Council approves $113m CARES Act COVID-19 spending plan
Memphis Zoo CEO Jim Dean (at the Memphis Zoo, May 11, 2020) told the City Council on Tuesday, July 14 that further cuts in the federal funding it and four other city-owned institutions – Memphis Botanic Gardens, AutoZone Park, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art and Memphis Pink Palace Museum – would get related to the COVID-19 pandemic “would mean draconian actions starting in the very near term.” (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian file)
The spending plan or budget was reconstructed several times in bargaining and changes in federal rules for how the grants could be used. Along the way, there was talk of animals moving out of the zoo and how to fund laptops and tablets for Shelby County Schools students.
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