County mayor and sheriff pay raise proposal does poorly in test vote
“If you don’t want these elected officials making these salaries, next year we’ve got elections,” said Shelby County Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr., seen at right in 2019. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
The 21% raises garnered only two yes votes and two no votes in the first of three readings with seven county commissioners abstaining. The final vote is set for Dec. 20 and will take nine votes to be approved.
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