There are 15 article(s) tagged Henri Brooks:

• December 2022

  • County Commission approves $1.3M one-time funding contract for MATA

    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.

    By Bill Dries December 06, 2022

  • County Commissioners ‘stunned’ by 3G deal press release

    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.

    By Bill Dries December 06, 2022

• November 2022

  • Klondike redevelopment financing vote advances despite push for delay

    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.

    By Bill Dries November 15, 2022

  • Financing for Klondike redevelopment clears first hurdle

    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.

    By Bill Dries November 01, 2022

• October 2022

  • Shelby County Commission votes on ethics, Klondike redevelopment and voter education

    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.

    By Bill Dries October 31, 2022

  • County Commission delays final vote on how chief ethics officer is picked

    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.

    By Bill Dries October 19, 2022

• September 2022

  • County Commission fills vacancies, reviews second-term appointments

    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. 

    By Bill Dries September 26, 2022

  • County Commission Scorecard: Settling an old score in a new term

    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.

    By Bill Dries September 19, 2022

  • Henri Brooks returns to commission, proposes changes to office that investigated her

    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.

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    By Bill Dries September 13, 2022

• June 2022

  • Recount confirms Henri Brooks, Miska Clay-Bibbs won Democratic primaries for County Commission

    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.

    By Bill Dries June 21, 2022

  • Recounts underway in two Democratic County Commission districts

    The Shelby County Election Commission has until Monday to complete the process for primary races that each got fewer than 3,000 votes.

    By Bill Dries June 15, 2022

  • Two races in Shelby County Democratic primaries get recount

    The Tennessee Democratic Party’s primary board ordered recounts for the Shelby County Commission Districts 7 and 11 races.

    By Bill Dries June 11, 2022

• May 2022

  • Election Commission certifies Shelby County May primary results

    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. 

    By Bill Dries May 18, 2022

• January 2022

  • Henri Brooks seeks return to county government in 2022 primaries

    The former county commissioner has pulled petitions to seek a return to the County Commission or to run for Juvenile Court Clerk. 

    By Bill Dries January 12, 2022

• February 2020

  • Commission panel has suggestions on monitoring employee residency

    Committee recommendations include an annual certification of residency for Shelby County employees.

    By Linda A. Moore February 29, 2020