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Left to Right: Ryan McReynolds accepted the Mark Miller Public Works Project of the Year Award on behalf of the City of Kingport (see page 18); Mike O’Neill,
Germantown; Lauran Canacaris, LDA Engineering; Nicholas Bradshaw, Knoxville; and Abb Oglesby, MTAS.
ROGER CLARK AWARD FRANK KIRK MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARD
NICHOLAS BRADSHAW, Fleet Services Director, ABNER “ABB” OGLESBY, Training and Development
City of Knoxville Manager, UT Municipal Technical Advisory Service

Nicholas Bradshaw, Fleet Services Director, City of Knoxville, Abner “Abb” Oglesby, Training & Development Manager,
has been a member of TCAPWA since 2014. Bradshaw has UT Municipal Technical Advisory Service (MTAS), offered
served on committees and held the office of Upper East Branch invaluable assistance to TCAPWA in 2020. Due to Covid, the
Director, Vice President (for two years) and now serves as Chapter (like everyone else) resorted to online measures for
the President Elect of the Chapter. Attendance at State and holding Branch and Board Meetings. When the in-person
National Conferences is a priority, where he takes advantage of Annual Conference was cancelled, it was suggested that the
the opportunities to network with his counterparts and learn Chapter attempt a Virtual Conference. Great idea! Who knows
about new ideas for Fleet Services. During his time as Branch how to do it? The technical challenge of a two-day, four-hour
Director, one of the events he hosted was a Legislative Panel – Virtual Conference with multiple presenters and breakout
promoting Public Works advocacy by Chapter Members at the sessions was daunting. Oglesby and his MTAS team stepped
local, state, and national level. Bradshaw will be very involved in and made it happen. Over 100 public works professionals
in 2022 preparing for the Annual Conference in Knoxville on attended the two-day conference. It was a success due to a lot of
November 8-10. hard work from a lot of people, but would not have happened at
all without Oglesby and his team’s expertise.
EDWARD C. ARCHER YOUNG PUBLIC WORKS
LEADER OF THE YEAR AWARD CHARLES WALTER NICHOLS AWARD
LAURAN CANACARIS, Senior Marketing Manager, MIKE O’NEILL, Lead Water Treatment Operator,
LDA Engineering City of Germantown

Lauran Canacaris, senior marketing manager for LDA Mike O’Neill, Lead Water Treatment Operator, City of
Engineering, has been a member of TCAPWA since 2015. Germantown, began his service to the City of Germantown
She began volunteering with the chapter soon after becoming on Aug. 10. 1978, at the starting pay of $4.11 an hour. He
a member. She has served as Membership Chair and was has always worked in the water production/meter reading
instrumental in establishing the Young Professionals Committee. division. He experienced the expansion of the Germantown
Canacaris also has served on the Conference Committee for a system from a 6 MGD plant to the expansion of two plants
number of years, and in 2021 was Co-Chair with John Anderson. with 24 MGD capacity. He was promoted to Chief Water Plant
Much of the success of the 2021 Young Professionals Bowling Operator on January 1, 2000. O’Neill is well respected among
Event and the closing night event at The Memphis Zoo Teton his water production peers in Shelby County and ensures that
Trek can be attributed to her hard work. She is committed to the Germantown consistently receives Sanitary Survey scores in the
Tennessee Chapter and has consistently become more involved upper 90s, much of this based on record-keeping and timeliness
each year. of required reporting to the state. O’Neill has been lead with
these reports for his entire 43-year career.

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