​City of Maryville Water & Sewer currently has White Avenue closed at South Magnolia Street for sewer line repair work related to a sink hole. 
South Magnolia Street will be open so that drivers can get around the work area. Crews are working to repair the line as quickly as possible. It is expected that the work will take the remainder of the week to complete.
For more information, please contact City of Maryville Water & Sewer at 273-3304.

​Thirty-two Year City Veteran Receives the 2020 Murphy Snoderly Award

Maryville, TN – The Tennessee Chapter of the American Public Works Association (TCAPWA) awarded the prestigious Murphy Snoderly Award to city of Maryville Engineering and Public Works veteran Thisday “Stay” Chissay. The award was presented by TCAPWA Chapter Administrator Mark Miller at the October City Council Meeting.

Chissay is a native of the White Mountain Apache Tribe Reservation near Cibecue, Arizona and grew up in Maryville. He began his thirty-two year career with the City as a sanitation collection worker and was promoted to his current position of Crew Leader in the Engineering and Public Works Department. 

Assistant Public Works Director Tim Phillips said he nominated Chissay for his “dedicated service to the City, his ability to adapt to change, and his impeccable safety record.” Phillips said, “Stay has been one of the most reliable employees in City history, trained countless crew members, and has provided the best customer service to the Maryville community.”

Dan Cantwell, Public Works Superintendent, praised Chissay for his work ethic. “For the first twenty years of his career, Stay never took a sick day,” said Cantwell. “He is extremely dependable and conscientious, and I can always count on him to step up to any challenge and help out the City’s solid waste efforts. He is humble and kind to coworkers and citizens, and he’s just a wonderful example for our entire organization. I am thrilled that he has been recognized at the state level for his accomplishments.”

The Murphy Snoderly Award is an annual honor for public works employees in local government in recognition of dedication and service to their respective communities. Each year, the recipient is selected from a slate of statewide candidates and is considered the state’s “most outstanding non-administrative public works employee.”

The award is named for Murphy Snoderly, who was a long-time engineering and public works consultant for the UT Municipal Technical Advisory Service (MTAS) and was also the first City Manager of Johnson City in 1939. Murphy believed that “the working person who picked up garbage or patched potholes on the streets each day” along with other duties that allow a city to function properly should be provided with acknowledgement of their hard work and commitment to public service.  

City of Maryville Police Officer Madison Wethington achieved a first for the city of Maryville on Friday, October 2, 2020. She became the first female officer to graduate from the City’s Motor Unit training program and is officially the newest of the eight-person traffic motor team.
 
The motorcycle training program is an intensive two-week program taught by instructors certified by the Institute of Police Technology and Management (IPTM). Certification requires completion of a rigorous training course which tests the ability to properly and safely operate a police motorcycle and demonstrate a basic mastery of those applicable skills.
 
Officer Wethington explained, “Being on the motor team has been a goal of mine since day one of the Police Academy. I wanted to prove that I could do everything my motorcycle colleagues could do,” she said. “I wanted to be part of that team.”
 
According to Wethington, “The hardest part for me was mental. It was knowing the motorcycle will do what it is designed to do if you just trust your ability and have the confidence to do it.”
 
Police Chief Tony Crisp emphasized, “This is a very intense and difficult process and tests the ability to function in high stress situations. Very few are cut out to be certified as a motor officer.” Chief Crisp said, “With her level-headed demeanor, abilities, determination and work ethic, Officer Wethington happens to be the first female to do so in the history of our department.”
 
Crisp said, “Wethington showed us she had what it takes and that she wasn’t going to take no for an answer. She had a goal and she worked very hard to achieve it. I’m extremely proud of her and know she will be an example to other young women who want to grow up and follow in her footsteps.”
 
Wethington said of the Chief’s comment, “That really makes me proud, to think I could inspire a little girl to believe she can do anything – to live her dreams.”
 
Officer Wethington has been with the department since January 22, 2019 as a reserve officer and was hired full time on June 23, 2019.