There are 20 article(s) tagged Henri Brooks:
County Commissioner Henri Brooks found out three years ago she was adopted through the Tennessee Children’s Home Society, a notorious black-market adoption operation. Her lawsuit against the state could open a “floodgate.”
The former county commissioner, city council member and Criminal Court clerk who died in 2013 was remembered Thursday, Jan. 11, as the marker bearing her name was unveiled outside the 99-year-old building.
Shelby County commissioners start the new year Monday, Jan. 8, with a short agenda and a deeper dive into the details and rules of getting to votes on resolutions and ordinances.
The Daily Memphian’s County Commission Scorecard looks at the Feb. 22 commission meeting that was moved and covered two controversial topics, racial reparations and a special adviser for County Clerk Wanda Halbert.
The museum project is still in early stages, but County Commissioners have already provided feedback.
The $1.3 million is one-time money for the city’s bus system. Meanwhile, commissioner Henri Brooks voted against three grants made by other commissioners.
Some Shelby County Commissioners didn’t care for how terms of the deal that would transfer two Germantown namesake schools to the City of Germantown were made public.
Commissioner Henri Brooks, whose district includes Klondike, sought again to delay the second of three votes on a TIF district for the redevelopment of the residential area. Other Democratic commissioners on the body moved forward.
The trust fund for city and county property taxes earmarked for the redevelopment area cleared the first of three votes before the Shelby County Commission.
The Monday, Oct. 31, commission meeting sees a final vote on a change to how a county ethics officers is chosen. So far, there has been little public discussion by the body of the measure.
With no discussion, the commission sent the ordinance back to committee for more discussion. Meanwhile, the commission set dates for appointing four more judicial commissioners.
At the second meeting of the new term of office Monday, Sept. 26, county commissioners appoint three new judicial commissioners and set the dates for filling a Memphis-Shelby County Schools board seat.
The Commission Scorecard tracks votes on an attempt to change who investigates ethics complaints and selection of a new chairman and chairman pro tempore at the first meeting of the term.
The ordinance would take the power to appoint the county ethics officer away from the county attorney’s office. It comes eight years after that office investigated whether Brooks lived in the commission district she represented, and concluded she didn’t. Shelby County Commission weighs forming public safety committee in wake of recent violenceRelated story:
The recount requested by two second-place finishers in the May primaries and approved by the state Democratic party’s primary board did not change the certified results.
The Shelby County Election Commission has until Monday to complete the process for primary races that each got fewer than 3,000 votes.
The Tennessee Democratic Party’s primary board ordered recounts for the Shelby County Commission Districts 7 and 11 races.
The certified results show more than 100 additional votes than the election night unofficial totals in the one-candidate Republican primary races for Shelby County Mayor and District Attorney General.
The former county commissioner has pulled petitions to seek a return to the County Commission or to run for Juvenile Court Clerk.
Committee recommendations include an annual certification of residency for Shelby County employees.
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