There are 15 article(s) tagged city charter change referendum:

• November 2024

  • Shelby County Election Commission gears up for Nov. 5

    Elections administrator Linda Phillips and the Election Commission are preparing for more voters, a longer ballot and new challenges for poll workers. 

    By Bill Dries November 06, 2024

  • Political Roundup: Early voting turnout, Feds at the polls, referendum fine print

    Early voting had its biggest turnout (excluding absentee ballots) on Halloween — the final day of the 14-day early-voting period. It is still behind the pre-election day turnout four years ago.

    By Bill Dries November 06, 2024

• September 2024

  • Questions that made it on the Nov. 5 ballot so far

    While Memphians might not vote on gun control, they will vote on runoffs for future mayor’s races, residency requirements for mayoral and City Council candidates and if the council can set its own pay.

    By Bill Dries September 04, 2024

• August 2024

  • Memphis City Council to weigh $3,000 bonus for city retirees

    The council also gets an update on the Memphis Area Transit Authority, finalizes city charter change amendments for the Nov. 5 ballot, and votes on a Whataburger restaurant on Union Avenue.

    By Bill Dries August 19, 2024

  • City COO and CFO win council approval after turbulent budget season

    Antonio Adams and Walter Person have been working in the Young administration on an interim basis for seven months. That included being the point persons in a tense budget season.

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    Council approves Joann Massey for EDGE president

    By Bill Dries August 09, 2024

  • Memphis City Council talks over mayor’s executive appointments

    The City Council also could take final action on ground leases for the planned development at Liberty Park. The leases for an entertainment venue, hotel and apartments would bring much-needed sales tax to the Liberty Park Tourism Development Zone.

    By Bill Dries August 05, 2024

  • Political Roundup: What to look for election night, Chairman Whaley and November referendums

    The vote totals in Thursday’s race for General Sessions Court clerk could be a larger political indicator than who is the next clerk. Also reaction from Cohen, Kustoff and Blackburn to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to D.C.

    By Bill Dries August 03, 2024

• July 2024

  • Ballot question to add suburban seats to MLGW board fails at City Council

    The sponsor withdrew the referendum as other Memphis City Council members prepared to vote it down. The council also dealt with three other ballot questions.

    By Bill Dries July 24, 2024

  • Council moves another ballot question to November, debates MLGW board changes

    Council members also take the second of three votes Tuesday on a city referendum that would expand the Memphis Light, Gas and Water board by two seats, with the two new voting members coming from outside the City of Memphis.

    By Bill Dries July 23, 2024

• June 2024

  • No decision yet on whether City Council will campaign for charter amendments, chairman says

    Now that five city charter referendums have moved to the November ballot, the Memphis City Council will probably consider whether it wants to spend city money on a campaign for the set of five proposals.

    By Bill Dries June 11, 2024

  • Election on gun control in Memphis delayed to November

    The five ballot questions to go on the Aug. 1 ballot didn’t make the deadline for public notice. There was no City Council vote to move them to November.

    By Bill Dries June 10, 2024

• December 2023

  • Fresh council to decide on council members’ city benefits ballot question

    If approved, members who serve two terms, or eight years, would get city health benefits for life. The council also approved a pay raise for incoming Mayor Paul Young and put a fifth referendum on the August 2024 ballot. 

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    City nails down Brooks Museum agreement, delays vote on Chickasaw Gardens gates

    By Bill Dries December 19, 2023

• October 2023

  • Comcast clashes with City Council, rival company in broadband discussion

    The council also moved closer to final votes next month on two ballot questions for next year that would change city elections, approved extra funding for the Cobblestones river landing restoration and was told it will take the National Ornamental Metal Museum longer for its renovation of Rust Hall in Overton Park.

    By Bill Dries October 24, 2023

• August 2023

  • City court clerk question will be on ballot; MLGW residency won’t

    The Memphis City Council voted down a ballot question that would have required MLGW employees to live within Shelby County. It gave final approval to a referendum on restoring the city court clerk as an elected office. 

    By Bill Dries August 22, 2023

• October 2022

  • The campaign to change city government

    Next year’s mayoral race will have historical implications, and there’s been quite a bit of maneuvering to get city charter amendments on the Nov. 8 ballot this year.

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    What the past 16 Memphis mayoral elections tell us about the next one

    By Bill Dries October 07, 2022