There are 84 article(s) tagged Chase Carlisle:

• August 2021

  • Consolidation questions, doubts linger on council

    The earliest the City Council could vote on setting up a charter commission is its Sept. 7 meeting. 

    By Bill Dries August 17, 2021

  • Pro-consolidation voices see business boom, but others not so sure

    While proponents of merging the City of Memphis and Shelby County governments cannot promise that consolidation would mean a spike in economic development, they believe it is the straightest line to major growth. Opponents aren’t so sure and worry about negative fallout. 

    By Don Wade August 16, 2021

  • City Council to discuss consolidation charter commission

    The first step toward consolidation shows up on the City Council’s committee list for next week. 

    By Bill Dries August 12, 2021

  • Carlisle looks for votes to get consolidation charter drafted

    City Council member Chase Carlisle distinguishes between the case for consolidation and the case for drafting a consolidation charter. He also acknowledges getting the votes to form a charter commission will not be easy.

    By Bill Dries August 07, 2021

  • Council calls for return of mask mandate

    The resolution is not binding and the council cannot enact a mask mandate as it did previously because the state has blocked the ability for local governments to do so.

    By Bill Dries August 03, 2021

  • Council presses TVA for details of coal ash disposal

    Council resolutions to call for no coal ash disposal within the city and over aquifers that supply the city’s drinking water will be voted on in two weeks.

    By Bill Dries August 03, 2021

• July 2021

  • Consolidation talk returns 11 years after last voters nixed last effort

    The first step would be a commission to draft a charter for a combined city of Memphis and Shelby County government covering Memphis and unincorporated Shelby County but not the six suburban towns and cities. 

    By Bill Dries July 29, 2021

  • Army Corps gives permit for Tom Lee Park redesign to begin

    The long awaited permit clears the way for the park’s redesign to begin moving dirt and creating new features in Tom Lee Park after a three-year planning process that has seen the plans change over time. 

    By Bill Dries July 21, 2021

  • Council approves sale of old Union police precinct land

    The precinct site sold for $3.5 million after being appraised at $6 million, setting up a council debate about whether to take the best offer now or wait for a better one.

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    Council approves centerpiece of Downtown parking reconfiguration

    Coal ash from old Allen plant would go to airport area

    By Bill Dries July 20, 2021

  • Council delays sale of Union Avenue police property

    Council members had questions about the land sale coming in below the $6 million appraised value of the property.

    By Bill Dries July 06, 2021

• June 2021

  • City Council keeps current property tax rate in budget

    A move for a 31-cent tax hike never got to a vote, with a council majority voting down a rule suspension to consider going up on the tax rate. That and other votes Tuesday, June 15, closed out the city’s budget season.

    By Bill Dries June 15, 2021

• March 2021

  • Opinion: Waste Pro has got to go

    It’s time for the city to cancel its five-year, $33.1 million contract with Waste Pro.

    By Otis Sanford March 25, 2021

  • Carlisle: MLGW negotiating position with TVA could have been stronger

    On The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, City Council member Chase Carlisle talks about bargaining with TVA for a new contract with MLGW without a specific plan for an alternative, his call for the resignation of the Shelby County Health Department’s embattled leader and the 2022 race for Shelby County mayor.

    By Bill Dries March 06, 2021

  • City Council approves $1M for vaccines, debates blame

    Council member Chase Carlisle was sharply critical of health officials, the County Commission and county Mayor Lee Harris. The wording was later amended after a lengthy council debate.

    By Bill Dries March 03, 2021

• February 2021

  • 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.

    By Bill Dries February 26, 2021

• January 2021

  • Council calls for feds to send vaccine directly to city

    The council Tuesday voted unanimously to join a call by leaders in 22 of the nation’s largest cities to ask President Joe Biden to send vaccine directly to the cities and bypass state governments.

    By Bill Dries January 26, 2021

• December 2020

  • 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.

    By Bill Dries December 02, 2020

• October 2020

  • Pinch District tower developers meet council skepticism

    Developers of a $180 million commercial mixed-use tower of hotel rooms and condos on the western edge of the Pinch District encountered some skepticism as they pitched the project to the Memphis City Council.

    By Bill Dries October 20, 2020

  • Summer Avenue rezoning process for church preservation gets started

    The resolution approved Tuesday by the Memphis City Council for two areas along Summer is designed to make it more difficult to demolish a set of four churches for other kinds of development. It’s similar to a recent rezoning of part of Lamar Avenue but with a slightly different motivation.

    By Bill Dries October 06, 2020

• September 2020

  • City Council, MLGW board could meet on utility cutoffs

    MLGW declared a moratorium on utility cutoffs in mid-March as the worldwide pandemic was declared. This month, when the moratorium was lifted, the utility received an overwhelming number of calls to work out payment plans and avoid cutoffs.

    By Bill Dries September 16, 2020

  • Payday lending resolution, lobbying disclosures top City Council agenda

    The payday loan resolution is not binding on the Tennessee Legislature and is the latest discussion by a local elected body about the impact such businesses have on citizens’ financial health.

    By Bill Dries September 15, 2020

• August 2020

  • Police numbers still dominate city council’s debate over police reform

    Council members Michalyn Easter-Thomas and Chase Carlisle were on opposite sides of the council's veto override vote on police residency this week. On "Behind The Headlines" they talked about how many police are enough and how to get to the bigger issues beyond the numbers in the ranks.

    By Bill Dries August 20, 2020

• July 2020

  • Council approves $113m CARES Act COVID-19 spending plan

    The spending plan or budget was reconstructed several times in bargaining and changes in federal rules for how the grants could be used. Along the way, there was talk of animals moving out of the zoo and how to fund laptops and tablets for Shelby County Schools students.

    By Bill Dries July 14, 2020

• June 2020

  • City Council could wrap ‘difficult’ budget season Tuesday

    The council also takes a final vote on a mask ordinance and talks about rules to better regulate lobbyists at City Hall. 

    By Bill Dries June 02, 2020

• May 2020

  • Council approves tentative first step into MLGW-TVA question

    The city council approved a resolution that asks the mayor to seek specific information on what it would take for MLGW to break ties with TVA and pursue another electric power supplier. But the effort will wait at least until a first draft of a comprehensive report commissioned by MLGW is released May 29.

    By Bill Dries May 20, 2020