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                                                             Tennessee Public Works Magazine
                                                                   Online at tnpublicworks.com

5	 TCAPWA/SWANA Annual Conference In Downtown                20	 Calling for Nominations for 2019 TCAPWA Awards
	 Chattanooga: Packed with Events; Register Now
                                                             21	 New Customized Truck Chassis to Tackle Leaves,
Find registration and schedule information for this year’s   	 Icy Roads & Potholes in Knoxville
conference set for November 5-7, at the Chattanooga
Marriott Downtown Hotel.                                     New medium-duty truck chassis with custom-built work
                                                             platforms allow Knoxville personnel the flexibility to span
6	 Public Works Week: “Public Works, It Starts Here”         seasons…spreading salt, scooping up leaves and filling
	 Events Across the State                                    potholes…switching flexible equipment off and on the truck.

Tennessee’s municipalities celebrated National Public        22	 TCAPWA at 2019 TML Conference
Works Week with everything from stream cleanups to
snowplows, to horseshoes to classic cars.                    June’s TML conference held in Memphis was an opportune
                                                             time for TCAPWA to host an exhibit booth, coordinate a
11	 Lewis is Snoderly Award Winner                           roundtable discussion and honor deserving employees.

Sanitation worker Alfred Lewis of Collierville wins the      24	 Keeping the Cigarettes at Bay…
2019 Murphy Snoderly Award for superior dedication           	 or At Least Out of the Water
and service to the community.
                                                             Marinas install art-wrapped receptacles to keep cigarettes out
13	 Rockwood’s Energy Savings Program                        of waterways, targeting the NUMBER ONE plastic pollutant
	 Lights Up City                                             littered item in the world…cigarette filters.

The historic city of Rockwood embarks on a landmark          26	 TPWI Schedule and Registration Form
energy savings program with a massive switchover to
LED streetlights, municipal building upgrades and more…      27	 TCAPWA Upper East Branch Meeting Announced
without a property tax increase.
                                                             PLAN AHEAD: A panel of State legislators will weigh in
14	 “Smart City” Solutions, Hidden Assets Spark              on the topic “Public Works Advocacy, Transportation and
	 Tech Improvements in Blount County                         Infrastructure Issues in the State of Tennessee” at the branch
                                                             meeting in Knoxville on September 24.
Hundreds of miles of optical fiber, installed decades ago,
are now the key to streamlining Blount County citizens’      28	 TCAPWA Middle Branch Meeting and Demo
digital processes with their local government offices,
increasing customer satisfaction and access speed while      The Middle Branch met at the newly renovated park in
saving thousands of dollars.                                 Bellevue known as the “Red Caboose Park.” Altec Industries
                                                             provided a demo of some of their unique equipment which
16	 2019 TCAPWA/SWANA Annual Conference                      provides much safer options for trimming trees. 
	 in Chattanooga, November 5-7
                                                             29	Contributors
The Annual Conference will be held in Chattanooga on
November 5-7. Events include the Golf Tournament, Industry   30	 Local Government Buyer’s Guide
Tour, Equipment Rodeo, Technical Sessions, and many
opportunities for fun and networking. Registration is open.  Cover: National Public Works Week Celebration in Alcoa.

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