City Council delays first of three votes on police residency referendum
The delay came after some council members opposed to the ballot question pushed for a separate vote on first reading Tuesday, Dec. 21.
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December 2021
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Williams appointment in clerk’s office delayed again by council
The delay by the city council came after Calvin Williams said he’s paid for his mistakes but insisted he never “mismanaged anything in government.”
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City Council to take first vote on police residency
The first-reading vote to put the item on the August 2022 ballot comes at the last council meeting of 2021.
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Council members question Young Dolph’s legacy but rename street anyway
The council voice vote was unanimous to rename a street for Young Dolph on Tuesday, Dec. 7, but it came after some council members questioned the honor given the lyrics of some of his music.
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MLGW-IBEW contract impasse resolved before council verdict
A special Memphis City Council meeting called to resolve a labor contract impasse was settled before the 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 14, start of the session.
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City Council’s special session to decide MLGW labor impasse
The Tuesday afternoon meeting should be short with the labor contract impasse the only item on the agenda. The meeting technically continues last week’s meeting, which was recessed to allow for the special meeting.
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Frustrated City Council delays action on MLGW-union impasse
Tuesday before the City Council, MGLW management and labor couldn’t agree about what their final offers were and what was on the table. The result will be a special council meeting between now and Christmas week.
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Williams appointment as deputy city court clerk delayed by city council
Council member Worth Morgan called for the delay Tuesday, citing Williams’ conviction and prison sentence for bribery and extortion. Meanwhile, another appointment to the airport authority is also on the council agenda in two weeks.
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Council resurrects gas station project at Broad and Tillman
City Council members resurrect a project they killed three weeks ago on a tie vote for a January re-vote. And the debate was contentious.
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Council debates police residency as new vote looms
Most council members abstained or didn’t vote Monday in a test vote on the new proposal to allow Memphis Police officers to live outside the county ,but within a 50-mile radius.
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Council session has police, fire residency on agenda
Memphis City Council members talk about a new bid to allow police officers and firefighters to live outside Shelby County at a special committee session Monday, Dec. 6.
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November 2021
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Ford says he meant no offense, didn’t understand ‘she/they’
Memphis City Council member Edmund Ford Sr. said Friday evening he asked about a county employee’s use of personal pronouns because he didn’t know what they meant, but “could have been less harsh in my delivery and tone.”
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Tennessee Equality Project calls on council to take action against Ford
The statewide group working for LGBTQ equality called a pair of tirades by council member Edmund Ford Sr. at Tuesday’s council session “bullying, trolling and abusive.”
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Jones says City Council should have intervened to stop Ford tirades
City Council member Martavius Jones is the first member of the body to react to several angry outbursts by fellow council member Edmund Ford Sr. at Tuesday’s session.
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Ford’s ‘gender mess’ tirade is latest from veteran councilman
From calling a councilwoman “baby” to berating a city division director, Memphis City Council member Edmund Ford Sr. has a history of outbursts prior to Tuesday’s comments to two members of county government.
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Council approves pipeline ordinance that ‘covers the universe of potential routes’
The Memphis City Council approved one pipeline ordinance but denied another that would have kept oil pipelines from locating within 1,500 feet of schools, churches and parks.
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Jamita Swearengen is new council chair
The council elected Jamita Swearengen as leader, rejected a convenience store with gas pumps at Broad and Tillman, gave final approval to a downzoning and approved more money for a fix of City Hall’s crumbling marble.
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City redistricting process comes back to life
A move to form an ad hoc redistricing group for more public participation on the front end of drawing new district lines was tabled by the council in October. The sponsor brought it back briefly Tuesday, Nov. 16, in committee discussions.
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City Council to punt consolidation charter commission into new year
Also on the Tuesday, Nov. 16, City Council agenda are final votes on measures requiring more local review of pipelines, more money for City Hall’s crumbling marble problem and electing a new chairman for 2022.
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Council approves ‘gas in the back, store up front’ rules
The new rules for gas stations are in the first of two City Council measures that include a downzoning of 20 areas of the city to limit the spread of auto-related businesses.
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Final votes on two pipeline ordinances delayed amid protests
The Memphis City Council will take up the pipeline ordinances in two weeks after legalese and other factors led to to raucous environment at City Hall.
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Council members question city’s minority spend
The percentage is a calculation that excludes the city’s spend in areas where it is determined there are no local minority businesses.
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City Council weighs competing pipeline ordinances
The council has final votes scheduled Tuesday, Nov. 2, on two pipeline-related ordinances. Also on the agenda are a contract to manage a North Memphis community center and a second look at a minimum wage for EDGE tax breaks.
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October 2021
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Redistricting and reelection: uneasy coexistence surfaces
An ad hoc group is drafting recommendations on new district lines for the Shelby County Commission.
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An early look at Memphis City Council redistricting
The new district lines will reflect a drop of 16,000 Memphians by the U.S. Census count and populations gains in three of the seven single-member City Council districts as well as drops in the head count in the other four districts.
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