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Shelby County commissioners got within $11 million of rebuilding County Mayor Lee Harris’s consolidated county budget proposal before calling it a day and leaving the rest for a Monday commission meeting.
The fallout from COVID-19 means some young Shelby County residents will miss out on summer jobs programs.
The County Commission approved CARES Act spending, including a hazard pay stipend for some workers and money for the municipal cities.
The county's $1.4 billion budget is a work in progress, but officials say they're close.
The County Commission has until June 30 to approve a balanced operating budget for the county.
The Shelby County Commission approves the creation of a Northaven rubbish district and a contract with a trash hauler.
On The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, Shelby County Commissioner Tami Sawyer also talked about the rift between the Democratic county mayor and the eight-vote Democratic majority on the commission.
Shelby County Commissioner Tami Sawyer talks about the County Commission’s budget struggle, almost two years in office with a Democratic majority and the politics of face masks.
The County Commission isn't likely to approve another contract with the health care provider.
The resolution urges Health Department officials to require Shelby County residents and visitors to wear masks when out and about.
The commission calculated cuts and additions to the $1.4 billion budget, which must be approved by June 30.
The elevation of mask-usage into a kind of political symbol is a drag — it’s flat-out dumb — but it’s happened, and I’d worry that a government requirement, even a loosely enforced one, would increase the political strife around the issue without a commensurate increase in compliance.
Leaders of Shelby County Youth Advocacy Center say they will continue to "move forward" even though Shelby County may not extend its contract with the center.
'Despite our financial soundness, everyone in Shelby County soon will be paying more in property taxes unless my colleagues on the County Commission embrace a serious reality check regarding the shortfall in the county’s general fund.'
Budget committee Chairman Eddie Jones and Vice Chairman Edmund Ford Jr. presented the proposal. Work on the budget resumes in a special committee meeting Monday before the full Shelby County Commission session.
County commissioners discussed, but didn’t vote, on extending the contract with the county's contracted inmate health care provider.
Weekly trash collection services for Northaven residents could begin as early as July 1.
Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris' administration officials answered questions as county commissioners prepare for another review of the fiscal 2021 budget.
Now that Mayor Lee Harris' budget has been rejected, County Commission must craft another one.
Many county commissioners said their constituents don't like the wheel tax, don't know how it's used and thought it was going away.
The Shelby County Election Commission is preparing for an increase in absentee balloting in advance of the Aug. 6 election day.
Period supplies will be available for free Saturday until supplies run out.
Shelby County's proposed budget for fiscal 2021 includes $13.5 million in cuts and prioritizes COVID-19 necessities.
As Shelby County's elected officials continue to spend, county Mayor Lee Harris said there could be layoffs next fiscal year.