County Commission seeks to limit Sheriff’s office
Shelby County Commissioners also try Monday, Aug. 14, to break the deadlock over the selection of a new chair after two unsuccessful tries since in July.
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August 2023
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County Commission delays vote on new chair
The special Monday, Aug. 7, meeting was short of a quorum that’s needed to take any action.
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County Commission tries to break stalemate on new chairman election
Democratic commissioner Miska Clay Bibbs was one vote short of the seven votes needed to become the new chairwoman during nine rounds of voting at the July 17 commission meeting. Three of the 9 Democrats abstained in a rift that goes back to a June vote to raise the county wheel tax by $25.
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July 2023
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Democratic commissioners endorse Gov. Lee’s expected gun-law proposal
The nine Democratic commissioners voted for a resolution for “extreme-risk protection order” measures. Of the two Republican commissioners present for the vote, one recused himself and the other was not in the room for the vote.
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County Commission to meet during lull after wheel-tax hike split
The commission votes Monday, July 31 on a solid waste fee hike for Northaven, a move to a two-year property tax reappraisal cycle for taxation purposes and equipment to convert microfilm and microfiche archives to digital files.
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Wheel tax divide leads to stalemate in vote for county commission chairman
The wheel tax hike approved last month is a done deal. But the commission’s Democratic majority is still fractured over the decision.
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Mauricio Calvo appointed to Memphis-Shelby County Schools board
The Shelby County Commission appointed Latino Memphis CEO Mauricio Calvo to fill the District 5 Memphis-Shelby County Schools board seat.
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County Commission will fill open MSCS board seat
Commissioners also elect leaders for the second year of their four-year term of office Monday. And the election of a chair and chair pro tempore could indicate what divisions remain among the commission’s Democratic majority after last month’s tumultuous wheel tax debate and vote.
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County Commission interviews candidates to fill school board seat
The Shelby County Commission interviewed eight candidates who applied to replace former Memphis-Shelby County Schools board member Sheleah Harris during a committee meeting Wednesday, July 12.
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County Commission Scorecard: Resurrecting and passing the wheel-tax hike
The Shelby County Commission Scorecard follows the complex four-month path of the $25 wheel-tax hike, with a mix of the roll call votes and developments outside commission meetings that shaped the compromise.
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Wheel-tax compromise points to broader shift on County Commission
The $25 wheel-tax hike compromise approved by the Shelby County Commission broke a polite form of dysfunction on the body that could give way to a working majority crossing party lines on other issues.
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June 2023
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County Commission gives final approval to $25 wheel-tax hike
The wheel-tax hike’s approval on a 9-4 vote ends the county’s budget season with the financing in place for three landmark capital projects.
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Wheel-tax hike makes comeback in marathon County Commission meeting
The $25 a year increase in the wheel tax was a last-minute compromise that funds the three major projects it is aimed at, but does not build funding for future schools projects. The commission takes a second crucial vote on the tax hike Wednesday.
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Reinflated county wheel tax hike proposal faces new road test
The Shelby County Commission meets Monday, June 26, with a new version of the wheel tax hike that failed earlier this month on the agenda.
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Juvenile Court wants almost $5M for ‘rapid engagement’ strategy
The new county funding would be for 40 new counselors with the goal of preventing a “cross over” of children coming to the court for child welfare issues and then moving to delinquent behavior.
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Wheel-tax hike is back on County Commission agenda
Shelby County commissioners are still considering a hike in the wheel tax or the property tax to complete their budget season.
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Shelby County Clerk’s office will stay in Poplar Plaza
Janet Hooks, the county commission’s special adviser to Clerk Wanda Halbert, also says the commission should restore $1 million in funding to Halbert’s office that it cut earlier so she can fill positions with new employees instead of moving existing employees around.
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Rare Sunday meeting leads to county wheel-tax hike options
Four county commissioners — two from each political party — met Sunday, June 11, with Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris for four hours. They came up with a compromise that has a wheel-tax hike back in play after it was rejected by the commission earlier this month. But property tax hikes are also in play.
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Criminal Court backlog measures OK’d, two-year reappraisals stayed
Here’s a roundup of some other items on Monday’s Shelby County Commission agenda, which was overshadowed by budget deliberations and votes on the wheel-tax hike.
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Shelby County Commission votes down wheel-tax hike twice in one night
The proposed wheel-tax hike, to fund the rebuilding of Regional One Health’s campus and new Frayser and Cordova high schools, fell two votes short of the nine votes needed. It was then one vote short in a late attempt to keep the funding option alive.
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Wheel tax hike proposal rolls or goes flat with critical Monday vote
The $50 wheel tax hike on the County Commission agenda is key to Mayor Lee Harris’ plan to finance $350 million toward rebuilding the Regional One Health campus and building two new high schools.
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May 2023
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County Commission calls on judges to enact new release restrictions early
The new state law requiring elected judges to make decisions about releasing defendants accused of violent felonies takes effect July 1. The County Commission is asking General Sessions judges to start doing that immediately.
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Vote on wheel-tax hike delayed at County Commission
The delay in the vote came after it became apparent the nine-vote two-thirds majority wasn’t there in the first of two votes.
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County Commission calls on judges to enact new release restrictions early
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Wheel-tax increase faces first vote by Shelby County Commission
The doubling of the $50 annual wheel tax is integral to County Mayor Lee Harris’ plan to expand the county’s capital budget from $75 million annually to $150 million.
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Property tax cut and wheel-tax hike proposal is on shaky ground
During Wednesday committee sessions, Shelby County commissioners set up later votes on a property rate that would remain the same while a commissioner’s resolution to do away with the wheel tax altogether waits in the wings.
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