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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August 2024
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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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Sheriff keeps vacant positions, tax rate stays stable in approved county budget
At a meeting that stretched past 1:30 a.m. on Tuesday, the Shelby County Commission closed out its budget season with no property-tax hike and a 6% pay raise for county employees.
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County Commission postpones budget vote, says Regional One, new schools may have to wait
The County Commission delayed final votes Monday on every part of the budget process including setting the tax rate. Several commissioners are saying the three big capital projects in the budget might have to be prioritized.
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Commission votes down call for mediation in juvenile detention center dispute
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Commission votes down call for mediation in juvenile detention center dispute
Commissioner Mick Wright said the sheriff and Juvenile Court judge need to talk about who will run the juvenile detention center. But his nonbinding resolution suggesting arbitration got voted down Monday.
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County Commission has several hitches on way to ending budget season
The Shelby County Commission is unlikely to wrap up its budget season Monday, June 3, despite having an agenda with final votes scheduled on the budget and the property tax rate.
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May 2024
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County Commissioners add $10.7M for education, homelessness and more
Most of the amendments to the budget approved in committees would be funded out of the county’s general fund and throw Mayor Lee Harris’ proposal out of balance if the full commission approves them.
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County Commission approves emergency funding to replace jail locks
At least 340 electronic cell doors currently have to be operated manually, giving inmates the opportunity to potentially reach out and assault the staff.
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County Commission wrestles with property-tax rate as July 1 deadline looms
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County Commission wrestles with property-tax rate as July 1 deadline looms
The ordinance that sets the county property tax rate still has a blank where the rate goes. But commissioners approved Tuesday where the pennies on the tax rate go based on keeping the $3.39 rate the same.
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County Commission to get legal advice on cutting unfilled Sheriff’s Office positions
The County Commission has several Shelby County Sheriff’s Office items to vote on Monday, from emergency money for new jail door locks to calling for collaboration on what happens next at the juvenile detention center on Old Getwell Road.
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