County Commission approves $10M for jail repair
Commissioners and county administration found $10 million of the $16.4 million Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner said he needed, and said the rest will have to be paid out of the sheriff’s budget.
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September 2024
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County Commission reviews funding source for emergency jail repairs
Shelby County Commissioners will also vote at their Monday, Sept. 23, meeting on a consulting contract to assist with the master plan for the city’s hip-hop museum.
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County Commission delays vote to fund sheriff’s ‘emergency’ jail repairs
Sheriff Floyd Bonner wants $15.5 million for jail repairs that’s already planned for a mental health diversion center. The County Commission is sending the problem to committee for a possible Sept. 28 vote.
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County Commission backs City Council lawsuit over gun control referendum
The vote was along party lines with a discussion before the vote that mirrors past discussions about “building relationships” in Nashville versus “standing up to bullies.”
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County Commission to weigh in on Memphis gun control
Shelby County commissioners will vote on a move to support the Memphis City Council’s lawsuit against the Shelby County Election Commission. The body also considers allocating millions in proposed emergency jail repairs.
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Guest column: ‘More for Memphis’ plan brings city, county, MSCS board together on education
Opinion: If this year’s budget season taught us anything, it’s that we have to work better together for kids, schools and families.
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August 2024
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Mental health center, pay raises move forward at County Commission, but not without friction
Commissioners approved a design contract for the proposed mental health center on a second vote. The commission also redistributed the 6% pay raise budgeted in June.
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County Commission to weigh reworked pay-raise proposal
The commission meeting also marks the last for Miska Clay Bibbs as chairwoman of the body. Michael Whaley becomes chairman next month.
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County Commission denies new ballot question for November
The final vote on the referendum allowing the County Commission to hire its own independent attorney failed by one vote.
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Shelby County ballot question on legal counsel advances
The measure, which would go on the Nov. 5 ballot, allows the Shelby County Commission to hire its own legal counsel. A final vote to put it to county voters is expected some time next week.
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County Commission seeks to hire its own legal counsel
If approved by the commission, the county charter amendment would be on the November ballot for voters to approve.
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MSCS school board to take up restoring Whitehaven High STEM funding
MSCS board chair Althea Greene’s announcement of the coming vote on restoring $2.3 million in funding came as the Shelby County Commission weighed putting up the money Monday, Aug. 12. The commission delayed the vote to see if the school board follows through.
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County Commission may add sixth referendum to November ballot
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County Commission may add sixth referendum to November ballot
If approved by the commission in two more votes, the referendum would join five other ballots questions put on the same ballot for Memphis voters by the Memphis City Council.
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More county funding for Whitehaven STEM Center tops Commission agenda
The proposed budget amendment comes less than two months after the start of the new county government fiscal year.
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Missing funds halt construction on Whitehaven STEM lab
“Let me just call it out. The money’s at South Hollywood,” said Commissioner Miska Clay Bibbs, in an apparent reference to the school board district offices at 160 S. Hollywood St.
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Political Roundup: What to look for election night, Chairman Whaley and November referendums
The vote totals in Thursday’s race for General Sessions Court clerk could be a larger political indicator than who is the next clerk. Also reaction from Cohen, Kustoff and Blackburn to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to D.C.
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July 2024
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Whaley selected as County Commission chair
The vote Monday, July 22, revealed some enduring gaps among the commission’s nine-vote Democratic majority.
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County approves split of hotel-motel tax dollars between Memphis Tourism, FedExForum
The Shelby County Commission approved changes to the Shelby County Private Act, which governs how Shelby County hotel-motel tax dollars are allocated.
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County Commission to review raises, a veto override and clerk’s office lease
The Shelby County Board of Commissioners will discuss a 6% pay raise for employees, could reopen a Land Bank ordinance and vote on a new lease for Millington office space for the Shelby County clerk’s office.
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Car dealer services at Shelby Farms clerk’s office closed for rest of week
The location at Mullins Station Road will continue to provide all other services.
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FedExForum renovations take incremental step forward
The procedural vote follows months of negotiations that ended with a hotel-motel tax being split between Memphis Tourism and the Memphis Grizzlies.
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Confusion over land-bank ordinance tangles up County Commission
County Commissioners found out Wednesday the ordinance they thought they approved last month — on changes to the Shelby County Land Bank — actually failed. But not before County Mayor Lee Harris vetoed it. The result is a confusing parliamentary mess.
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County Commission could override Mayor Harris veto on land bank reform
The commission gave final approval to sweeping changes to the Shelby County Land Bank at its last meeting in June. Mayor Lee Harris vetoed the resolution saying it costs too much and is an unclear plan. The commission meets in special session Wednesday, July 17, to vote on overriding Harris’ veto.
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June 2024
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Shelby County Commission at make or break in county budget season
Here are the budgets, budget amendments and the dollar figures including proposed financing for the Regional One campus rebuild and the construction of two new high schools.
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Reporter’s notebook: The rest of Monday’s marathon County Commission meeting
While the end of the county budget season was the centerpiece of the nearly 12-hour Monday, June 17, commission meeting, here are the nonbudget actions the commission took on a long agenda.
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