CITY COUNCIL
MEETING AGENDA
February 24, 2026
4:00 p.m.
Council Chambers, Lobby Floor
City Hall - 125 North Main Street
Memphis, Tennessee 38103-2017
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District 4. Chairwoman Jana Swearengen-Washington
Super District 9-1. Vice Chairman Chase Carlisle
District 1. Rhonda Logan
District 2. Jerri Green
District 3. Pearl Eva Walker
District 5. Philip Spinosa
District 6. Edmund Ford, Sr.
District 7. Dr. Michalyn Easter-Thomas
Super District 8-1. JB Smiley, Jr.
Super District 8-2. Janika White
Super District 8-3. Yolanda Cooper-Sutton
Super District 9-2. J. Ford Canale
Super District 9-3. Dr. Jeff Warren
ORDER OF BUSINESS
- CALL TO ORDER by the Sergeant-at-Arms
- INVOCATION
Any invocation that may be offered before the official start of the Council meeting shall be the voluntary offering of a private citizen, to and for the benefit of the Council. The views or beliefs expressed by the invocation speaker have not been previously reviewed or approved by the Council and do not necessarily represent the religious beliefs or views of the Council in part or as a whole. No member of the community is required to attend or participate in the invocation and such decision will have no impact on their right to actively participate in the business of the Council. Copies of the policy governing invocations and setting forth the procedure to have a volunteer deliver an invocation are available upon written request submitted to the Chief of Staff of the Memphis City Council.
- PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
- CALL OF ROLL by the Comptroller
- APPROVAL OF PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES (February 3, 2026)
- ANNOUNCEMENT FOR APPEARANCE CARDS FOR PUBLIC SPEAKING
- ITEMS HELD OR DROPPED FROM THE AGENDA
PRESENTATIONS AND RECOGNITION OF VISITORS
- PRESENTATION for Black History Month.
- PRESENTATION of the City Council Humanitarian Award to Ms. Chrysti Chandler.
PUBLIC HEARING (None)
DIVISION OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
- RESOLUTION pursuant to Chapter 9.6 of the Memphis and Shelby County Unified
Spinosa Development Code approving a planned development at the subject property
Chairman, located at 6450 Kirby Gate. This Resolution is sponsored by the Division of
Planning Planning and Development. (Held from 1/27; 2/3)
& Zoning
Committee Case No. PD 25-15
Applicant: David Wills – Wills and Wills LP
David Baker (Representative)
Request: Planned Development to allow a self-service
mini-storage facility
LUCB and DPD recommendation: APPROVAL, with conditions
ACTION REQUESTED: Take whatever action Council deems advisable
No opposition at LUCB; No Public Hearing Required
- RESOLUTION pursuant to Chapter 9.6 of the Memphis and Shelby County Unified
Spinosa Development Code approving a planned development at the subject property
Chairman, located at 3021 East Shelby Drive. This Resolution is sponsored by the Division of
Planning Planning and Development. (Held from 12/16; 1/27; 2/3)
& Zoning
Committee Case No. PD 25-02
Applicant: Shelby Railroad Service, Inc.
Cindy Reaves, SR Consulting, LLC (Representative)
Request: Amendment to PD 06-349 to add additional
land for storage
LUCB and DPD recommendation: REJECTION
ACTION REQUESTED: Take whatever action Council deems advisable
No opposition at LUCB; No Public Hearing Required
ZONING ORDINANCE - THIRD AND FINAL READING (None)
CONSENT AGENDA
GENERAL ORDINANCE - FIRST READING (None)
GENERAL ORDINANCE - SECOND READING (None)
ZONING ORDINANCE - FIRST READING (None)
ZONING ORDINANCE - SECOND READING (None)
NOTATION FROM DPD (None)
ENGINEERING DIVISION
- RESOLUTION approving the engineering plans for ST. JUDE EAST GATE AND ROAD PROJECT
- GENE LOGAN BOULEVARD and accepting bonds as security. (Request for Same Night Minutes)
Contract No. CR-5491
Resolution approves the engineering plans in the present limits of the City of Memphis, as
shown on the plans, and located on Gene Logan Boulevard, in Memphis, Tennessee. Cost of
the required improvements to be borne by the Developer. Resolution also accepts Travelers
Casualty/Surety Company Performance Bond No. 108240246 in the amount of $236,000.00
as security.
ACTION REQUESTED: Adopt the Resolution
- RESOLUTION approving the engineering plans for INTERSECTION OF 7TH STREET AND A.W.
WILLIS AVENUE and accepting bond as security. (Request for Same Night Minutes)
Contract No. CR-5492
Resolution approves the engineering plans in the present limits of the City of Memphis,
as shown on the plans, and located at the intersection of Seventh Street and A.W. Willis Avenue, in Memphis, Tennessee. Cost of the required improvements to be borne by the Developer. Resolution also accepts Travelers Casualty/Surety Company Performance Bond
No. 108240243 in the amount of $159,400.00 as security.
