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The council agenda Tuesday includes discussions about selling the old Cordova auto inspection station, allowing temporary closure of an Overton Square street and expanding a program that helps those with suspended drivers licenses pay fines and fees once they have met other terms.
A citywide plastic bag ban that would have tested a state law forbidding such limitation by local governments was voted down by the Memphis City Council.
The city's $3 million commitment to the $19 million undertaking would come from a source some city council members say could have been tapped for other priorities.
Memphis City Council members take final votes Tuesday on the Memphis 3.0 land use and development guidelines, a new set of rules for public art projects funded by the city and a ban on plastic bags.
Memphis City Council contender Frank Johnson is connecting with some supporters with his concerns about gentrification and displacement as parts of the city prosper and other parts don't.
Memphis City Council candidate Frank Johnson talks about the summer campaign, South Memphis and distrust in economic development.
The Memphis City Council last month approved $3.8 million in funding for a new Frayser library. The overall cost of the project is expected to be $10 million.
A proposal for retailers to charge a fee for plastic bags has been dropped by City Councilman Berlin Boyd, who instead is proposing a ban on plastic bags at Memphis retailers.
Military veterans will have reserved parking spaces at city parks, libraries and community centers under a resolution approved Tuesday by the Memphis City Council.
The Memphis City Council, among other items, will discuss Tuesday spending $15,000 to hire a consultant to review the financial impact of the Memphis 3.0 land use and development study.
The ruling for advocates of instant-runoff voting comes as part of a third review of IRV's use in Memphis elections by the state election coordinator. It also probably comes too late to have an impact on the Oct. 3 Memphis elections.
Some contenders with qualifying petitions out are deciding whether they should run. Still others are deciding what they should run for. The deadline for filing to get on the Oct. 3 ballot is in a week.
Before rejecting plans this week to reconfigure the Waste Connections facility in Whitehaven, several Memphis City Council members said the decision is probably not the best outcome for area homeowners.
Shelby County government has $2.5 million waiting for MATA, but only if two county commissioners are given voting seats on the MATA board. One city councilman said what county government is asking for is “unprecedented.”
Three of the 13 council members are term-limited. The other 10 each face potential challengers in the summer campaigns on their way to the Oct. 3 election day.
The provisions put to rest nearly five months of changing terms, distrust and behind the scenes bargaining around an $80 million expansion of Graceland.
The first Memphis City Council meeting of the new fiscal year Tuesday will feature some high dollar amounts and a couple of nonfiscal items lingering from the old fiscal year.
Memphis Police officer Craig Littles talks about running for city council, and Daily Memphian reporter Linda Moore discusses the county budget season.
A light City Council agenda Tuesday got a bit lighter with delays in decisions on a controversial Whitehaven planned development and amendments to the Unified Development Code.
Memphis City Council members delayed a vote Tuesday setting up Tourism Development Zone funding to partially finance an $80 million expansion of Graceland.
Memphis City Council members return Tuesday to Graceland’s expansion plans, specifically a delayed development plan outlining the terms of the expansion in Whitehaven.
Memphis City Council members tour a Waste Connections facility on East Brooks Road Wednesday prior to a vote next week that would authorize an expansion of the waste transfer operation.
The City Council stuck with a compromise 4% pay raise for police and firefighters and kept the city property tax rate at $3.19, but also extended a controversial cover charge for Beale Street on summer weekends.
Two council members expressed concerns last week about the Strickland administration's "brilliant at the basics" philosophy, but that probably won't affect votes on a 4% raise for police and firefighters.
A proposed 4% public safety raise goes to the full City Council Tuesday for a final vote as part of an amended budget with no property tax hike for the fiscal year that begins July 1. There could be more budget changes at the council session.
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