City Council puts up flurry of new ballot questions as term nears end
Memphis City Council chairman Martavius Jones (right) added a new referendum that would change the city charter to explicitly give the council the power to set salaries for themselves, the mayor, mayoral-appointed division directors and other supervisors. JB Smiley Jr. sits at left. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
The council also takes a final vote Tuesday, Nov. 21, on a fiber broadband initiative and sets a December vote on a proposed MLGW rate hike.
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