Police chief tops list of mayoral appointments coming before City Council
The reappointment of Memphis Police Department Chief Cerelyn “C.J.” Davis will come before the Memphis City Council. (Julia Baker/The Daily Memphian file)
The council questions 17 appointees by Mayor Paul Young to his administration in Tuesday committee sessions. Council chairman JB Smiley Jr. says the process will not be the swift confirmation process with few questions that it has been in the past.
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