CITY COUNCIL
MEETING AGENDA
November 10, 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
I. CALL TO ORDER by the Sergeant-at-Arms
II. 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.
III. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
IV. CALL OF ROLL by the Comptroller
V. APPROVAL OF PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES (October 20, 2026)
VI. ANNOUNCEMENT FOR APPEARANCE CARDS FOR PUBLIC SPEAKING
VII. ITEMS HELD OR DROPPED FROM THE AGENDA
PRESENTATIONS AND RECOGNITION OF VISITORS (None)
PUBLIC HEARING (None)
DIVISION OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
- Spinosa Chairman, Planning & Zoning Committee
RESOLUTION approving a Street Name Change to rename Ikea Way to Cordova Market Drive between North Germantown Parkway and Market Farms Drive. This Resolution is between North Germantown Parkway and Market Farms Drive.
Case No. SNC 26-03
Applicant: Lindsay Kennan/CC Drayton
Request: Street name change from Ikea Way to Cordova Market Drive
LUCB and DPD recommendation: APPROVAL, with conditions
ACTION REQUESTED: Take whatever action Council deems advisable
ZONING ORDINANCE - THIRD AND FINAL READING (None)
CONSENT AGENDA
GENERAL ORDINANCES - FIRST READING (None)
GENERAL ORDINANCE - SECOND READING
- Swearengen-Washington Chairwoman, Executive Session
ORDINANCE to Establish a Framework for the Creation and State Approval of a Nonprofit Community Benefit Agency; To Authorize Coordination Between the City of Memphis and the State of Tennessee for the Lawful Receipt, Administration, and Distribution of Data Center Community-Benefit Funding; To Provide for Community Representation, Financial Accountability, and Public Oversight; and To Provide for Related Purposes, up for S E C O N D reading. Ordinance No. 5989 is sponsored by Councilman Warren.
ACTION REQUESTED: Adopt the Ordinance on Second reading
ZONING ORDINANCES - FIRST READING (None)
ZONING ORDINANCES - SECOND READING (None)
NOTATION FROM DPD (None)
ENGINEERING DIVISION
- RESOLUTION approving the engineering plans for GETWELL ROAD AND ARNOLD ROAD C-STORE and accepting bond as security. (Request for Same Night Minutes)
Contract No. CR-5503
Resolution approves the final plat in the present limits of the City of Memphis, as indicated on the final plat, located at 4431 Getwell Road in Memphis, Tennessee. Cost of the required improvements to be borne by the Developer. Resolution also accepts Western Surety Company Performance Bond No. 73843002 in the amount of $97,500.00 as security.
ACTION REQUESTED: Adopt the Resolution
- RESOLUTION approving the engineering plans for UNION DEPOT P.D. FIRST ADDITION - PHASE 1 and accepting bond as security. (Request for Same Night Minutes)
Contract No. CR-5504
Resolution approves the engineering plans in the present limits of the City of Memphis, as shown on the engineering plans, located at Highway 64 at Van Der Veer in Memphis, Tennessee. Cost of the required improvements to be borne by the Developer. Resolution also accepts Merchants National Bonding, Inc. Performance Bond No. 102049807 in the amount of $1,124,900.00 as security.
ACTION REQUESTED: Adopt the Resolution
- RESOLUTION accepting public improvements for CHICK-FIL-A UPTOWN MEMPHIS STORE #5543 [CR#5465] and releasing bond. (Request for Same Night Minutes)
(Contract No. CR-5465)
Resolution accepts the completion in the present limits of Memphis as reflected on the final plat and located at 550 Uptown Street, in Memphis, Tennessee. Resolution also releases the Liberty Mutual Insurance Performance Bond No. 016246474 in the amount of $211,200.00 currently held as project security.
ACTION REQUESTED: Adopt the Resolution
GENERAL ITEM (None)
FISCAL CONSENT AGENDA
- RESOLUTION to accept and appropriate Senior Center Grant Award from the Tennessee Department of Disability and Aging for the Hickory Hill Community Center in the amount of Forty Thousand Dollars ($40,000.00). District 3, Super District 8. This Resolution is sponsored by the Administration. (Request for Same Night Minutes)
- RESOLUTION to accept and appropriate Senior Center Grant Award from the Tennessee Department of Disability and Aging for the J.K. Lewis Senior Center in the amount of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00). District 7, Super District 8. This Resolution is sponsored by the Administration. (Request for Same Night Minutes)
- RESOLUTION to accept and appropriate Senior Center Grant Award from the Tennessee Department of Disability and Aging for the Frayser Raleigh Senior Center in the amount of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00). District 1, Super District 9. This Resolution is sponsored by the Administration. (Request for Same Night Minutes)
MLGW FISCAL CONSENT
Chair: Pearl Eva Walker, Vice Chair: Philip Spinosa
- RESOLUTION for Increase and Renewal (Change No. 4) to Contract No. 12424, Water Well Production Drilling with National Water Services LLC to increase and renew the current contract in the funded amount of $4,000,000.00.
