There are 1133 article(s) tagged Memphis City Council:

• July 2019

  • Council approves veterans parking spaces at city parks, libraries

    Military veterans will have reserved parking spaces at city parks, libraries and community centers under a resolution approved Tuesday by the Memphis City Council.

    By Bill Dries July 16, 2019

  • City council considers financial impact study of Memphis 3.0 plan

    The Memphis City Council, among other items, will discuss Tuesday spending $15,000 to hire a consultant to review the financial impact of the Memphis 3.0 land use and development study.

    By Bill Dries July 15, 2019

  • Instant-runoff proponents to make case to state in September

    The ruling for advocates of instant-runoff voting comes as part of a third review of IRV's use in Memphis elections by the state election coordinator. It also probably comes too late to have an impact on the Oct. 3 Memphis elections.

    By Bill Dries July 11, 2019

  • Would-be candidates making decisions ahead of Memphis election deadline

    Some contenders with qualifying petitions out are deciding whether they should run. Still others are deciding what they should run for. The deadline for filing to get on the Oct. 3 ballot is in a week.

    By Bill Dries July 11, 2019

  • Waste Connections vote reveals city council conundrum

    Before rejecting plans this week to reconfigure the Waste Connections facility in Whitehaven, several Memphis City Council members said the decision is probably not the best outcome for area homeowners.

    By Elle Perry, Bill Dries July 06, 2019

  • Shelby County money for MATA now in city of Memphis’ hands

    Shelby County government has $2.5 million waiting for MATA, but only if two county commissioners are given voting seats on the MATA board. One city councilman said what county government is asking for is “unprecedented.”

    By Linda A. Moore July 04, 2019

  • Lemonade and mopeds frame re-election summer for City Council

    Three of the 13 council members are term-limited. The other 10 each face potential challengers in the summer campaigns on their way to the Oct. 3 election day.

    By Bill Dries July 03, 2019

  • Graceland’s $75 million expansion moves forward

    The provisions put to rest nearly five months of changing terms, distrust and behind the scenes bargaining around an $80 million expansion of Graceland.

    By Bill Dries July 03, 2019

  • Memphis 3.0 and Graceland items await City Council in new fiscal year

    The first Memphis City Council meeting of the new fiscal year Tuesday will feature some high dollar amounts and a couple of nonfiscal items lingering from the old fiscal year.

    By Bill Dries July 02, 2019

• June 2019

  • Politics Podcast: City Council candidate Craig Littles

    Memphis Police officer Craig Littles talks about running for city council, and Daily Memphian reporter Linda Moore discusses the county budget season. 

    By Natalie Van Gundy June 29, 2019

  • Council delays Waste Connections plan vote

    A light City Council agenda Tuesday got a bit lighter with delays in decisions on a controversial Whitehaven planned development and amendments to the Unified Development Code.

    By Bill Dries June 18, 2019

  • Council delays Graceland vote, warns EPE against changing terms

    Memphis City Council members delayed a vote Tuesday setting up Tourism Development Zone funding to partially finance an $80 million expansion of Graceland.

    By Bill Dries June 18, 2019

  • City Council returns to stalled Graceland development deal

    Memphis City Council members return Tuesday to Graceland’s expansion plans, specifically a delayed development plan outlining the terms of the expansion in Whitehaven.

    By Bill Dries June 18, 2019

  • City Council members, Whitehaven residents tour waste facility

    Memphis City Council members tour a Waste Connections facility on East Brooks Road Wednesday prior to a vote next week that would authorize an expansion of the waste transfer operation.

    By Elle Perry June 13, 2019

  • Budget votes breeze through City Council, Beale Street cover charge extended

    The City Council stuck with a compromise 4% pay raise for police and firefighters and kept the city property tax rate at $3.19, but also extended a controversial cover charge for Beale Street on summer weekends. 

    By Bill Dries June 05, 2019

  • City Council could finalize 2019-2020 budget Tuesday

    Two council members expressed concerns last week about the Strickland administration's "brilliant at the basics" philosophy, but that probably won't affect votes on a 4% raise for police and firefighters. 

    By Bill Dries June 04, 2019

• May 2019

  • Council set to vote on compromised 4% raise for firefighters, police

    A proposed 4% public safety raise goes to the full City Council Tuesday for a final vote as part of an amended budget with no property tax hike for the fiscal year that begins July 1. There could be more budget changes at the council session.

    By Bill Dries May 30, 2019

  • Memphis budget season offers different path to resolution

    The city council still has some difficult decisions to make. But past budget seasons show there is also still some compromise possible between what the mayor proposed and what the council decided last week.

    By Bill Dries May 25, 2019

  • Price of police and fire pay raises approved by council put at $5 million

    The decision by the council to side with unions over the administration in impasse proceedings is hardly unprecedented. But finding the money in the budget sometimes takes the council and mayor around the impasse procedure.

    By Bill Dries May 22, 2019

  • Council sides with police and fire unions in pay raise impasses

    The Memphis City Council has tentatively approved a bigger raise for police and firefighters than the 3 percent Mayor Jim Strickland proposed for public safety employees.

    By Bill Dries May 22, 2019

  • Strickland says council faces tough choices over pay raises

    City council members Tuesday will vote on the recommendations of seven council impasses committees concerning pay raises for city employees. 

    By Bill Dries May 21, 2019

  • City budget proposal could grow by $6 million

    The Memphis City Council votes Tuesday on recommendations from seven impasse committees, and that could leave the city's budget for the new fiscal year in the red.

    By Bill Dries May 19, 2019

  • Politics Podcast: City Council Budget Committee chair Martavius Jones

    City Council Budget Committee chairman Martavius Jones discusses the mayor’s Memphis 3.0 executive order, finding $6 million more for pay raises, and the city budget process.

    By Natalie Van Gundy May 17, 2019

  • Strickland moves ahead with Memphis 3.0 as council vote is awaited

    Mayor Jim Strickland signed an executive order implementing the Memphis 3.0 plan Tuesday at a South Memphis CDC, a week before the Memphis City Council takes the first of three votes on the plan.

    By Bill Dries May 14, 2019

  • Council again delays Memphis 3.0 and Graceland decisions

    The Memphis City Council Tuesday delayed a vote on the Memphis 3.0 plan after a vocal critic filed a lawsuit against the council in federal court. The council also delayed for fourth time a vote on a Graceland expansion agreement.

    By Bill Dries May 08, 2019