County looks to Nashville for jail’s mental health facility
A Nashville facility has cut recidivism among the mentally ill from 90% to 20%. Shelby County leaders are hoping to build a similar mental health center here.
A Nashville facility has cut recidivism among the mentally ill from 90% to 20%. Shelby County leaders are hoping to build a similar mental health center here.
Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner Jr. knows the area has a lot of needs, but he says 201 Poplar is showing its age — and Shelby County should start thinking about a new jail.
There is no safe amount of lead exposure on people and, even in small amounts, it can cause hyperactivity, behavioral issues and learning problems, especially in young children.
Because of a combination of “hard fiscal decisions in the past” and lower water demand, MLGW delayed installing new wells even as old wells aged out.
Trustee Regina Newman has “unposted” inaccurate revenue figures from County Clerk Wanda Halbert. The revenue figures, including those for last year’s wheel-tax hike, are needed to build next year’s county budget.
If county officials know where waste comes from and where it ends up, they can send less of it to Shelby County’s five landfills and meet local climate goals.
Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert sent a memo Monday, Feb. 26, blaming the bad revenue numbers from her office on the county’s bad system for reporting the financial numbers.Related story:
It was a victory for nearby residents, who had rallied against Graceland Solar and its parent company, RWE Renewables, since the beginning.
County Mayor Lee Harris has nominated Meggan Kiel to be the first county appointee on the board of the city bus system. But the MATA board hasn’t been expanded yet. County Commissioners balked at moving ahead without an agreement by the city to expand the board.
“The evidence of incompetence and willful neglect by management in the Shelby County Clerk’s Office is overwhelming,” Tennessee Comptroller Jason Mumpower wrote in a letter to Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris and the Shelby County Commission.
On Tuesday, Clerk Wanda Halbert submitted revised revenue reports to County Trustee Regina Newman, who said they were wrong. Meanwhile, a state audit team is due in Memphis to begin a review for the Tennessee comptroller.
A draft bill obtained by The Daily Memphian shows how Shelby County could pay for a new jail — the state would give the county permission to increase the total sales tax rate to 10.75%.
The Organized Crime Unit conducted an investigation into Gas Express from October 2021 to January 2024. Over that time period, police were called to the gas station 903 times.
Some local leaders, including Shelby County Commissioner Amber Mills and Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner, approve of funding the project through a sales-tax increase. But others say it would disproportionately impact impoverished citizens.