County Commission takes first of 3 votes on pay raise for mayor and sheriff
Shelby County Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr. (right) has proposed a pay raise for the sheriff that would also increase the mayor’s pay, cosponsored by commissioner Eddie Jones. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian file)
The commission also votes Monday, Nov. 15, on $10.8 million in indirect federal American Rescue Plan Act funding delayed when the commission approved a budget for using most but not all of the federal funding.
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