Memphis teams with EPA to fund $103M in drainage upgrades
The City of Memphis plans to issue revenue bonds with the Environmental Protection Agency to help fund upgrades to the city’s aging stormwater system over the next five years.
Topic: Memphis City Council
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February 2024
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City Council moves to final vote for health insurance extension
The current council inherited the controversial extension of health insurance coverage for itself from the previous group.
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This Week in Memphis: City Council votes on health benefits; what’s closed on Presidents’ Day
Also happening this week: The Memphis Tigers take on FAU in the most anticipated game of Memphis’ AAC slate.
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North Star for North Memphis or industrial wasteland?
“North Memphis is not here to save your environment,” Memphis City Council member Michalyn Easter-Thomas said about a proposed facility to keep trees and wood waste out of landfills.
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City Council moves up final vote on health insurance coverage to Feb. 20
In other action Tuesday, the council approved the reappointment of Robert Knecht as the city’s public-works director.
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City Council nears end of mayor’s appointees, delays health insurance vote
The City Council has a few more votes on Mayor Paul Young’s remaining appointees to his leadership team and some questions on the interim status of Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn “C.J.” Davis.
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This Week in Memphis: Lee’s State of the State, NBA trade deadline
Also happening this week: The Memphis City Council votes on extending health benefits to themselves, and Monday is the first day to pull qualifying petitions for August state and federal primary elections.
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Martavius Jones: ‘Unnecessary hysteria’ on council health insurance proposal
“The media play a vital role in keeping the public informed, but spreading misinformation — misinformation that could have been corrected if the facts had been verified — causes unnecessary hysteria and further erodes trust.”
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January 2024
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City Council controversial health care proposal, explained
The City Council votes Tuesday, Feb. 6, on extending the city’s health insurance coverage for council members who serve two terms. The calculations are complex and the authority for such a move is controversial.
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Opinion: Council health care proposal ‘is as ludicrous as it is ... offensive’
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Opinion: Council health care proposal ‘is as ludicrous as it is ... offensive’
“Is it fair to City of Memphis employees, many of whom have worked for 25 or 30 years, to not have the same benefit a part-time elected official would receive?” a former council member asks.
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What MPD Chief Davis’ interim status means
Memphis Police Department Chief C.J. Davis has gone from reappointment to interim status in a temporary compromise that is new ground in what is normally a smooth confirmation process before the City Council.
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Mayor Paul Young vetoes pay referendum, city council overrides
The referendum, which would allow the Memphis City Council to set its own pay and that of city division directors, will remain on the August 2024 ballot for city voters to decide.
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Council confirms 9 municipal chiefs, but Public Works on hold
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Council confirms 9 municipal chiefs, but Public Works on hold
The nine directors and city chiefs were approved without a single no vote Tuesday. Public Works director Robert Knecht’s reappointment drew some criticism from council members, prompting a two-week delay.
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Police chief faces critical City Council vote
MPD Chief Cerelyn “C.J.” Davis was one vote short in a council test vote two weeks ago. The council also expects an update on winter storm recovery effort by MLGW during Tuesday, Jan. 23, committee sessions.
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This Week in Memphis: Council may vote on police chief; Tigers battle for ‘Bones’
Also happening: Voices for a Safer Tennessee hosts a discussion on gun reform, and two Broken Bottles suspects are in court.
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Mayor Young weighs whether to uphold one of Strickland’s vetoes
Strickland vetoed a referendum ordinance that would ask voters whether the Memphis City Council could set its salary and the salary of mayor-appointed directors. The council believes the veto was done improperly.
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Police Chief Davis’ showdown with the City Council: What it means
A reporter’s roundtable on the WKNO-TV program “Behind The Headlines” included a discussion of the rough reception MPD Chief Cerelyn “C.J.” Davis got at the year’s first city council session.
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City Council punts health insurance benefits extension for itself
The ordinance that would apply to four council members who left the council just last month would extend city health insurance to city elected officials who serve two terms or eight years in office.
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Mayor Young confident police chief will gain support of MPD rank-and-file
Young administration has three confirmed appointments on board
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What Mayor Young’s appointees have planned
The Memphis City Council wanted Young’s appointees to come to them with plans for the next four years. Here are some of those plans and goals from some of the city’s divisions.
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Sweat, Gibson among Young’s first confirmed directors
Memphis Mayor Paul Young has three confirmed directors for his administration and three interim leaders.
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MPD chief loses council test vote on reappointment
Mayor Young confident police chief will gain support of MPD rank-and-file
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MPD chief loses council test vote on reappointment
The grilling was part of the reappointment process for Cerelyn “C.J.” Davis, whom Mayor Paul Young is recommending to continue in her role. The council returns to the matter in two weeks when the vote will determine whether she stays.
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City Council to take final vote on health insurance for themselves
The extension of health insurance coverage for city council members would apply to four council members who left office at the end of 2023.
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Police chief tops list of mayoral appointments coming before City Council
The council questions 17 appointees by Mayor Paul Young to his administration in Tuesday committee sessions. Council chairman JB Smiley Jr. says the process will not be the swift confirmation process with few questions that it has been in the past.
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This Week in Memphis: General Assembly kicks off, Bartlett may part with Memphis library
Elvis Presley would have been 89 on Monday, Jan. 8. And as always, Graceland is hosting a party. Also this week: The Memphis City Council holds its first meeting since new members were elected.
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‘I’m on the fence:’ City Council mixed on keeping police chief
The reappointment of Cerelyn “C.J.” Davis as police chief is among the slew of mayoral appointments that the Memphis City Council is slated to consider at its first meeting of 2024.
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‘No tolerance for the chaos:’ Young pledges unified front to fight crime
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