Council closes budget season with $2.70 tax rate, boost to some pay raises
The council also narrowed a plan to increase the pay of city employees to one that adds 1% to the pay of about 2,000 unrepresented employees.
Topic: Doug McGowen
RSSThere are 101 article(s) tagged Doug McGowen:
-
June 2022
-
-
March 2022
-
Moody claims 2020 city mask mandate flap shows Harris’ ‘lack of leadership’
Moody’s campaign to upset incumbent county Mayor Lee Harris points to letters exchanged by city and county attorneys highlighting issues between local leaders and jurisdictional lines, specifically over the city’s possible role in contact tracing.
-
-
January 2022
-
Cruise line arrivals push waterfront plans
Viking Cruises will begin traversing the Mississippi River in June, joining two other cruise lines docking in Memphis. The city plans a $62 million Waterfront District to meet the demand.
-
Officials to pause issuance of health orders
“We will continue to promote and protect the health of Shelby County citizens and residents,” Dr. Taylor said.
-
State change in discount rate to cost city $500,000 in next fiscal year
The state has lowered the percentage it expects to make on investments that finance pension funds. By state law, the city of Memphis must lower its discount rate as well in the spring budget season.
-
Officials: Essential services continue to be ‘stretched’ by COVID
High COVID-19 case numbers are not only affecting staffing at testing sites but at area police agencies, fire departments and hospitals, Memphis and Shelby County officials said Thursday, Jan. 6.
-
-
December 2021
-
New details revealed about proposed ‘Sunset Lake’ in harbor
A proposed lake off Mud Island would be north of I-40 and the Hernando DeSoto Bridge.
-
-
November 2021
-
Health Dept.'s Taylor believes Shelby County is on ‘correct side’ of surge
The transmission rate is decreasing in the county, according to Shelby County Health Department Director Dr. Michelle Taylor.
-
-
October 2021
-
Zoo parking deck price well above $3 million spending limit, city says
City Chief Operating Officer Doug McGowen talked with The Daily Memphian about the factors that led the city and zoo to return to a parking plan that would take some of the Overton Park greensward and several trees. Listen to the interview.
-
-
September 2021
-
Health Dept. director: ‘COVID is not done with us’
The local Health Department is not planning on additional COVID-19 business restrictions at this time but “nothing is off the table,” said its director.
-
Memphis’ $161M ARPA budget gets a City Council rewrite
Council members put ARPA spending plans on hold to talk about a compromise that could increase the council’s share of ARPA funding from $13 million to around $20 million.
-
COVID patients break more hospital records
Tennessee as a whole is reporting 117 cases per 100,000 people, up 79% over 14 days, and the highest level in the nation.
-
-
August 2021
-
Local COVID-19 hospitalization rates hit new high
Children now account for more COVID-19 infections in Shelby County than 18- to 34-year-olds, another record.
-
‘Dangerously over capacity’ ERs at risk of treating only those likely to survive
The Pipkin Building vaccination site will not close at the end of August and Germantown and Collierville partners will open a high-volume site, said City of Memphis COO Doug McGowen.
-
Hospital emergency directors call for immediate countywide mask mandate
The letter circulating Tuesday warns of “catastrophic” effects that could “affect health care at every level.” Meanwhile, the city council is urging Gov. Bill Lee to rescind his executive order to allow parents to opt out of school mask mandates.
-
Delta now accounts for 98% of skyrocketing COVID cases
Of the 4,383 active cases in Shelby County, more than a quarter are in children, and those children are suffering more respiratory symptoms than they were earlier in the pandemic.
-
-
July 2021
-
Task force briefings resume as Delta drives up COVID cases
The Shelby County Health Department reported 259 new coronavirus cases Thursday, July 22. One month ago, the agency reported 14 new cases. Majority are Delta variant.
-
-
June 2021
-
Summer ‘could be rough’ for unvaccinated, those without prior infections
With the Delta coronavirus variant 50% more transmissible than the Alpha variant, Shelby County Health Department deputy director David Sweat said the summer could be “rough” for those who are not vaccinated or have not already had the coronavirus.
-
Deputy director ends tenure with Health Department
Shelby County Health Department Deputy Director David Sweat is joining the Mecklenburg County Health Department in North Carolina.
-
Delta variant expected to be dominant by late July
“When we look at modeling based on expected reproductive rate, right now it suggests that by the end of July more than 50% of (coronavirus) disease here could be because of Delta,” said David Sweat, deputy director of the Shelby County Health Department.
-
Council member proposes city property tax 29 cents above recertified rate
Martavius Jones says he will push for the increase at next week’s council session.
-
-
May 2021
-
With vaccine uptake waning, approach changes to get more people vaccinated
Shelby County is about 51% toward its goal of vaccinating 700,000 people, according to the county Health Department. As of Thursday, 355,102 total people are vaccinated with 270,297 of them fully vaccinated.
-
First 12-year-olds going through local shot lines
Shelby County children as young as 12 were starting to be vaccinated against COVID-19 on Thursday, May 13.
-
County poised to remove mask mandate
The mask mandate will be lifted in the new health directive, beginning Saturday, May 15.
-
City plans ‘get out the vote’ type vaccine campaign
The City of Memphis is ready now to set up phone banks, dispatch street teams.
-