Council member proposes city property tax 29 cents above recertified rate
“We can’t be brilliant at the basics with a budget that doesn’t provide a basic level of funding,” Memphis City Council member Martavius Jones (shown at a committee meeting in 2020) told fellow council members on Tuesday, June 8. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian file)
Martavius Jones says he will push for the increase at next week’s council session.
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