City council moves toward budget wrap up, reviews terms for Liberty Park
Memphis Mayor Paul Young has proposed a 75-cent increase in the city’s current property tax rate in addition to a proposed solid waste fee increase of $6.89. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
The council takes the second of three votes Tuesday, May 21, on raising the city’s monthly solid-waste fee and decides six wages disputes between the city administration and labor unions.
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