MLGW board weighs push for suburban voting members
Memphis Light, Gas and Water board member Carl Person said he is preparing a resolution to expand its number of commissioners from five members to seven. It would urge expanding the board to include members from outside the city. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
An MLGW board member is coming with a resolution urging the Memphis City Council to put a city charter change on the ballot later this year that would expand the board to seven voting members. The two suburban appointees now on the board do not have voting power. The issue is a volatile one.
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