City Council final vote scheduled on expanding term limits
The Tuesday, May 24, council agenda also includes the second of three votes on a companion ballot question that would allow partisan primaries in city elections.Related story:
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May 2022
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Council member calls TVA report, presentation ‘jockeying’
Tennessee Valley Authority officials got a hostile reception when they took an economic development study to the Memphis City Council Tuesday.
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Council moves extended term limits, partisan primaries forward
The two issues could be up for a citywide referendum in August.
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Memphis City Council moves closer to hiring energy consultant
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Memphis City Council moves closer to hiring energy consultant
MLGW is currently requesting proposals from various providers for a possible move to a new electric power provider.
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Council begins property tax votes Tuesday, moves ahead with ballot question decisions
The council will mix a first vote on the city property tax rate Tuesday with more discussion and votes on two ballot questions for the August ballot — one on expanding term limits and the other allowing for partisan city primaries.
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Death ends Joe Cooper’s long, futile road back to elected office
The former County Commissioner died in January, his family disclosed this month. He is buried in a county cemetery, 50 years after his only win in a storied political career that saw him go to prison twice.
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April 2022
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City Council Scorecard: Term limits, city primaries, Southwind, more
This City Council Scorecard tracks first votes on a three-term limit for the council and partisan city elections, along with a Southwind apartment complex that stirred some de-annexation resentment.
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The election backstory: Term limits
Here are the basics of how term limits work in Memphis and Shelby County, and a tumultuous history of the issue across both governments.
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The election backstory: Primaries
Here is the backstory of how county primaries came to be in the early 1990s, called for by Republicans several years after Democrats splintered over a move in their ranks to take local elections partisan.
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Changing who wins and how long they serve: A call for city primaries and extending term limits
Making its way through the Memphis City Council are a pair of ballot questions that could change the face of city government and the nature of city politics — if they get on the ballot and if a majority of city voters agree at the ballot box.
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Council debates partisan city primaries and term limits
The two proposals were introduced during council committee sessions but appear to have been discussed among council members prior to that.
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City Council approves Southwind apartments, Liberty Park management contract, more
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City Council approves Southwind apartments, Liberty Park management contract, more
The apartment complex had persistent opposition from an area that asked for and received de-annexation from Memphis. One council member had harsh words for that idea.
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City Council moves to hire energy consultant on MLGW-TVA issue
Should we stay or should we go? The decision still lacks a dollar figure and relies on the MLGW board agreeing to let the council’s consultant get a look at the various proposals.
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City backs bonds for One Beale project in ‘unprecedented move’
“This is not something we have taken lightly,” said Memphis COO Doug McGowen. “The world has changed and the Loews hotel is not coming. Those are two things that have caused us to act.”
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City Council urges early voting expansion in county primaries
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City Council urges early voting expansion in county primaries
In addition to the voting-expansion resolution, Council action included the Liberty Park contract, more time for Parkside at Shelby Farms and the end of the latest consolidation push.
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City Council takes up One Beale debt, Soulsville TIF and Northside PILOT
The economic development items are part of a council agenda that could see the formal end of a city-county consolidation bid and the end of council discussion of police and fire residency requirements.
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March 2022
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City Council questions Soulsville TIF
Several Memphis City Council members said Tuesday, March 22, they don’t think it is large enough or generates enough property tax increment to get much going in terms of economic development in the Soulsville area.
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Strickland says city through ‘first quarter’ of MLGW-TVA decision
The three returning and two new MLGW board members breezed through City Council approval Tuesday, as a move to hire an energy consultant was put on hold.
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City Council approves bond refinance to save $11M
The transactions will save the city money. The council also dealt with MLGW pay thresholds and approved a resolution calling for the cancellation of student loan debt.
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State bill on pipelines would not undo city ordinances, council told
Council members withdrew a resolution Tuesday, March 22, opposing the bill in Nashville after amendments were made. The bill would still limit the council’s ability to regulate convenience stores with gas pumps.
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City Council Scorecard: Party lines, residency majority holds and a new code
This edition of the council scorecard catches up to a council vote on President Biden’s Supreme Court nominee, another chapter in the police residency debate and rewriting the city code of ordinances for the first time in 37 years.
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MLGW commissioners to step down from board amid political house cleaning by Strickland
Longtime MLGW board members will not be reappointed by Mayor Strickland. The decision follows an investigation by the Institute for Public Service Reporting that found all five board members were serving after their terms had expired.
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City Council to meet new MLGW board members, discuss hiring energy consultant
The March 22 council day starts with the 2 new MLGW board members and three reappointees. Some on the council also want to hire an energy consultant.
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Three council members call for review of MLGW proposals
Letter questions the validity of the process being used to determine what it would take to get a new electric power supplier and build a new system for MLGW to break its 80-year relationship with TVA.
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City Council walks back use of cash apps for towing fees
Under the amended ordinance, people would be able to use major credit cards to pay tow truck companies, but the allowed fee will go up to 4%.
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