City Council paid $32K for catering, more on travel over ‘22, ‘23
Memphis City Council Chairman Martavius D. Jones (right) and council member JB Smiley both traveled with other council members to Washington twice this year. In the last 18 months, the council has spent more than $66,000 on travel. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
The council also spent more than $66,000 on travel, staying in hotels in Nashville and Washington, D.C. Taxpayers paid for the travel by picking up the tab for the City Council’s credit card payments.
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