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Sweetwater

203 Monroe Street, PO Box 267
Sweetwater, TN 37874
Phone: (423) 337-6979 Fax: (423) 337-9663
https://www.sweetwatertn.gov/

Municipal Statistics

County: 
McMinn, Monroe
Municipality: 
City
Population (Certified by TNECD*)
2024:
6,312 
2010:
5,764 
Next Election:
06-12-2025
Grand Division: 
East
Time Zone: 
Eastern
Employees: 
60

Municipal Data

Meets: 
1st Monday at 5:00 PM at City Hall
Office Hours: 
Mon-Fri 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM
Charter: 
Home Rule
Incorporation Act: 
Private Acts 1901, ch. 258, p. 557
Charter: 
Districts: 
Link to Districts
City Utilities: 
Electric
Gas
Sewer
Water

Governing Body and Staff

GOVERNANCE
Mayor Doyle F. Lowe (423) 337-6979
dlowe@sweetwatertn.gov
Vice Mayor Sam Moser (423) 337-6979
jmorgan@sweetwatertn.gov
Commissioner Lamar Hughes (423) 337-6979
lhughes@sweetwatertn.gov
Commissioner Joanna Jinks (423) 337-6979
jjinks@sweetwatertn.gov
Commissioner Alan Richeson (423) 337-6979
aricheson@sweetwatertn.gov
Commissioner James Stutts (423) 337-6979
jmorgan@sweetwatertn.gov
STAFF
City Administrator Jessica Morgan (423) 337-6979
jmorgan@sweetwatertn.gov
City Court Clerk Savannah Frank (423) 337-9678
sfrank@sweetwatertn.gov
City Judge Peter Alliman (423) 337-6979
City Planner Jon Campbell (423) 337-9678
Jcampbell@sweetwatertn.gov
City Recorder Sonya Crush (423) 337-6979
scrush@sweetwatertn.gov
Director of Schools Rodney Boruff (423) 337-7051
Fire Chief John Anderson (423) 337-6724
Library Director Tania Rich (423) 337-6979
Parks Director Shawn Vestal (423) 295-5721
Svestal@sweetwatertn.gov
Police Chief Robert E. Byrum (423) 337-6151
sweetwaterpd@sweetwatertn.gov
Street Superintendent David Moses (423) 371-7295
Utility Manager Eric Hicks (423) 337-5081
LEGAL
City Attorney John Cleveland (423) 337-2111
cityattorney@sweetwatertn.gov

MTAS CONSULTANTS

*Population figure provided by the State of Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development, Center for Economic Research in Tennessee (CERT) and updated annually.

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