There are 46 article(s) tagged Eddie Jones:

• July 2020

  • Jones elected new County Commission chairman

    Shelby County Commissioner Eddie Jones will move from the number two spot on the commission to the chairman’s job next month.

    By Bill Dries July 27, 2020

  • County ‘Ban the Box’ proposal for ex-offenders gets more complicated

    Some significant amendments to apply the program to private contractors pushed a final vote to July 21.

    By Bill Dries July 13, 2020

  • County Commission continues budget reckoning at first in-person meeting since March

    The Wednesday committee sessions drew most of the 13 commissioners, with the remainder attending online. Also debuting was a partitioned commission chambers with glass barriers between the elected officials and masks worn in the booths created for them.

    By Bill Dries July 09, 2020

• June 2020

  • Road to new county budget remains rocky and uncertain

    The commission takes up the budget again Monday, June 22, at its regular meeting, a week after voting to use $16.5 million in the county reserves to balance expenditures and revenues. But since then, questions have emerged about the changes the commission made.

    By Bill Dries June 22, 2020

  • County Commission goes long again on complex budget fix

    Shelby County commissioners got within $11 million of rebuilding County Mayor Lee Harris’s consolidated county budget proposal before calling it a day and leaving the rest for a Monday commission meeting.

    By Bill Dries June 03, 2020

• May 2020

  • Coronavirus hazard pay coming for some Shelby County employees

    The County Commission approved CARES Act spending, including a hazard pay stipend for some workers and money for the municipal cities.

    By Linda A. Moore May 28, 2020

  • Still no budget yet for Shelby County government

    The county's $1.4 billion budget is a work in progress, but officials say they're close.

    By Linda A. Moore May 27, 2020

  • County Commission tries once again to solidify the budget

    The County Commission has until June 30 to approve a balanced operating budget for the county.

    By Linda A. Moore May 27, 2020

  • Budget committee leaders find millions to cut in next year’s Shelby County budget

    Budget committee Chairman Eddie Jones and Vice Chairman Edmund Ford Jr. presented the proposal. Work on the budget resumes in a special committee meeting Monday before the full Shelby County Commission session.

    By Linda A. Moore May 13, 2020

  • Contract extensions for Wellpath don’t sit well with Shelby County

    County commissioners discussed, but didn’t vote, on extending the contract with the county's contracted inmate health care provider.

    By Linda A. Moore May 13, 2020

  • Shelby County government retreat gives clearer picture about county’s budget

    Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris' administration officials answered questions as county commissioners prepare for another review of the fiscal 2021 budget.

    By Linda A. Moore May 08, 2020

  • Budget discussion stalls, will continue at retreat

    Now that Mayor Lee Harris' budget has been rejected, County Commission must craft another one.

    By Linda A. Moore May 07, 2020

• April 2020

  • Shelby County gets $50M in federal stimulus for coronavirus expenses

    Money received from the federal government must be spent on coronavirus expenses and will be shared with the surburban cities as needed. 

    By Linda A. Moore April 29, 2020

  • Harris says budget preview will outline challenges

    COVID-19 has changed the Shelby County's fiscal landscape, and responding to that is now the budget priority, county Mayor Lee Harris says.

    By Linda A. Moore April 15, 2020

  • Proposed sick leave bank for Shelby County employees approved by commission committee

    Shelby County employees would be able to deposit and withdraw paid sick days from a sick leave bank.

    By Linda A. Moore April 02, 2020

• November 2019

  • Shelby County Commissioner Reginald Milton to join race for general sessions clerk

    With more than two years left to serve in his final term on the Shelby County Commission, Commissioner Reginald Milton has confirmed he will run for general sessions court clerk.

    By Linda A. Moore November 26, 2019

  • John Ford’s candidacy for general sessions court clerk is a no-go, state officials say

    Convicted felon and former state senator John Ford has filed a petition to run for Shelby County General Sessions Court Clerk, but state officials say a judge's order concerning his bribery conviction while in office bars him from running.

    By Linda A. Moore November 20, 2019

  • Eddie Jones files for General Sessions Court Clerk on 2020 ballot

    Within days of General Sessions Court Clerk Ed Stanton telling his staff he would not seek re-election, one county commissioner has filed a petition for the clerk’s job.

    By Bill Dries November 06, 2019

• September 2019

  • Edmund Ford Jr. says county should prepare to get ‘fair share’ of proposed sales tax increase

    Shelby County Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr. says if a sales tax increase referendum passes in Memphis, the County Commission should go after the county's “fair share” of the funds.

    By Linda A. Moore September 25, 2019

• August 2019

  • County Commission elects Mark Billingsley chairman, revises naming process

    Shelby County Commissioner Mark Billingsley was named chairman of the commission for the upcoming term, which begins Sept. 1. The commission also revised rules for naming buildings and other locations.

    By Linda A. Moore August 12, 2019

• July 2019

  • Politics Podcast: County Mayor Lee Harris and County Commissioner Eddie Jones

    Shelby County's mayor talks about his first budget and the County Commission's budget committee chairman breaks down the dollar figures for the new fiscal year.

    By Natalie Van Gundy July 05, 2019