This Week in Memphis: Ja is back in the game, and we’ve got games for you
Also happening this week: The Memphis City Council wraps up for the year, and the Memphis Tigers play top-ranked UVA.
Topic: Memphis City Council
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December 2023
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Transfer of Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium delayed until Dec. 19
The council aired its concerns about what the city was receiving for transferring ownership, the future of the Southern Heritage Classic football game, how the City Council learned about the deal and more.
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MLGW rate hike passes final hurdle at City Council
“I believe, and my team believes, this is the necessary remedy for decades of disinvestment and failed decisions under previous presidents and previous councils,” said MLGW CEO Doug McGowen.
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City Council puts mayoral runoff referendum on August 2024 ballot
The final approval of the August 2024 referendum for city voters came Tuesday, Dec. 5, in a chaotic roll call. The council has another ballot question on the way to allow it to set its own pay.
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City Council to vote on 12% MLGW rate hike
The Memphis City Council will also tackle moving state funding for the Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium renovations and a resolution to give Mayor-elect Paul Young a raise.
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Council member’s push for U of M foundation board seats could stall stadium deal
The U of M has said that the city can’t have seats on the foundation board, setting up a potential showdown over the vote Tuesday to transfer ownership of the city-owned stadium.
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City Council paid $32K for catering, more on travel over ‘22, ‘23
The council also spent more than $66,000 on travel, staying in hotels in Nashville and Washington, D.C. Taxpayers paid for the travel by picking up the tab for the City Council’s credit card payments.
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November 2023
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Mental health crisis center nears goal with City of Memphis grant
The $1 million grant ensures Alliance will receive a matching $1 million gift from a private donor for its new mental health crisis center.
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How a $3M budget line item for Mud Island prompted an attempt to oust the city council chairman
A delayed grant for Tom Lee Park’s redesign, the Beale Street Landing dock expansion and a pool of money cobbled together years ago to jumpstart a renovation of Mud Island led to a City Council showdown.
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MPD’s aggressive approach to crime stats will focus on re-offenders
Some City Council members say crime data spotlighting those arrested several times could help Memphians better assess their risks. Others say the lack of data isn’t what’s driving fear of crime in the city.
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City Council rewrites broadband rules, Davis gets ‘aggressive’ on data, more
JB Smiley is the new council chairman for 2024. And the council approved a $20 million loan to MATA as its federal funding is delaying by short-term funding resolutions in Washington, D.C.
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City Council referendum votes are a mixed bag, but the mayoral pay raise advances
The newest ballot questions would allow the City Council to set its own pay, allow partisan primary city elections and bringing back a runoff requirement. There are already three other charter change referendums on the 2024 ballot.
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City Council puts up flurry of new ballot questions as term nears end
The council also takes a final vote Tuesday, Nov. 21, on a fiber broadband initiative and sets a December vote on a proposed MLGW rate hike.
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The new Memphis City Council: What each member brings in 2024
Here’s a look at all 13 members of the Memphis City Council that takes office in January.
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City Council to consider pay raise for Mayor-elect Paul Young
Memphis City Council Chairman Martavius Jones is proposing a pay raise from the current $170,817 Mayor Jim Strickland makes to $210,000 a year starting Jan. 1 when Mayor-elect Paul Young takes office.
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Green, Walker and Easter-Thomas win council runoff races in historic shift
The winners of the three races make a majority of seven women on the city council that takes office in January — the first majority of women on the 13-member body in the 55-year history of the mayor-council form of government.
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Three city council runoff races close out Memphis election year
The last local elections of 2023 will determine who the Memphis City Council representatives from Districts 2, 3 and 7 will be. The runoffs will complete the new council that takes office Jan. 1 with Mayor-elect Paul Young.
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This Week in Memphis: Two years since Young Dolph’s death; City Council runoffs are here
Also happening this week: A verdict is expected on whether Ja Morant can use the state’s self-defense immunity statute in a lawsuit over a fight at a pickup basketball game.
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Early voting in the Memphis City Council runoffs ends Saturday
Early voting in the three runoffs for Memphis City Council Districts 2, 3 and 7 is open through 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11. Election day is Nov. 16.
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City Council questions another MLGW rate hike ahead of vote
As the City Council nears the end of another term, they’re being asked to increase power rates — again.
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City Council questions timing of solid waste fee hike proposal
“We are talking about nearly a $37 million increase — either we put all of that on the utility bill or we put it on the property tax rate,” said Council Chairman Martavius Jones. “We can’t do it in November.”
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City Council pushes final votes on primary elections, mayoral runoffs
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City Council pushes final votes on primary elections, mayoral runoffs
Final votes on the two 2024 ballot questions are now set for the Nov. 21 council session. The city council also approved the first increase in city tow rates in 16 years.
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City Council to hear proposed solid waste fee hike, weighs 2024 ballot questions
The monthly city solid waste fee for residential properties would rise 37% — from $29.96 to $41.05 — under a proposal from Mayor Jim Strickland’s administration.
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October 2023
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Ballot Basics: Early voting is Oct. 27-Nov. 11
Here are the voting basics for the three Memphis City Council runoff elections during the early voting period that begins Friday, Oct. 27.
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Early voting opens for city council runoffs
Early voting in three city council districts runs Oct. 27-Nov. 11. Runoff Election Day is Nov. 16.
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