County Commission cuts use of reserves in approving budget and stable tax rate
“You guys meet for several hours not once, not twice, but often to get the job done for your constituents,” Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris (in a file photo) said at 12:10 a.m. Tuesday, June 23. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
What was already a challenging budget year was complicated in county government by the pandemic's economic damage and a decision by the County Commission to reject the budget proposal by County Mayor Lee Harris. The commission rejected a proposed 8-cent property tax rate hike.
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Bill Dries covers city government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for more than 40 years.