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.
Topic: Memphis City Council
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November 2021
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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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$21 an hour EDGE minimum wage proposal goes down in council vote
The higher minimum wage for EDGE tax break incentives was well short of seven votes Tuesday, Oct. 19, on the Memphis City Council. Opponents of the measure defeated a move to delay the outcome but there may still be some life left in the call for higher pay for tax breaks.
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Robberies of MLGW tree-trimming crews get City Council’s attention, more
In other action Tuesday, Oct. 19, the council delayed a final vote on a comprehensive downzoning plan and approved funding for the start of the next phase of construction on the South City development.
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Redistricting hits snag as City Council debate continues
The council tabled a move to put an ad hoc working group in place, similar to what the Shelby County Commission already has up and running. The delay came after a discussion about motives, snakes, the city’s method of redistricting and protecting incumbents.
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City Council approves projects to spend ARPA allocation
Most of the early proposals for the council’s share of ARPA funding took a cut in their dollar figures in the compromise worked out by Chase Carlisle and Edmund Ford Sr.
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City Council taking final vote on downzoning 20 areas
The Tuesday, Oct. 18, City Council session also includes a vote on further commercial uses of the Annesdale Mansion and a vote on raising the minimum wage to qualify for economic development tax break incentives.
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County Commission to vote on how to spend $52M in ARPA funds
The approval of the spending, which includes $19.1 million for Regional One Health and $4.4 milion to expand health care access to uninsured Shelby Countians, is county general fund money available as the federal ARPA money goes to account for lost county revenues in the pandemic.
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Council approves $4.9 million for City Hall facade repairs
The council also delayed action on several resolutions awarding federal American Rescue Plan Act funding allocated for the council’s uses.
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New pipeline restrictions modeled on city process for telecom access
The City Council approved the pipeline right-of-way ordinance on the first of three votes Tuesday, Oct. 5. It covers the entire city, requiring a permitting process for any work done beneath or across city streets.
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$21-an-hour threshold for EDGE incentives faces long odds in council
City Council members took a test vote of sorts in committee sessions on a proposal to make pay of $21 an hour the minimum for getting tax breaks from EDGE. The new Ford plant in Haywood County came up in the discussion.
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Council spars with TVA on coal ash disposal plan, role in Ford plant
The council is on record opposing TVA’s plan to truck coal ash from the old Allen Fossil Plant to a landfill in Capleville. The Tuesday council committee discussion also ventured into TVA’s role in the Blue Oval City Ford battery plant.
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Council considers funding to change City Hall’s look
The $4.9 million in funding would replace much, but not all, of the 55-year old structure’s exterior marble veneer.
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September 2021
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Ware remembered for ability to put together council votes
Barbara Swearengen Ware died Thursday, Sept. 30, 11 years after she resigned from the Memphis City Council after a plea deal on an official misconduct charge. She served 17 years on the council representing the North Memphis area that included the Douglass community.
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Former Memphis Councilwoman Barbara Swearengen Ware dies
Former Memphis City Council member Barbara Swearengen Ware has died at the age of 82.
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Federal funds trigger new type of budget season for city and county
The Memphis City Council and Shelby County Commission are already getting requests from groups that want a share of the money.
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‘Behind The Headlines’ talks education, pipelines
The WKNO Channel 10 program features a reporters’ roundtable discussion on a variety of topics, including passage of the first of three city ordinances out of the controversy over the Byhalia Connection crude oil pipeline project.
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City Council makes it more difficult to build pipelines near water wellheads
The measure is one of three proposals to limit and require local government approval and regulation of new oil pipeline projects. It’s broader than the other two measures delayed Tuesday over lingering legal questions.
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City government’s low vaccination rate spotlights larger solid waste issues
A low vaccination rate is just one of the problems the city faces as it wrestles with chronic problems surrounding solid waste disposal.
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Pipeline ordinances come to council crossroads
Also on the Tuesday, Sept. 21, Memphis City Council agenda is more discussion of how to spend the council’s $20 million share of the city’s federal ARPA funds and a minimum wage for getting EDGE tax incentives.
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Land Use Control Board approves widespread commercial rezoning
At its meeting Thursday, the board accepted requests for omission, including the Overton Square, Broad Avenue and Coro Lake areas to allow for further study.
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