County Commission approves 100 N. Main sale to city
Commission also approves the appointment of Dr. Marco Ross as Shelby County medical examiner.
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March 2021
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County Commission to vote on property reappraisal every two years
The move to every other year comes as property owners are getting reappraisal notices this month that increased property values by an average of 15% to 20% countywide.
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County Commission Scorecard: Crossing the partisan divide
The County Commission Scorecard tracks votes on a piece of legislation in Nashville that would change the way county commissioners are elected and final approval of a share of county contracts for locally owned small businesses.
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Photo finish: Commissioner questions why Assessor’s picture adorns reappraisal notices
The notices are drawing fire from a county commissioner after the commission approved $180,000 more in funding last month for the direct mail piece. The assessor’s office says it is Melvin Burgess’ way of “owning” the process.
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County Commission extends forensic center contract with UTHSC to $5M
Commission also approves a goal of giving locally-owned small businesses 20% of county government contracts and purchases.
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County Commission’s briefing by state health commissioner postponed
State Health commissioner Lisa Piercey said she won’t have a completed report by Friday, March 12.
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Most on commission oppose eliminating county primaries
The bill in Nashville would outlaw partisan primary elections in Shelby and Davidson counties – the state’s two biggest concentrations of Democratic voters.
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County Commission sorts out future of county vaccination efforts
The regular Monday session of the commission will be followed by a special Friday meeting with Tennessee Health commissioner Dr. Lisa Piercey on problems that led the state to shift control of COVID vaccine distribution from the county to the city of Memphis.
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Released emails show early vaccine questions between Memphis, county health officials
Transfer of vaccine distribution will likely leave some Shelby County Health Department vacancies unfilled, county leaders say, as email trails from last month show those now in charge of vaccine distribution had questions that weren’t being answered as vaccine miscues piled up.
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February 2021
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Haushalter resigns as Health Department head after more vaccine bombshells
The announcement by County Mayor Lee Harris came three hours after new bombshell revelation from state health officials about the mismanagement of vaccines in Shelby County. It also did little to quell a growing controversy about the leadership of Harris in the controversy.
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Carlisle makes first call for firing of Haushalter in vaccine ‘fiasco’
The council can’t fire Shelby County Health Director Alisa Haushalter, but council member Chase Carlisle will propose the resolution at Tuesday’s council meeting. There could be more calls Friday, when Haushalter and County Mayor Lee Harris speak at a special meeting of the Shelby County Commission.
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Questionable secret meeting to be held in public Friday
The head of the Tennessee Coalition of Open Government says it’s “implausible” the Tuesday secret meeting was legal. And one of the county commissioners who attended said the “ton of information” presented should have been heard by the public.
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County Commission Scorecard: The two-way split and death by lack of second
The County Commission Scorecard looks at the big picture of a lingering contract for managing court cases and a complex amendment to a county purchasing goal for locally owned businesses that came to an abrupt end.
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County Commission sets 20% goal for purchasing for locally owned businesses
Commissioner Tami Sawyer withdrew her resolution Monday to change grooming standards for county public safety employees.
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County Commissioners grill Health Department over vaccine missteps, confusion
County leaders also talked about battling social media misinformation that is crowding testing sites and leading some to book appointments at multiple sites.
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Commission to get update on discarded vaccine, other pandemic developments
The commission is also slated to take up a resolution by Mick Wright that calls on the state of Tennessee to send the National Guard, with the assistance of logistics industry professionals, to oversee the vaccination process in Shelby County.
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Election Commission to take County Commission to court over new voting machines
On a party-line vote Tuesday, Feb. 16, the Shelby County Election Commission voted 3-2 to take the County Commission to court in the ongoing standoff over a new voting system for the 2022 elections.
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County commissioner urges National Guard intervention for vaccine effort
The County Commission will discuss the call by Commissioner Mick Wright during Wednesday, Feb. 17, committee sessions. Wright said the current system needs to be reworked.
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County Commission Scorecard: Vaccinating teachers, budget prep, bigger mail
The County Commission Scorecard takes a look at votes from the Feb. 8 session.
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County Commission approves first phase funding for Big Creek resilience project
The project will widen a floodplain north of Big Creek for use as a recreational area with trails when the creek is low.
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Sale of two lots on Weaver Road for Byhalia Connection pipeline delayed
The delay by the Shelby County Commission also shows there may be a rift between commissioner Edmund Ford Jr. and his father, City Council member Edmund Ford Sr., on the issue.
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County Commission urges state to move up teacher vaccinations
The resolution, approved Monday, Feb. 8, in a unanimous vote, isn’t binding on the state. But it calls on the state to move teachers up in the vaccination line as a condition for reopening the state’s largest school system.
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Big Creek project nears first phase of construction funding
Shelby County Commissioners vote Monday, Feb. 8, on first-phase funding of $5.9 million to start a Millington project that creates a broader flood plain for Big Creek and doubles as a recreational area when flood waters are low.
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SCS increasingly isolated as state’s only district without in-person classes
The state’s largest school system – Shelby County Schools – becomes the only school system in the state to have no in-person classes as Metro Nashville Schools resumes some in-person classes Thursday, Feb. 4.
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January 2021
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PILOT reform discussions try to avoid PowerPoints and path of past efforts
Before Shelby County Commissioners and Memphis City Council members get together to talk about changing the most used tax incentive in local economic development, they want to do more than watch PowerPoint presentations on PILOTs – payments in lieu of taxes.
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