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TCAPWA EVENTS AND HIGHLIGHTS

Upper East Branch Meets in Sevierville By Nicholas Bradshaw

The Upper East Branch held its first Thanks to all of the
quarterly meeting on March 29 at attendees and the
Uncle Buck’s Grill in Sevierville. The panel of speakers
topic discussed by the 54 attendees who took time out
was “A Collaborative Approach to of busy schedules
Equipment Ordering.” Public Works to share valuable
professionals must work closely with information about
Fleet professionals and equipment equipment ordering.
vendors to get the right equipment Left to right: Steve
to do their jobs. At this meeting, the Hightower, Greg
branch organized a panel discussion Willis, Craig Brown,
featuring Public Works, fleet and John Chlarson and
equipment vendor representatives Branch Director
discussing a wide range of topics Nicholas Bradshaw.
pertaining to this process.

Panelists were Greg Willis, City of
Kingsport Street Supervisor; Steve
Hightower, City of Kingsport Fleet
Maintenance Manager; Craig Brown,
East Tennessee sales representative from
Stringfellow; and John Chlarson, Public
Works Consultant from MTAS and the
TCAPWA Fleet Committee chairman.
The panel was moderated by Nicholas
Bradshaw, City of Knoxville Deputy
Director of Fleet Services and TCAPWA
Upper East Branch Director.

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