City Council takes first step toward closer financial oversight of MLGW
Memphis City Council Chairman JB Smiley Jr. presides over a Jan. 9 council meeting. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
Council chairman JB Smiley Jr. is proposing lower dollar figures for contracts and pay contracts that must be voted on by the council after they are approved by MLGW’s board.
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