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The discussion over the residency item is another indication of new thoughts on a city council with six new members. The second council meeting of the year also features more discussion and a possible vote on an electric rate increase from Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division and possible funding for Mayor Jim Strickland's Public Service Corps.
The City Council could also Tuesday revisit its decision two weeks ago to reject a solid waste fee hike. Mayor Jim Strickland said no fee hike could lead to laying off sanitation workers and scaling back garbage pickups of curbside trash. The combination with the MLGW rate hike proposal could cause the council to do either/or but not both.
On The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, incoming City Council member J.B. Smiley Jr. said he would like to have a voice in the current council's decision about residency requirements. But he said he accepts if the referendum on the matter is approved by the current council before members leave office. He also said concerns about reliability if MLGW breaks ties with TVA might be a "scare tactic."
The council approved a November 2020 referendum on a residency requirement for police and fire fighters Tuesday on the first of three votes.
Memphis Police Director Michael Rallings says a residency requirement for officers is hurting recruitment efforts by his department, and he wants voters to decide the matter.
On The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, outgoing council Chairman Kemp Conrad discusses Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division rate hikes and a recent visit to Hungary.
With three meetings left in the four-year term of office of city council members, and at least four new council members coming January, the council is lining up several items for action by the end of 2019.
The City Council gets its first detailed look Tuesday at a Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division rate hike proposal and talks with Mayor Jim Strickland about next steps in restoring benefits to police and firefighters.
Memphis City Council members appear divided on the idea of hiring police officers and firefighters from outside Shelby County.
At their first session since the Oct. 3 city election day, city council members take up a familiar issue -- residency requirements. A new proposal would allow police and fire brass to hire outside Shelby County if voters approve it in a November 2020 referendum. It would be the third residency referendum in 16 years.
Council members discuss the "two-hour drive" proposal during Tuesday committee sessions. Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland says he backs the measure.
Doug and Mary Ketchum, owners of Kimbrough Fine Wine & Spirits in Midtown Memphis, took their fight for a Tennessee retail liquor license to the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday.
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