Lee Harris’ budget includes one-cent drop in tax rate, $50 hike in wheel tax
Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris proposed a one-cent drop in the county property tax rate in his $1.6 billion county budget. (Ziggy Mack/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Harris also outlined the funding and timetable for historic county capital projects — the rebuilding of the Regional One Health campus and new high schools in Cordova and Frayser.
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