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5 Virtual Conference – December 1 & 3, 2020 18 Cyber Security: A Business Continuity Plan:
Your Best Bet in the Event of Disaster
7 Maryville’s Chissay Wins Murphy Snoderly Award
You need a plan when the *#@! hits the fan. For decades,
Longtime City of Maryville worker honored at 32 years, government and private offices have made elaborate plans
Thisday “Stay” Chissay sets the bar high for customer for natural disasters and unprecedented events, yet we
service, while helping his fellow co-workers. sometimes fail to adequately plan for the wide-reaching
chaos that can involve a cyber attack.
8 Chattanooga Constructs Largest Capital Project
in City’s History 20 Virtual Branch Meeting Well Attended

The massive Hamm Road Equalization Station project is vital The well-attended August TCAPWA Virtual Joint Branch
in reducing chronic overflow directly into the Tennessee River. Meeting featured a little something for everyone, with
At over $50 million, this is the largest single capital project in leaders and others sharing solutions and best practices on a
Chattanooga’s history. range of topics.

10 The City of Alcoa Plays Host to $39.2 Million 22 Jeff Baines Named APWA Lifetime Member
TDOT Project
Jeff Baines is living the dream (job) in Lebanon and has
Decades in the making, this massive project is rerouting the received his APWA Lifetime Member Pin. As City of Lebanon
way tourists, motorcycle enthusiasts, travelers to McGhee Commissioner of Public Works, Baines takes pride in
Tyson airport and others drive down Alcoa Highway, “making a difference in his hometown.”
affecting more than 60,000 motorists daily who pass in front
of the airport to destinations near and far. 23 Branning Awarded TCAPWA Scholarship

14 Drones and Public Works: Assisting in Kyle Branning, Town of Signal Mountain, will use scholarship
Emergency Management Briefing money on a second chance to get that civil engineering
degree.
During the Sept. 22 joint meeting, a variety of Public
Works professionals from around the country, legislative 24 American Public Works Association History
representatives involved in drone technology and and Membership
transportation officials explained how drones are assisting
Public Works projects in surprising ways. A look back, and towards the future.

16 Google and Zoom and Slack, Oh My! 25 Cyber Security: Free Cloud Storage – is it really?

In the office or out with the construction crew, new meeting Cloud Storage has advantages, but also drawbacks.
platforms serve our need for staying connected to each
other (as well as to remote job sites out in the field.) From 27 Contributors to the Issue
Google Meet to Zoom webinars to Lunchpool and Gatherly,
we explore the time-saving aspects as well as some glitches. 28 Equipment Spotlight

30 Local Government Buyers’ Guide

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