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Collierville Mayor Stan Joyner and Bartlett Mayor Keith McDonald talked on “Behind The Headlines” about property tax hikes passed and up for a final vote, respectively, in the cities they lead and why the estimated share of federal ARPA funds in each of their cities took a tumble in the latest estimates.
Votes on the budget and tax hike passed unanimously in separate votes on first reading at Bartlett City Hall Tuesday night. Two more readings are required on both before they become enacted for the coming fiscal year.
Bartlett Fire Chief Terry Wiggins said the plan is to administer about 3,500 shots each week – over seven weeks that would be about 24,500 total inoculations.
Bartlett’s Board of Mayor and Aldermen authorized Mayor Keith McDonald to enter an agreement with Lakeland and Arlington to open a joint vaccination location at its meeting Tuesday.
The former Tennessee Baptist Children’s Home site is considered a prime location in Bartlett due to its high acreage and its proximity to both U.S. Highways 64 and 70.
The Appling City Cove vaccination site remains the closest site for Northeast Shelby County as suburbs in that area seek a location to serve their citizens.
The mayors of Bartlett and Germantown are pushing Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee for a statewide mask mandate. Short of that, they’re working to create a county-by-county mandate among West Tennessee mayors.
Increased restrictions designed to curb the rising COVID-19 numbers are likely coming soon, mayors were told Thursday.
Mayors are concerned about rising cases, with at least one, Bartlett Mayor Keith McDonald, joining the call of local health officials for a statewide mask mandate.
Suburban mayors are waiting on Shelby County Health Department following Gov. Bill Lee’s most recent order, hoping for some consistency between the state and local regulations.
In the midst of a pandemic, some suburbs continue to provide services as sales tax income fluctuates and developments remain steady.
The Yellow Fever epidemic of 1878 in Memphis spawned new words, such as "Stranger Fever," and changed people's thoughts and actions. The COVID-19 pandemic, with its "social distancing" and "new normal" is not so different. History has provided an echo.
The Bartlett Station Farmer’s Market has returned for the summer season Saturday, June 13, at a temporary location in the Bartlett Public Library’s overflow parking, 5980 Stage Road.
Local elected leaders and health experts differed on the first phase of reopening the Memphis economy. But some mayors say they remain unified as they approach the reopening's second phase.
Elected leaders in Shelby County's cities were moving toward a May 1 reopening of the economy until a surge in positive COVID-19 cases last weekend, and that now has leaders debating what the numbers mean and exactly when reopening will occur.
As Shelby County and its municipalities begin moving toward a gradual reopening of businesses, many are already in the process of making changes as they prepare to resume operations.
Bartlett is moving ahead with a couple of long-planned projects, a new multi-purpose pavilion at W.J. Freeman Park and a Bartlett First Responders Monument.
Bartlett is breaking ground this spring on a new, bigger City Shop at Yale Road and Brother Boulevard.
“We’re building an airplane in the air and doing it on a stopwatch. We’ve got a minute to build it.”
The Bartlett Area Chamber of Commerce is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, a period during which the city has brought in major corporations and jobs along with cultivating a thriving small business and entrepreneurial environment.
Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris sees Frayser as a good place to start expanding educational opportunities for students.
Bartlett mayor outlines growth but cites challenges of lower revenue.
For-profit St. Francis will take $2 million in county taxes away when it leaves and Methodist takes over.
Youth Villages is adding 200 staff members at its Bartlett campus in connection with a $22 million expansion of the nonprofit organization's intensive treatment center.
Shelby County will celebrate 200 years of history Nov. 24 at Shelby Farms.
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