ACTION REQUESTED: Adopt the Resolution
- RESOLUTION approving the engineering plans for TCAT MEMPHIS, PHASE 2 and accepting
bond as security. (Request for Same Night Minutes)
Contract No. CR-5493
Resolution approves the engineering plans in the present limits of the City of Memphis,
as shown on the plans, located at 644 Alabama Avenue, in Memphis, Tennessee. Cost
of the required improvements to be borne by the Developer. Resolution also accepts
Liberty Mutual Insurance Company Performance Bond No. 015230122 in the amount
of $132,000.00 as security.
ACTION REQUESTED: Adopt the Resolution
GENERAL ITEMS (None)
FISCAL CONSENT AGENDA
(None)
MLGW FISCAL CONSENT
Chair: Pearl Eva Walker, Vice Chair: Philip Spinosa
- RESOLUTION ratifying and approving an invoice payment, scope change, and increase (Change No. 3) to Contract No. 12390, Project Portfolio Management Software Tool Acquisition with WorkOtter, Inc. to ratify, expand the scope, and increase the current contract value in the funded amount of $20,020.00.
- RESOLUTION awarding purchase order for horizontal luminaires LED 200W equivalent to Engineered Sealing Components LLC in the amount of $361,038.08.
- RESOLUTION awarding purchase order for standard concrete post tops to Engineered Sealing Components LLC in the amount of $190,838.60.
- RESOLUTION awarding Contract No. 12599, Heavy Duty/High Volume Utility Bill Insertion System to Bell and Howell, LLC and the associated lease agreement to Bell and Howell Capital Finance in the funded amount of $734,820.00.
- RESOLUTION approving a twelve-month extension of Purchase Order Number 7054390 in the amount of $1,643,300.00 with ATG Supply LLC for control cable.
- RESOLUTION approving Scope Change and Increase (Change No. 1) to Contract No. 12594, Revenue and Meter Services Support (Emergency) with Bridgewater Consulting Group, Inc. to expand the scope and increase the current contract value in the funded amount of $350,000.00.
- RESOLUTION awarding Contract No. 12596, Public and Employee Education Campaign to LEAP FIVE, LLC dba Matter in the funded amount of $475,000.00.
- RESOLUTION for approval of annual salary in the amount of $171,204.80 for the new hire position of Director, Internal Audit. (Request for Same Night Minutes)
REGULAR AGENDA
APPOINTMENTS
- MEMPHIS LIGHT, GAS & WATER (MLGW) BOARD
White
Chairwoman, Reappointment
Personnel &
Governmental Cheryl Pesce
Affairs
Committee
- STORMWATER BOARD
White
Chairwoman, Appointment
Personnel &
Governmental Brian Waldron
Affairs
Committee
- MEMPHIS BOARD OF ETHICS
White
Chairwoman, Appointment
Personnel &
Governmental Nicholas Thompson
Affairs
Committee
GENERAL ORDINANCES -THIRD AND FINAL READING
- ORDINANCE renaming Monroe Avenue between Front Street and Riverside
Spinosa Drive as Hyde Square, up for T H I R D and F I N A L reading. Ordinance No. 5968
Chairman, is sponsored by the Memphis City Council.
Planning
& Zoning ACTION REQUESTED: Take whatever action Council deems advisable
Committee
- ORDINANCE to Amend Article VIII, § 2-370 of the Code of Ordinances Relative to
White Arbitration of Labor Disputes, Impasse Procedures, and Preservation of Charter
Chairwoman, Powers of City Council, up for T H I R D and F I N A L reading. Ordinance No. 5969
Personnel & is sponsored by the Memphis City Council.
Governmental
Affairs ACTION REQUESTED: Take whatever action Council deems advisable
Committee
- ORDINANCE to Amend the Code of Ordinances of The City Of Memphis Pertaining
Walker to Contracts and Salaries of the Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division to Set
Chairwoman, Limits of Contracts and Salaries or Compensation for Employees or Others
MLG&W Requiring City Council Approval, up for T H I R D and F I N A L reading. Ordinance
Committee No. 5967 is sponsored by the Councilmembers Canale and Spinosa. (Held from 2/3)
ACTION REQUESTED: Take whatever action Council deems advisable
- REFERENDUM ORDINANCE to Amend Article 34, Section 250 of the Home Rule Charter
White of the City of Memphis, relative to the classification of officers and positions, exemptions
Chairwoman, from article; to amend the classification of employees of the Memphis and Shelby County
Personnel & Public Library to allow civil service status, up for T H I R D and F I N A L reading.
