There are 137 article(s) tagged Martavius Jones:

• May 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

  • Beale Street $5 cover to return for rest of May

    A city council decision to return to a Beale Street cover charge for the remainder of May reignited a long-running debate. It follows two crowd "surges" and a shooting after two sold-out nights at the nearby Beale Street Music Festival last weekend.

    By Bill Dries May 08, 2019

• April 2019

  • Budget talks could include looking at bigger pay hike for non-public safety city workers

    City council members start budget hearings next month and there are still a few more details to come about how much revenue the council will have as it considers amendments or changes in Mayor Jim Strickland's proposal.

    By Bill Dries April 18, 2019

• March 2019

  • MLGW adjusts budget, tracks ‘customer minutes interrupted’

    The political battle over MLGW rates and calls for upgrades in the utility's infrastructure shows every sign of returning for another budget year.

    By Bill Dries March 20, 2019

• February 2019

  • Fourth Strickland budget plan marks shift in recovery of city finances

    An early look at Mayor Jim Strickland's still forming budget proposal to come in April shows in 2026 the city will be paying $40 million less in debt. Meanwhile, the budget plan will mark the city's final of five installments toward an annual pension liability payment estimated at around $78 million going forward.

    By Bill Dries February 27, 2019

  • Council rules change draft ruffles feathers anew

    Memphis City Council members are reviewing changes to their rules after the two-month stalemate in filling three open council seats. And some of the proposed changes are prompting renewed debate.

    By Bill Dries February 10, 2019

  • City Council financial disclosures to go on city website

    With just enough votes, the Memphis City Council approved a resolution that will post the financial disclosure reports of each council member next to his or her bio on the city's website.

    By Bill Dries February 07, 2019

• December 2018

  • City’s wish list from Nashville includes sports book on Beale, more THP

    City Hall is looking for mandatory jail time for road-rage convictions in the 2019 session of the Tennessee Legislature and a sports book on Beale Street as well as making it easier to get title to tax-delinquent property for tax sales.

    By Bill Dries December 29, 2018

  • NAACP concerned about ‘attempt to racially gerrymander’ council

    The Memphis Branch of the NAACP says the Memphis City Council should have consistent rules for filling vacancies on the body and suggests a special election if the council remains at an impasse in filling the three open seats at its Tuesday meeting.

    By Bill Dries December 14, 2018

  • Council Confidential

    Just before his last meeting on Nov. 20 as a Memphis City Council member, Edmund Ford Jr. was feeling good about his 11-year tenure at City Hall.

    By Bill Dries December 03, 2018

• November 2018

  • Johnson doesn’t want to consider implications of MLGW switch from TVA

    At $1 billion, the new TVA Combined Cycle plant has been described by Tennessee Valley Authority president Bill Johnson as a “Rolls Royce Lamborghini” and “the most technically advanced plant in the world.”

    By Bill Dries November 13, 2018

• October 2018

  • November ballot questions join long line in last decade

    Voters in Shelby County have decided 52 referendums in the last decade of elections, from wine sales in food stores to the formation of suburban school systems to amendments to the Tennessee Constitution.

    By Bill Dries October 12, 2018