There are 59 article(s) tagged City Council Scorecard:

• August 2020

  • City Council Scorecard: The canceled residency referendum and the door prize

    The scorecard highlights a pivotal vote in the police reform debate and why both sides in the discussion still have separate paths to pursue.

    By Bill Dries August 06, 2020

• July 2020

  • City Council Scorecard: A cell tower falls and a shift on Black Lives Matter Avenue

    The council's Glenview cell tower vote and a series of Black Lives Matter proposals setting the stage for some renamings of public places are the latest entries in our ongoing scorecard of council roll call votes.

    By Bill Dries July 24, 2020

• June 2020

  • City Council Scorecard: The return of the residency issue

    The scorecard also tracks votes on paid sick leave laws at the state level and council action on a restaurant accused of racial discrimination.

    By Bill Dries June 30, 2020

  • City Council Scorecard: End of the budget season, impasses, bridges and absentee voting

    The latest edition of our City Council Scorecard, going back to the start of May, gets the council votes on the record for the end of the budget season and other issues that will endure beyond the first budget season for six of the 13 council members.

    By Bill Dries June 14, 2020

• May 2020

  • Council Scorecard: Mask ordinance and MLGW bonds

    The latest edition of our tracking of Memphis City Council votes includes May council moves on an ordinance that would require masks for face covering to be worn in public and some larger issues that showed up in votes on Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division bond issue votes.

    By Bill Dries May 19, 2020

• March 2020

  • Council vote narrows on minority business question

    The online vote changed the City Council’s method of debating items and rounding up votes. But the issue remains a constant in council deliberations whether in person or online.

    By Bill Dries March 26, 2020

• February 2020

  • Residency referendum stays on November ballot and split council vote on Currie

    City Council Scorecard: The two most recent City Council votes we review include a rare committee vote that scuttles plans to rescind the residency referendum. And a former council member encounters some resistance from the council as she goes on the EDGE board.

    By Bill Dries February 21, 2020

  • Civil Service Commission reappointment prompts rare council split vote

    The split vote on the civil service reappointment could be seen again as more of the civil service commissioners reach the end of their three-year terms.

    By Bill Dries February 10, 2020

• January 2020

  • Council approves MLGW electric rate hike and mayor’s slate of directors

    The Daily Memphian City Council Scorecard is updated to include Tuesday, Jan. 21, votes on the MLGW rate hike and a vote on approving Mayor Jim Strickland’s slate of second-term directors.

    By Bill Dries January 22, 2020