County budget retreat: missing figures, job vacancies and ‘gobbledygook’
Shelby County Commission chairwoman Miska Clay Bibbs (left) says the commission will have to “look at dollars differently” in a budget season that formally begins in May when Mayor Lee Harris (center) presents his budget proposal to the commission. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
Shelby County commissioners and about 40 other people including county finance and other division leaders met at Shelby Farms ahead of Mayor Lee Harris’ budget proposal.
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