City Council shuffles money around as needs change in ‘tight’ budget
“We can’t have the emergencies we had at end of last year. This shows it will happen again,” council member Jerri Green (left) said. “I’m concerned not about making these moves, but about what these moves say to the trend of our budget as a whole.” (Benjamin Naylor/The Daily Memphian file)
The Memphis City Council addressed changing fiscal needs, and approved funding shifts for a Downtown Police Command Center and annual property-tax payments by MLGW.
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