There are 53 article(s) tagged Shelby County Government:

• February 2020

  • County transfers 150 vacant lots to group in model for blight efforts

    Klondike-Smokey City residents will ultimately determine what happens to the lots its community development corporation was put in charge of Friday.

    By Omer Yusuf February 04, 2020

• December 2019

  • Shelby County holding Northaven cleanup event this weekend

    The neighborhood cleanup is part of Shelby County's proposal to bring sanitation services to the area. 

    By Omer Yusuf December 13, 2019

• November 2019

  • Residents express support for sanitation proposal for Northaven

    Shelby County officials presented their plan to provide garbage collection service for Northaven residents at a community meeting Tuesday night. 

    By Omer Yusuf November 06, 2019

  • U of M will get $1 million from county for swim facility, with conditions

    The University of Memphis will receive $1 million from Shelby County government under a resolution approved by the County Commission Monday that does not include any mandates for when it will pay all university employees $15 an hour.

    By Linda A. Moore November 05, 2019

• October 2019

  • County mayor wants new condition added to $1 million for U of M swim facility

    Lee Harris wants the University of Memphis to give a timeline for when its lowest-paid workers will be paid $15 an hour as part of the release of $1 million budgeted for the university to update its swim facility. 

    By Linda A. Moore October 30, 2019

  • Register of Deeds Shelandra Ford to stop storing records in 30 days

    Shelby County Register of Deeds Shelandra Ford has informed county officials that she has run out of room and will stop storing records in 30 days.

    By Linda A. Moore October 17, 2019

  • Shelby County Commission committees contemplate task force to aid Orange Mound

    A Shelby County Commission committee is being asked to approve a task force that would address the devaluation of real estate in Orange Mound.

    By Linda A. Moore October 15, 2019

  • Going green gets the Shelby County Correctional Center national recognition

    Recycling, energy conservation and other green initiatives at the Shelby County Correctional Center have gained the facility national recognition from an accreditation organization.

    By Linda A. Moore October 14, 2019

  • Shelby County proposes solid waste services for Northaven

    The plan would cost Northaven residents about $27 a month and would achieve a county goal to eliminate illegal dumping in that part of Shelby County.

    By Omer Yusuf October 10, 2019

  • Commission chairman says Harris’ plan for MATA may not pass

    Shelby County Commissioners may not approve the plan by County Mayor Lee Harris to charge a countywide sustainability fee to fund public transportation, but Commission Chairman Mark Billingsley said Harris has forced the community to talk about funding the Memphis Area Transit Authority.

    By Linda A. Moore October 02, 2019

• September 2019

  • Shelby County opens second veterans services office in Millington

    Shelby County opened the county’s second veterans services office at Millington City Hall Monday. There are 55,000 veterans living in Shelby County, more than any other county in Tennessee.

    By Linda A. Moore September 30, 2019

  • Public quizzes Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris on plan to fund MATA

    Movers and shakers at the weekly lunch meeting of the Frayser Exchange Club questioned Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris Thursday about his plan to help fund the Memphis Area Transit Authority through a proposed $145 sustainability fee for addresses with three vehicles.

    By Linda A. Moore September 26, 2019

  • Harris plan to fund MATA improvements through vehicle fee isn’t a hit with some bus riders

    A proposal by Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris to fund Memphis Area Transit Authority improvements, largely through a $145 per vehicle sustainability fee, isn't popular with some bus riders.

    By Linda A. Moore September 13, 2019

  • Harris makes staff and HR appointments

    Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris has appointed a chief of staff and human resources administrator. 

    By Linda A. Moore September 13, 2019

  • Northaven residents voice concerns to Mayor Harris, county officials

    Issues brought to Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris and county officials included sanitation services, illegal dumping and stray dogs in the Northaven area. 

    By Omer Yusuf September 05, 2019

• August 2019

  • 201 Poplar renovation progressing, but completion will take years

    The renovation at the Shelby County Criminal Justice Center, 201 Poplar Avenue, will take at least 10 years to complete but will upgrade everything.

    By Linda A. Moore August 05, 2019

  • Shelby County Youth Council will get young people involved in government

    A new Shelby County Youth Council will give the county's young people a voice and a place in the decision-making process.

    By Linda A. Moore August 01, 2019

• June 2019

  • County Commission set to take another stab at next year’s budget

    Shelby County government officials will spend Monday afternoon fine-tuning the 2020 budget ahead of the July 1 beginning of the fiscal year.

    By Linda A. Moore June 24, 2019

  • Shelby County names Cliff Norville new public works director

    Cliff Norville has been named the new public works director for Shelby County.

    By Omer Yusuf June 16, 2019

  • Roy Nixon, Shelby County’s first mayor, remembered as lawman, civic leader

    Roy Nixon began his career as a lawman with Memphis police and later went into politics becoming Shelby County first mayor under a new form of government where he built relationships with other city leaders. 

    By Yolanda Jones June 07, 2019

  • Roy Nixon: A model for the strong mayor and ‘a foxhole kind of friend’

    Roy Nixon was Shelby County mayor less than two years, but it was his attitude toward the 4,500 acres at the Shelby County Penal Farm that led to a vision of that expansive land as a park.

    By Tom Jones June 06, 2019

  • Roy Nixon, first mayor of Shelby County, dies at 85

    Roy Nixon, the first person to serve as Shelby County Mayor, died Sunday after a short illness at the age of 85.

    By Omer Yusuf June 04, 2019

• May 2019

  • Harris says terms for county funding of MATA address balance between frequency and coverage

    Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris says he wants to know county funding for the bus system will go to increasing ridership, and he also talks about whether Memphis Area Transit Authority should go to more frequent routes or broader coverage. 

    By Bill Dries May 03, 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

  • Ford Jr., Harris administration disagree on phone call about school board vacancies

    Shelby County Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr. and Mayor Lee Harris’ administration disagree about the intent of a phone call between a Nashville lobbyist and a special assistant to the mayor last month regarding filling school board vacancies.

    By Omer Yusuf April 29, 2019