- RESOLUTION approving of the Ratification, Renewal and Increase (Change No. 20) to Contract No. 10793, Professional Portfolio Software with Advent Software, Incorporated to ratify, renew and increase the current contract in the funded amount of $15,337.93.
- RESOLUTION approving the Increase and Renewal (Change No. 3) to Contract No. 12469 (solicited under Contract No. 12433), Professional Services IS/IT with TEKsystems to increase and renew the current in the funded amount of $2,011,814.09.
- RESOLUTION approving the Increase and Renewal (Change No. 3) to Contract No. 12470 (solicited under Contract No. 12433), Professional Services IS/IT with Vaco to increase and renew the current contract in the funded amount of $1,831,815.07.
- RESOLUTION approving the Increase and Renewal (Change No. 3) to Contract No. 12468 (solicited under Contract No. 12433), Professional Services IS/IT with Stragistics Technology, Inc. to increase and renew the current contract in the funded amount of $2,466,191.98.
- RESOLUTION approving the Increase and Renewal (Change No. 3) to Contract No. 12467 (solicited under Contract No. 12433), Professional Services IS/IT with Nextech Solutions, LLC to increase and renew the current contract in the funded amount of $2,787,084.11.
- RESOLUTION approving the Increase and Renewal (Change No. 3) to Contract No. 12466 (solicited under Contract No. 12433), Professional Services IS/IT with CTD Staffing to increase and renew the current contract in the funded amount of $2,705,909.83.
- RESOLUTION approving the Increase and Renewal (Change No. 3) to Contract No. 12433, Professional Services IS/IT with 1Link Technology, LLC to increase and renew the current contract in the funded amount of $1,140,455.10.
- RESOLUTION approving the Increase and Renewal (Change No. 3) to Contract No. 12465 (solicited under Contract No. 12433), Professional Services IS/IT with Cook Systems to increase and renew the current contract in the funded amount of $2,372,382.11.
- RESOLUTION approving the amendment of Purchase Order number 7057248 with Crayon Software LLC for Microsoft 365 Office user licenses in the additional amount of $729,411.86.
- RESOLUTION approving the Increase and Extension (Change No. 1) to Contract No. 12599, Heavy Duty/High Volume Utility Bill Insertion System with Bell and Howell, LLC and the associated lease agreement to Bell and Howell Capital Finance to increase the contract value and extend the current contract in the funded amount of $8,608.00.
- RESOLUTION approving the Increase and Renewal (Change No. 3) to Contract No. 12408, Environmental Consulting Services with BH&M Environmental Consultants, Inc. in the funded amount of $9,000,000.00.
- RESOLUTION approving of the increase and renewal (Change No. 4) to Contract No. 12446, Environmental Abatement Services with Northwest Contracting Services, Incorporated in the funded not-to-exceed amount of $10,000,000.00.
- RESOLUTION approving the increase and renewal (Change No. 3) to Contract No. 12407, Environmental Abatement Services with General Construction Services, Incorporated in the funded not-to-exceed amount of $1,750,000.00.
REGULAR AGENDA
APPOINTMENTS (None)
GENERAL ORDINANCES -THIRD AND FINAL READING
- Swearengen-Washington Chairwoman, Executive Session
ORDINANCE to Adopt Zoning Amendments to the Unified Development Code Relative to Data Centers, up for T H I R D and F I N A L reading. Ordinance No. 5987 is sponsored by Councilmembers Warren, Canale, Spinosa, Carlisle, and White.
ACTION REQUESTED: Take whatever action Council deems advisable
- Swearengen-Washington Chairwoman, Executive Session
ORDINANCE Amending the Memphis and Shelby County Unified Development Code, as Adopted by the City of Memphis on August 10, 2010, and as Amended, to Establish a Land-Use and Siting Framework for Data Centers and other Resource-Intensive Uses Within the City of Memphis, up for T H I R D and F I N A L reading. Ordinance No. 5988 is sponsored by Councilmembers Logan, Cooper-Sutton, Swearengen-Washington, Walker, & Warren.
