County Commission takes up proposed consolidation compromise
A resolution that would have started the process of naming a joint city-county consolidation charter commission was sponsored by Commissioner Reginald Milton, seen here in August. (Daily Memphian file)
The second part of the City Council-County Commission move toward a consolidation charter proposal showed up unexpectedly in committee session last week on the county side. And it was panned by most of the seven commissioners present even after a compromise to consider steps short of a merger of the two governments.
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