There are 231 article(s) tagged Memphis City Council:

• May 2019

  • City Council budget committee begins operating budget review with police spending

    Memphis City Council members begin scrutinizing the budget proposal for the coming fiscal year. 

    By Bill Dries May 06, 2019

  • Hospitality Hub continues efforts to help the homeless in Memphis

    The Hospitality Hub may be undergoing a potential relocation and expansion if the city and county approve millions in additional funding over the next month. 

    By Omer Yusuf May 06, 2019

  • Are city planners listening to the neighborhoods?

    In response to the phrase, “You can't tell someone what to do with their own property,” a preservationist responds, “Well, you really can, and it happens all the time.”

    By Gordon Alexander May 01, 2019

  • Organizations raise questions about Hospitality Hub expansion

    Questions about the Hospitality Hub expansion come less than a week after Memphis and Shelby County announced a proposal to relocate and expand the facility Downtown.

    By Omer Yusuf, Tom Bailey May 01, 2019

• April 2019

  • Memphis City Council begins detailed budget review

    The process for getting neighborhood speed humps and their distribution, and the cost of a modernized traffic intersection were among detailed line items City Council members reviewed on the first day of budget hearings Tuesday.

    By Bill Dries April 30, 2019

  • Memphis, Shelby County announce effort to reduce homelessness

    A plan to address homelessness in Memphis includes funding a new women's shelter as part of a relocation and expansion of Hospitality Hub. 

    By Omer Yusuf April 25, 2019

  • Smiley comes to quest for council with lessons learned from 2018 run

    Making his second bid for elected office in a year, J.B. Smiley Jr. says his city council campaign this year is a mix of millennials and local political veterans.

    By Bill Dries April 25, 2019

  • Greer tends to basics as he decides to seek full term in council District 1

    District 1 City Councilman Sherman Greer comes from a political background of detailed constituent services and keeping an eye on the Tennessee Legislature as he prepares to run for a full four-year term on the council.

    By Bill Dries April 24, 2019

  • Budget talks could include looking at bigger pay hike for non-public safety city workers

    City council members start budget hearings next month and there are still a few more details to come about how much revenue the council will have as it considers amendments or changes in Mayor Jim Strickland's proposal.

    By Bill Dries April 18, 2019

  • Strickland budget proposal includes surprise initiatives

    Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland’s fourth budget proposal, totaling $709 million, includes an Affordable Housing Trust Fund to accelerate the development of new and rehabbed multifamily and single-family housing.

    By Bill Dries April 17, 2019

  • Strickland budget plan, Graceland development agreement on Tuesday council agenda

    Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland takes a budget proposal to the City Council Tuesday that has a stable city property tax rate and pay raises for city employees. Council members also will consider a development agreement between the city and Graceland as part of a busy agenda. 

    By Bill Dries April 16, 2019

  • City Council returns to Memphis 3.0 plan, Graceland development deal

    The City Council is scheduled Tuesday to take the first of three votes on the Memphis 3.0 plan and to vote on the agreement between the city administration and Graceland for further expansion of Graceland’s Whitehaven campus.

    By Bill Dries April 02, 2019

• March 2019

  • Conrad says look for new city strategy on homelessness

    Memphis City Council Chairman Kemp Conrad says the three-year goal of ending "street homelessness" could include a city shelter.

    By Bill Dries March 29, 2019

  • City Council members, TVA officials meet against backdrop of possible MLGW split from TVA

    Memphis City Council members met Tuesday in Chattanooga with Tennessee Valley Authority officials.

    By Bill Dries March 27, 2019

  • Emotion and mechanics surround Memphis 3.0 plan

    Despite the high hopes of some for the proposed Memphis 3.0 land use and development plan, there are some basic concerns and some criticism about how the land use and development guidelines will be used.

    By Bill Dries March 27, 2019

  • Brown to run for City Court clerk on October ballot

    Memphis City Council member Joe Brown is running for City Court clerk.

    By Bill Dries March 21, 2019

  • MLGW adjusts budget, tracks ‘customer minutes interrupted’

    The political battle over MLGW rates and calls for upgrades in the utility's infrastructure shows every sign of returning for another budget year.

    By Bill Dries March 20, 2019

  • Council delays Graceland development plan, first reading of 3.0 plan

    The council also delayed the first of three votes on the Memphis 3.0 land use and development guidelines and approved the Poplar Arts Lofts project. And the council got a first hand look at the FedEx "same day bot" to be tested on Memphis streets this summer.

    By Bill Dries March 19, 2019

  • Council to vote on Graceland development plan

    A Graceland master plan that does not include an arena tops Tuesday's Memphis City Council agenda. Also on the agenda is the Poplar Arts Lofts project and a discussion about urban art.

    By Bill Dries March 18, 2019

  • Boyd disclosure form on council website updated as other members post theirs

    Memphis City Council member Berlin Boyd has amended his disclosure to include his job with FedEx Logistics on a form dated last week on the council's website.

    By Bill Dries March 18, 2019

  • Jeff Warren seeks council seat after time of historic change on school board

    Former Memphis City Schools board member Jeff Warren is running for a super district council seat, citing his experience as a family physician and as a school board member as terms were set for the merger of public education in Shelby County.

    By Bill Dries March 18, 2019

  • Boyd’s employment by FedEx Logistics missing from state disclosure form

    Council member Berlin Boyd has worked for FedEx Logistics for seven months, taking in the time the FedEx division decided to relocate Downtown at Boyd's urging.

    By Bill Dries and Wayne Risher March 15, 2019

  • Politics Podcast: Memphis City Council candidate Jeff Warren

    Former Memphis City Schools board member Jeff Warren discusses his return to the political arena in a bid for the Memphis City Council.

    By Natalie Van Gundy March 15, 2019

  • Explore Bike Share nets new support from FedEx, city

    Explore Bike Share has picked up funding from Memphis-based FedEx, $150,000 over three years; and Memphis, $75,000 a year for four years, from fees on Bird and Lime.

    By Wayne Risher March 14, 2019

  • Memphis 3.0 plan draws more questions than reviews in first council discussion

    Memphis City Council members looked for a quick bottom line in the Memphis 3.0 plan during their first discussion of the 400-page proposal Tuesday.

    By Bill Dries March 06, 2019