ACTION REQUESTED: Take whatever action Council deems advisable
- Chairman, Planning & Zoning Committee
ORDINANCE To Establish A Strategic Large-Load Development And Digital Infrastructure District Program; To Replace A Blanket Data-Center Moratorium With Source-Neutral, Tiered, And Timed Review; To Define Substantial Compliance; To Adopt A Memphis Water Assurance Standard And Recurring Fiscal Floor; To Require Strategic Development Agreements; To Authorize Memphis Digital Infrastructure Development District No. 1; And For Related Purposes, up for T H I R D and F I N A L reading. Ordinance No. 5985 is sponsored by Councilman Spinosa. (Held from 10/6; 10/20)
ACTION REQUESTED: Take whatever action Council deems advisable
- Swearengen-Washington Chairwoman, Executive Session
ORDINANCE to Amend the Memphis Code of Ordinances to Amend, Consolidate, and Adopt Ordinances Relative to Blight Remediation and Neighborhood Improvement, up for T H I R D and F I N A L reading. Ordinance No. 5950 is sponsored by Councilmembers Green, Spinosa, and White. (Held from 7/8; 8/5; 9/23; 10/7; 1/13; 2/24; 3/24; 7/21; 9/15; 10/20)
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
- Carlisle Chairman, Budget Committee
RESOLUTION to amend the Fiscal Year 2027 General Fund, Solid Waste Management Fund, Sewer Treatment & Collections Fund, and Storm Water Fund Operating Budgets. All Council Districts. This Resolution is sponsored by the Administration.
ACTION REQUESTED: Adopt the Resolution
DIVISION OF FIRE SERVICES (None)
DIVISION OF GENERAL SERVICES (None)
DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (None)
DIVISION OF HUMAN RESOURCES (None)
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (None)
LAW DIVISION (None)
LIBRARY SERVICES
- Cooper-Sutton Chairwoman, Libraries & Neighborhood Improvement Committee
RESOLUTION to accept and appropriate grant funds in the amount of Four Hundred Thirty Thousand, Five Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents ($430,500.00) from the State of Tennessee, Tennessee Library and Archives 2027 Metro Grant. All Council Districts. This Resolution is sponsored by the Administration.
ACTION REQUESTED: Adopt the Resolution
- Cooper-Sutton Chairwoman, Libraries & Neighborhood Improvement Committee
RESOLUTION approving and ratifying an Intergovernmental Agreement between the City of Memphis, by and through Memphis Public Libraries, and Shelby County Government for the operation of the East Shelby Branch Library. Unincorporated Shelby County. This Resolution is sponsored by the Administration.
ACTION REQUESTED: Adopt the Resolution
MLGW DIVISION (None)
MEMPHIS PARKS (None)
DIVISION OF POLICE SERVICES (None)
DIVISION OF PUBLIC WORKS
- Smiley Chairman, Public Works, Solid Waste & General Services Committee
RESOLUTION to Allocate and Appropriate Three Million Two Hundred Fifty-Nine Thousand and Two Hundred Eighty-Two Dollars ($3,259,282.00) in Data Center Revenues Collected During FY2026 to Nine Projects and Programs, in accordance with Community Benefit Ordinance Number 5953. District 6, Super District 8. This Resolution is sponsored by the Administration.
ACTION REQUESTED: Adopt the Resolution
DIVISION OF SOLID WASTE (None)
GENERAL ITEMS
- Green Chairwoman, Economic Development & Tourism Committee
RESOLUTION to conduct predevelopment efforts for Mid-South Coliseum. All Council Districts. This Resolution is sponsored by Councilwoman Cooper-Sutton. (Held from 10/20)
ACTION REQUESTED: Adopt the Resolution
- Swearengen-Washington Chairwoman, Executive Session
RESOLUTION requesting comprehensive data center standards to protect Memphis Residents, Ratepayers, and Public Resources. All Council Districts. This Resolution is sponsored by Councilwoman Cooper-Sutton. (Held from 10/6; 10/20)
ACTION REQUESTED: Adopt the Resolution
APPEARANCE CARDS FOR PUBLIC SPEAKING
ADJOURNMENT
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