes action to redesign storm
Chattanooga have formed his passion…and his upcoming conveyance in the historic St. Elmo area to avoid catastrophic
plans…for his term leading the Public Works organization. failure of its stormwater infrastructure (and potential water
contamination from a former landfill.) The discovery of
6 TCAPWA/SWANA 2019 Conference Overview contaminated soil puts an interesting spin on the project’s
management.
A packed agenda of professional development, networking,
and multiple competitions…cornhole to mighty machines… 20 Knoxville’s “Take It To Charlie!” Campaign
was in store when the Tennessee Chapter of the American
Public Works Association and Solid Waste Association of The King of Trash? It started as a joke, but when Charlie
North America attendees came to Chattanooga Nov. 5-7 for Thomas, City of Knoxville’s Household Waste Facility
their annual conference. Manager, found a huge caricature of his face plastered on the
side of the mobile collection box truck, it gave a whole new
10 Conference Highlights: Equipment Rodeo meaning to the term “the face of waste.”
The signature event for the annual conference, the 22 Germantown Achieves Historic Goal:
equipment rodeo challenged Public Works operators to Wins Baldrige National Quality Award
pull out all the stops as they raced, loaded, dumped, and
generally had a good time at First Tennessee Pavilion. The City of Germantown’s journey to winning the Malcolm
Baldrige National Quality Award reaps unexpected additional
12 Conference Highlights: Trade Show benefits for the city’s residents, businesses and visitors.
The annual conference trade show, which helps determine TCAPWA EVENTS AND HIGHLIGHTS
the meeting’s success, attracted 21 sponsors and 54 booths 25 Lower East Branch Meets in Soddy Daisy
offering attendees ample exposure to their newest products, 26 West Branch Holds Meets at Lenox Park
latest innovations, and best practices in their specialty areas.
27 Contributors to the Issue
14 Conference Highlights: A Little Friendly Competition
28 2020 TCAPWA Leadership Directory
Sunny skies and warm temperatures greeted ten teams of
golfers in their outing at Chattanooga’s Brown Acres course, Get to know the leaders representing you on the TCAPWA
providing a perfect afternoon for competition and relaxation. Board of Directors, in addition to Branch Directors.
16 Conference Highlights: 2019 TCAPWA Awards 30 Local Government Buyers’ Guide
Recipients of the TCAPWA Annual Awards, Phillip Jones, Cover: Thanks to Roadtec for hosting this year’s industry tour
Kenny Wiggins, John Fox, Ethan Skaggs, John Chlarson, Clay during the TCAPWA/SWANA Annual Conference.
Ticer, and Rodney Deel, are highlighted in addition to the
Project of the Year winner.
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