There are 43 article(s) tagged 2024 budget season:
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.
The Political Roundup takes a closer look at your vehicle-registration certificate after the City Council raised a vehicle fee some are calling a Memphis version of the wheel tax.
The City Council Scorecard tracks the key council votes, which last month raised the city property tax rate for the first time in 12 years and raised the monthly solid waste fee as well as the city vehicle registration fee.
The Commission Scorecard tracks votes on keeping a stable property tax rate and returning funding to more than 400 vacant positions in the Sheriff’s Department. It also includes dollar figures on the county’s three major capital projects.
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.
Memphis Mayor Paul Young promises to “deliver more” with the tax increase. Related story:
The surprise came to the Memphis City Council Monday night, June 24, with copies of a two-sentence resolution.
A budget season compromise emerged Monday, June 24, at City Hall. The council takes votes on that and other possible changes in Mayor Paul Young’s budget proposal during the Tuesday council afternoon session.
Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris breaks down how county commissioners settled amid budget season, including keeping vacant positions on the books and local opposition to the Regional One Health rebuild.
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.
Though MATA is expected to have a shortfall for the second year in a row, local leaders say bus service must continue to run.
City Council budget committee chairman Chase Carlisle plans to push for votes on proposed amendments in a Wednesday, June 12, committee session. The fiscal year begins July 1. Final budget votes by are scheduled for June 25.
Last month, MATA acknowledged it has a $60 million deficit. A City Councilwoman tried to talk specifics, but the discussion was abruptly halted after the head of the council staff talked with her privately during a public meeting.
The budget is one of the most pivotal annual decisions by the suburb’s leaders as it funds the town’s day-to-day operations and outlines priorities for the coming year.
The known and unknown about Elon Musk’s xAI supercomputer in Southwest Memphis dominated the conversation in a reporters roundtable on “Behind The Headlines.”
Shelby County Budget Director Michael Thompson talks about the 2024 budget season — and the savings found in vacant county positions — on The Daily Memphian’s “On The Record” podcast.
In addition to delaying the budget, Memphis City Council approved the sale of the Crosstown Mound. And it approved a management agreement for four city museums.
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. Commission votes down call for mediation in juvenile detention center disputeRelated story:
The council will take a final vote on increasing the solid-waste fee by nearly $7 a month — and it will vote on management for four Memphis museums, including the Pink Palace.
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.
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.
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Gloria Johnson campaigns in Memphis over the long holiday weekend and hopes Democrats throw national support behind her effort to upset incumbent Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn.
The Memphis City Council looked at alternatives to Mayor Paul Young’s proposed 75-cent city property-tax hike Tuesday, as well as an assortment of other issues. ‘A tough push:’ Council skeptical of adding suburban votes to MLGW boardRelated story:
The City Council Scorecard looks at the April surprise that scuttled plans by Mayor Paul Young for a budget proposal with no property-tax hike.
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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