City Council Scorecard: Parking money and the 13-way split
The council approved the financing for a $62 million set of five Downtown parking projects. But the issue was what to do with the money made from the parking garages.
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December 2020
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City spends most of remaining CARES Act money on personnel
The city is in a race with the calendar to spend its federal funding within the next two weeks or send it back to D.C.
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Recommendation for police force of 2,500 raises questions of coordination
The task force making the call is one of several working on police reforms and better police practices. The size of the Memphis Police force is a controversial part of the civic discussion about police reform.
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One Beale, Downtown parking plan clear key financing hurdles
Memphis City Council members heard about the difficulty of getting financing for hotel projects before approving the financing of a third hotel for One Beale. The set of parking projects nearby had a more complex path to approval.
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Street racing, muffler crackdown draws council concerns
A set of three proposed ordinances aren’t due for a vote by the full council until the new year. But several council members are concerned about how police will carry out the ordinances if they are passed.
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City Council votes on recommendation of police force goal of 2,500
The council also talks about limits on mufflers, a cleanup of the city’s code of ordinances and could take a final vote on a sidewalk change that would require a sidewalk inspection as part of the closing process in real estate sales.
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County Commission questions financing of $62M Downtown parking project
Monday’s delay by the Shelby County Commission follows a similar delay in approval by the Memphis City Council.
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Drag racing penalties would go up, car seizures possible under proposed bill
Drag racing would still be a misdemeanor under the legislation proposed by two Shelby County legislators. But it would be a higher grade misdemeanor. The City Council will also see some resolutions on its agenda supporting the bill.
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City Council Scorecard: Masks, decorum, bottled water and lobbying
The next-to-last council meeting of the year saw some votes change, the simple become complex and the obvious spelled out. There was also a rare slip that saw an item that appeared to fail win approval after all.
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Council bottled water resolution bobs back to surface
A voting miscue Tuesday was reversed Wednesday with the passage of the resolution that directs the mayor to draw up a plan to end the use of any city money to buy bottled water.
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City Council unites on statewide mask mandate
The council voted unanimously Tuesday to urge a statewide mask mandate, and several council members said their earlier vote against the city’s mask ordinance was wrong.
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City lobbying disclosure voted down by City Council
The measure by council member Chase Carlisle was one vote short of the seven needed. It failed after a council debate that included one council member remembering his own brush with corruption charges. Others argued the proposal was arbitrary and cumbersome.
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Decorum guide gets modest tweaking as council discovers limits of disciplining one of its own
Council Chairwoman Patrice Robinson said council members who behave badly, as council member Edmund Ford Sr. did two weeks ago, can’t be removed or suspended. And restoring order is “a question of judgment” by the chairperson.
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Task force recommends Memphis police number of 2,500
The number is smaller than the ranks of 2,800 previously pushed by Mayor Jim Strickland and Police Director Michael Rallings.
Related story: Survey seeks community input on next Memphis police director
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Council ethics complaint against Ford to be dropped
The outburst by City Council member Edmund Ford Sr. two weeks ago still raises questions about how to apply rules of conduct to elected council members. And it’s a discussion past councils have had about Ford and others on the body.
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November 2020
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Smiley files ethics complaint over Ford outburst at council meeting
Council member JB Smiley is also seeking a change in council rules that would allow the chairman of the body to bar a council member who does what Ford did twice during Tuesday’s council meetings.
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City Council Scorecard: Chairman undercurrents, lots of gas
The Council Scorecard dives deeper into the political winds blowing in what turned into a race for council chairman and the mixed results in a set of proposed convenience stores with gas pumps.
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Convenience stores with gas pumps get split council verdict
A trio of proposed convenience stores before the Memphis City Council Tuesday, Nov. 17, went one for three. -
Council discusses violent crime task force, change in MPD leadership
The task force is among the recommendations in a violent crime blueprint touted by council member Jeff Warren for the past year. Meanwhile, the city should have a new police director by the spring and the head of the MPD is a key player in such a task force.
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Frank Colvett elected City Council chairman, followed by heated discussion
Frank Colvett won election as City Council chairman Tuesday over Martavius Jones. But Colvett’s selection did not come without some controversy.
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Council delays votes on Rust Hall lease, Downtown parking plan
Council members set votes for Dec. 1 after getting answers to questions about both proposals.
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Rust Hall lease, MLGW budget and Downtown parking overhaul top council agenda
The Memphis City Council agenda Tuesday also includes a new violent crime task force, a ban on bottled water at all city facilities post pandemic and the election of a new chairman for 2021.
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Street renaming group settles on specific focus
The City Council-appointed citizens panel decided Thursday its priority will be eliminating Confederacy-related names from city street and finding problematic street names for first responders. The group is to make recommendations to the Memphis City Council.
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City Council delays votes on most major items in brief Election Day session
Memphis City Council members met briefly Tuesday, Nov. 3, in their regularly schedule online session.
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City Council to have short Election Day session
Lots of items are pushed to the Nov. 17 council session, including changes to the city pension system to start carrying out the intent of a half-cent sales tax approved by Memphis voters in 2019.
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