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TCAPWA EVENTS AND HIGHLIGHTS
Welcome the 2018 Branch Directors
Meet the 2018 TCAPWA Branch
Directors. They are here to provide
quarterly informational and networking
meetings, answer your questions about
the organization and serve as leaders
in the organization. They want to
know you and what’s going on in your
community. As the regional liaison with
the TCAPWA Board and the Tennessee
Public Works Magazine, they are always
interested in any issues your community
is trying to solve and any solutions you
can share with the other members.
West Branch Director
John T. Fox
901-457-2810
jfox@ci.collierville.tn.us
John T.
Fox currently
works as the
Operations
Manager for
the Collierville
Public Services
Department
and manages
three Public
Works Divisions
that include Fleet Services, Streets and
Drainage, and Solid Waste Collection.
In addition, Fox is responsible for
providing technical assistance and
oversight as the Public Service
Representative for the Collierville
Environmental Commission. Fox has
been employed with the Collierville
Public Service Department as well as a
member of TCAPWA since 2007. Prior
to working for the Town of Collierville,
Fox served in the U.S. Army for six years
as both an Infantryman and Explosive
Ordnance Disposal Technician. After
his service in the military, Fox was
employed as a Sheriff ’s deputy for the
Desoto County Sheriff ’s Department and
spent six years as a private contractor
working for the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers as an Unexploded Ordnance
Supervisor providing environmental
remediation services for range clearance
operations on formerly utilized defense
sights. In addition Fox also worked for
Hulcher Services as the Environmental
Division Manager where he was
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responsible for the daily operations of a first hired as the Public Works mechanic
Hazardous Materials Response Division and after six months was promoted to
that was extensively involved with the shop supervisor. Two years later when
Hurricane Katrina clean-up effort in the previous Public Works Director
New Orleans, La. retired, he was promoted to Director.
Sines joined TCAPWA three years
Middle Branch Director ago, and attended two TPWI classes:
Cody Osborne Fleet Maintenance, and Public Works
Supervision. He has an Associate degree
615-862-4070 in Automotive Technology, ASE Master
cody.osborne@nashville.gov Certification, and ASE L1 Certification.
Since becoming Director Sines has
Cody Osborne obtained a Grade II Wastewater
has over 20 Collection System Operator license. His
years of service background is in automotive and most
with Metro of his hobbies follow suit, from off-
Nashville, and road endurance racing, four-wheeling,
has over 10 fabrication, and forced induction,
years experience specifically turbo systems. Sines said his
in the field of goals this year for the Lower East Branch
Solid Waste. are to increase membership involvement
Osborne in the quarterly meetings/educational
manages a session and to boost the yearly TCAPWA
department of approximately 95 people, conference involvement.
and over 90 pieces of equipment used
to maintain four convenient centers, 11 Upper East Branch Director
recycling drop-off locations, and over Nicholas Bradshaw
127,000 trash and recycling customers
within Metro Nashville’s Urban Service 865-215-6194
District. Metro Nashville Public Works nbradshaw@knoxvilletn.gov
holds its services at the highest regard,
and Osborne has been exemplary in Nicholas
his service achievements. Osborne is Bradshaw
also currently serving as the TCAPWA currently serves
Middle Branch Director, and works as the Deputy
extremely hard for the chapter in Director of
coordinating Branch and educational Fleet Services
sessions. This is Osborne’s second year for the City
as Branch Director, and one that will be of Knoxville.
very important as the City of Nashville Bradshaw
is set to host the 2018 TCAPWA accepted his
Conference in October. current position
in May 2017 and has been employed
Lower East Branch Director by the City of Knoxville in various
Eric Sines capacities for nine years. He holds a
Master of Public Administration from
423-368-1983 The University of Tennessee - Knoxville
esines@collegedaletn.gov and a Master of Business Administration
in Human Resource Management from
Eric Sines Bryan College. This is Bradshaw’s third
has been with year as the Director of the Upper East
the City of Branch of TCAPWA. He hopes to build
Collegedale for on the branch’s momentum from hosting
five years, and the most recent state conference to have
has been the a great 2018. Regular quarterly “lunch
Public Works and learn” meetings will be starting
Director for soon.
the past three
years. He was