County Commission goes long again on complex budget fix
Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris, shown here last week at a budget hearing, and the County Commission were unable to nail down a budget Wednesday, June 3, after another marathon session, so they will take up the matter again on Monday. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Shelby County commissioners got within $11 million of rebuilding County Mayor Lee Harris’s consolidated county budget proposal before calling it a day and leaving the rest for a Monday commission meeting.
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