Governmental Ordinance No. 5966 is sponsored by Councilmembers Smiley, Canale, Cooper-Sutton,
Affairs Easter-Thomas, Ford, Green, Spinosa, Swearengen-Washington, Walker, and Warren.
Committee (Held from 1/27; 2/3)
ACTION REQUESTED: Take whatever action Council deems advisable
A request has been made for this item to be held until March 24, 2026.
- ORDINANCE amending the Memphis and Shelby County Unified Development Code, as
Spinosa adopted by the City of Memphis on August 10, 2010, and by Shelby County on August 9,
Chairman, 2010, as amended, to revise the zoning and subdivision regulations within the city of
Planning Memphis, pertaining to correctional facilities, specifically detention centers, jails, and
& Zoning prisons, up for T H I R D and F I N A L reading. Ordinance No. 5958 is sponsored by
Committee Councilwomen Easter-Thomas and Green. (Held from 1/27; 2/3)
ACTION REQUESTED: Take whatever action Council deems advisable
- ORDINANCE to amend the Code of Ordinances of Memphis, Tennessee
Swearengen- regarding the Small Business Enterprise Opportunity Program, up for T H I R D
Washington and F I N A L reading. Ordinance No. 5959 is sponsored by the Administration.
Chairwoman, (Held from 12/2; 12/16; 1/13; 2/3)
Executive
Session ACTION REQUESTED: Take whatever action Council deems advisable
A request has been made for this item to be held until March 24, 2026.
- ORDINANCE to Amend the Memphis Code of Ordinances to Amend, Consolidate,
Swearengen- and Adopt Ordinances Relative to Blight Remediation and Neighborhood
Washington Improvement, up for T H I R D and F I N A L reading. Ordinance No. 5950 is
Chairwoman, sponsored by Councilmembers Green, Spinosa, and White. (Held from 7/8; 8/5; Executive 9/23; 10/7; 1/13)
Session
ACTION REQUESTED: Take whatever action Council deems advisable
A request has been made for this item to be held until March 24, 2026.
- ORDINANCE establishing Downtown Parking Garage Revitalization and Safety Program,
Smiley up for T H I R D and F I N A L reading. Ordinance No. 5943 is sponsored by
Chairman, Councilmembers Spinosa, Green, Swearengen-Washington, Smiley, Warren, and Logan.
Public Works, (Held from 6/10; 6/24; 7/22; 8/5; 9/9; 9/23; 10/21; 11/4; 11/18; 12/2; 12/16; 1/13;
Solid Waste & 1/27; 2/3)
General Services
Committee ACTION REQUESTED: Take whatever action Council deems advisable
CITY COUNCIL-EXTRAORDINARY COUNCIL RESOLUTION (None)
DIVISION OF COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT (None)
ENGINEERING DIVISION (None)
EXECUTIVE DIVISION (None)
FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION (None)
DIVISION OF FIRE SERVICES (None)
DIVISION OF GENERAL SERVICES
- RESOLUTION approving the transfer of 15 City-owned vacant parcels to the
Smiley Mow-to-Own Program. Districts 3, 4, 6 & 7, Super Districts 8 & 9. This Resolution
Chairman, is sponsored by the Administration.
Public Works,
Solid Waste & ACTION REQUESTED: Adopt the Resolution
General Services
Committee
DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (None)
DIVISION OF HUMAN RESOURCES (None)
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (None)
LAW DIVISION (None)
LIBRARY SERVICES (None)
MLGW DIVISION (None)
MEMPHIS PARKS
- RESOLUTION to accept the recommendations of the Parks and Environment Ad
Warren Hoc Committee. All Council Districts. This Resolution is sponsored by the Memphis
Chairman, City Council. (Held from 12/16; 1/13; 1/27)
Memphis
Parks ACTION REQUESTED: Adopt the Resolution
Committee
A request has been made for this item to be held until March 24, 2026.
DIVISION OF POLICE SERVICES (None)
DIVISION OF PUBLIC WORKS
- RESOLUTION to transfer and appropriate additional construction funds in the
Smiley amount of $2,119,055.40 from Drainage – ST Coverline, Project Number
Chairman, ST03205, to Morningside Drain Improvement, Project Number ST02032,
Public Works, to fund project expense increase for upgrades to the drainage system in the
Solid Waste & Morningside Place Neighborhood. District 5, Super District 9. This Resolution is
General Services sponsored by the Administration.
Committee
ACTION REQUESTED: Adopt the Resolution
DIVISION OF SOLID WASTE (None)
GENERAL ITEM
- RESOLUTION to allocate $8,000.00 in FY26 Council Community Grant Program
Carlisle Funds. All Council Districts. This Resolution is sponsored by Councilman Smiley.
Chairman
Budget ACTION REQUESTED: Adopt the Resolution
Committee
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